Site terms · reviewed July 14, 2026
Terms of Use
These terms govern access to Antivirus-Review.com as an editorial publication. They explain what the site provides, acceptable use, ownership, affiliate and third-party boundaries, correction routes, and reasonable warranty/liability limits.
The practical rule: use the articles for information and personal decision support, verify current product terms with the vendor, do not attack or overload the site, and do not republish substantial original content as your own. Nothing here removes a consumer right or liability that applicable law does not allow us to exclude.
Agreement, effective date and scope
By accessing or using Antivirus-Review.com after these Terms are posted, you agree to follow them to the extent a binding agreement can be formed under applicable law. If you do not agree, do not continue using the site. These Terms apply only to this publication and its first-party site controls; a vendor, laboratory, social platform, affiliate network or other external service has its own contract.
The reviewed date is July 14, 2026. We may update the Terms when the site, law or service relationships change. A material update should be posted here with a new reviewed date; we do not claim that silent edits create unlimited new obligations. Your use after a clearly posted change is governed by the updated version where enforceable.
These Terms do not identify an invented corporate entity, office, governing-law forum or arbitration provider. The publicly verified contact for the publisher is [email protected]. Legal rules that apply can depend on the publisher, visitor, conduct and jurisdiction.
What Antivirus-Review.com provides
Antivirus-Review.com publishes reviews, comparisons, rankings, explainers and source-based security information. It is not antivirus software, a malware scanner, emergency response service, law firm, financial adviser, healthcare provider, antivirus vendor, reseller, merchant of record or the support desk for products it covers.
Editorial content can help you compare evidence and ask better questions. It cannot guarantee that a product will stop every threat, work on every device, remain available at a stated price or fit a regulated organization. If a computer may be actively compromised, isolate risk as appropriate and use qualified incident-response or vendor support rather than treating an article as a live diagnosis.
| Question | Antivirus-Review.com | Vendor or seller |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial review/ranking | Researches, explains, scores and corrects published content | May supply evidence but cannot buy the conclusion |
| Product license and software | Does not issue the license or operate the reviewed app | Controls installer, account, activation, updates and product support |
| Price and renewal | Reports a dated snapshot and relevant terms when available | Controls live offer, eligibility, taxes, billing and renewal |
| Purchase, cancellation and refund | May explain official steps but cannot access the order | Merchant/payment provider owns the transaction and decision |
| Security outcome | Provides evidence and limitations, never a protection guarantee | Product terms and technical operation govern its service |
Permitted use
You may read, navigate, link to and use the site for lawful personal, educational, research or internal business decision-making. You may print or save a reasonable copy for personal reference. You may quote a limited passage for criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research when the use is lawful and the source is attributed.
Search engines and other automated agents may crawl in accordance with applicable law, published robots directives and reasonable technical limits. Public availability is not permission to ignore access controls, overload infrastructure, build a substitute copy of the publication or extract personal/security data.
Permission is not needed merely to link to a public page in a non-deceptive way. Do not frame the page, alter the apparent source, use the logo to imply partnership or describe a vendor relationship that does not exist.
Prohibited use
| Allowed example | Not allowed | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Link to a review or quote a short attributed passage | Republish the full article or a substantial substitute without permission | Protects original editorial work and market |
| Crawl at a reasonable rate and respect directives | Evade blocks, rotate identities to defeat limits or overload the service | Protects availability and security |
| Report a vulnerability safely through the contact route | Exploit, destroy, exfiltrate, persist, phish or deploy malware | No authorization for intrusive testing is granted |
| Disagree with a rating and submit evidence | Impersonate an author/vendor, fabricate a quote or submit a fraudulent takedown | Protects readers and due process |
| Use information for a lawful purchasing decision | Use the site to violate sanctions, privacy, copyright or computer-misuse law | Lawful use is required |
You may not interfere with the site or its networks; probe or access non-public systems without written authorization; introduce malicious code; collect personal data unlawfully; bypass technical restrictions; use content to deceive consumers; remove attribution/rights notices; or use trademarks, author identity or layout to imply endorsement.
A security report does not create a bug-bounty contract or payment obligation. Stop testing when you encounter personal data or material risk, do not download or change it, and send a minimal report through the contact route.
Editorial content, rankings and corrections
Reviews and scores are editorial opinions grounded in the evidence identified on the page and the site's testing methodology. They are not lab certifications, vendor warranties or aggregate reader ratings unless genuine audience data is explicitly identified. A score can change when protection evidence, price, platform support, ownership, regulation or the product changes.
Version-sensitive facts are dated. Antivirus apps, lab reports, operating systems, offers and laws change after publication. We aim to correct material errors, but no page is guaranteed complete, current or suitable for every circumstance. A reader or vendor may submit the exact URL, disputed sentence and current primary evidence; factual correction does not give the submitter editorial veto.
Community posts and vendor statements are evidence sources with limits. Their inclusion does not mean Antivirus-Review.com adopts every statement on the linked page. We do not promise that a product is safe merely because it is reviewed or that omission means it is unsafe.
Prices, promotions and affiliate links
A displayed price is a dated editorial snapshot, not an offer by Antivirus-Review.com. Plan, currency, region, device count, eligibility, initial term, taxes, add-ons and renewal price can differ at checkout. Verify the final seller page before buying.
Some links can generate a commission if a qualifying purchase is attributed to the referral. This commercial relationship is explained in the Affiliate Disclosure. The FTC's current endorsement guidance says material affiliate relationships should be clear and conspicuous. Commission cannot buy position, score, praise, removal of criticism or a correction refusal.
The seller—not this publication—accepts or rejects an order, charges the account, delivers the license, renews a subscription, decides refund eligibility and provides product support. A link does not make Antivirus-Review.com a party to the purchase contract.
Third-party websites, software and downloads
External links are provided for evidence, product access, support, comparison or context. A link does not mean we control the destination, guarantee its security, adopt all its content or promise that it will remain available. Affiliate status is a commercial disclosure, not technical control.
Do not download software from an unverified lookalike simply because a product name appears in an article. Check the destination domain, connection, publisher/signature, plan and operating-system compatibility. Antivirus-Review.com does not host vendor installers as part of its normal editorial pages and cannot inspect what an external service later serves to you.
Your use of a vendor product, website, account, trial or payment system is governed by that provider's license, terms and privacy policy. If those terms conflict with this site's description of the vendor service, the vendor's current contract controls your relationship with the vendor; please report the editorial mismatch for correction.
Copyright, trademarks and lawful quotation
Original site text, selection, arrangement, graphics and code are protected to the extent provided by applicable intellectual-property law and may be owned by the publisher or used under license. Antivirus product names, logos and other marks belong to their respective owners. Mentioning or comparing a mark does not claim ownership or sponsorship.
These Terms do not erase fair use, fair dealing, quotation rights, library/archive exceptions or another permission supplied by law. The US Copyright Office explains that fair use is case-specific and considers purpose, nature, amount and market effect; there is no automatic safe word count. For reuse beyond an applicable exception, request permission and identify the exact material, format, audience and duration.
Emails, corrections and other submissions
The rebuilt core site does not offer public reader accounts, forums, comments or chats. Sending an email does not create an account, employment relationship, confidential adviser-client relationship or obligation to publish. Do not send trade secrets or embargoed/confidential material without prior agreement.
You retain ownership of material you lawfully submit. You give the site a limited, non-exclusive permission to receive, store, copy and share it internally or with necessary providers for the purpose you requested—such as investigating a correction, replying or handling a legal notice. We will not claim that every email “automatically becomes our property.”
If you ask us to publish your name, quote, image or evidence, confirm that you have authority to provide it and state the requested attribution. We can decline or edit a submission for accuracy, safety, length or relevance. Personal-data handling is described in the Privacy Policy.
Privacy and site data
The Privacy Policy explains technical logs, optional editorial email, analytics/tag-management possibilities, affiliate destinations, retention and rights. These Terms do not grant permission to collect anything beyond that notice or applicable law. A seller or external service applies its own privacy rules after you choose to visit it.
Availability and warranty disclaimer
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the site and editorial content are provided “as available” and for general information. We do not warrant uninterrupted access, error-free code, complete protection from malicious actors, universal compatibility, a particular search ranking, or the accuracy/availability of third-party content after publication.
This disclaimer does not excuse a knowingly false statement, fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence where it cannot be excluded, a promised correction actually accepted on specific terms, or any statutory warranty/consumer protection that law makes non-waivable. Nothing on the site is a substitute for qualified professional advice when the stakes require it.
Reasonable limits of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Antivirus-Review.com and its contributors are not responsible for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive loss arising from reliance on general editorial content, third-party software or an external transaction—especially loss that could not reasonably have been foreseen from use of a free publication.
We do not use the old “amount you paid us” formula because readers ordinarily pay the seller, not this site, and zero-dollar caps may be unenforceable or unfair. Any direct liability is instead limited only to the extent applicable law permits after considering the actual conduct and harm. No clause excludes liability that cannot lawfully be limited, including rights that consumer law preserves.
You remain responsible for backups, device compatibility, account/renewal choices and following vendor recovery instructions. This is not a statement that every harm is the user's fault; it is a reminder that an editorial article cannot control software, attackers, networks or seller systems.
Reporting copyright or trademark concerns
Email [email protected] with the exact page/URL, the protected work or mark, the challenged material and location, your contact details, the authority for the request and a good-faith explanation. Do not send a knowingly false notice.
The site does not claim that a decorative DMCA badge proves registration of a designated agent. The US Copyright Office explains that an eligible service provider seeking DMCA safe-harbor treatment must publish designated-agent contact information and keep a matching registration in its official directory. Until a current registration is verified, the email above is a general rights-reporting route, not a representation about statutory status.
Changes, severability, no waiver and contact
If a court or applicable authority finds one clause unenforceable, the remaining clauses should continue to the extent they can operate independently. A delay in enforcing a term is not an automatic permanent waiver. These Terms, the Privacy Policy, Affiliate Disclosure and any page-specific notice form the public site rules for the subjects they cover; a vendor contract remains separate.
We may suspend access or take proportionate technical/legal action against abuse, but these Terms do not promise that every violation will be detected or create a right to demand enforcement against someone else. Questions, correction requests and rights reports can be sent through the contact guide.
Before acting on a product recommendation, use this six-step check:
- Confirm the article's update date and scope. Match the operating system, product edition, region and use case.
- Open the cited evidence. Check that lab, vendor and regulatory sources actually support the material claim.
- Verify the destination domain. Avoid lookalikes and confirm that any installer or checkout belongs to the intended seller.
- Read the seller's live terms. Check devices, initial term, automatic renewal, refund window, data practices and support.
- Protect your current system. Back up important data and do not disable safeguards merely to reproduce an article test.
- Report a mismatch. Send the URL, disputed sentence and current primary evidence so the editorial page can be corrected.
Terms of Use FAQ
Is Antivirus-Review.com antivirus software or technical support?
No. It is an editorial publication, not a malware scanner, antivirus vendor, incident-response service or the support desk for reviewed products.
Can I quote or link to an article?
You may link non-deceptively and may quote a limited attributed passage when permitted by law. Full or substantial republication that substitutes for the original normally requires permission.
May automated tools crawl the site?
Lawful indexing can occur in accordance with published robots directives and reasonable rates. Evading access controls, defeating limits, overloading infrastructure or building a substitute copy is not authorized.
Are displayed antivirus prices guaranteed?
No. Prices are dated editorial snapshots. The seller controls region, eligibility, plan, device count, taxes, initial term, automatic renewal and the final checkout amount.
Does an affiliate link make Antivirus-Review.com the seller?
No. A commission may be paid for a qualifying referral, but the destination merchant controls the order, charge, license, renewal, cancellation, refund and product support.
Do my emails or corrections become site property?
No. You retain ownership of material you lawfully submit and grant only the limited permission needed to receive, investigate and respond to the requested matter, unless you separately authorize publication.
Does the site guarantee that a recommended product will stop every threat?
No. Reviews summarize dated evidence and limitations; no consumer security product or editorial page can guarantee protection against every present or future attack.
How do I report an error, security issue or rights concern?
Use the contact guide or email [email protected] with the exact URL, issue, evidence and safe contact details. Do not attach live malware, credentials or unrelated sensitive data.