Leader
56Heralded Score, range 25–69
The most visible antivirus apps in Netherlands, October 2026
Most cited source
11citations
From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews
Where engines disagree most
1/4engines put it in their top three
Top three on Google AI Mode, not on Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT
Brands
| Rank | Brand | Rank change | Heralded Score All | AI | Search | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | 9= #13 | –
| 1% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | 0= #20 | –
| 0% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | 17#10 | –
| 3% | 0% | | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | 0= #20 | –
| 0% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | 12#11 | –
| 2% | 1% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | 4#17 | –
| 1% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | 0= #20 | –
| 2% | 1% | | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | 0= #20 | –
| 0% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | 5#16 | –
| 1% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | 3= #18 | –
| 0% | 0% | None | First reading |
“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI and Search give each brand’s score and rank on that side alone. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.
Most cited sources
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | | Vendor site | 6.7% | 2 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 12 | | Media | 5.0% | 2 of 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | | Consultancy | 1.7% | 1 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 14 | | Regulator | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 15 | | Vendor site | 5.0% | 2 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 16 | | Vendor site | 5.0% | 2 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 17 | | Vendor site | 5.0% | 1 of 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | | Regulator | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 19 | | Vendor site | 5.0% | 3 of 4 | 2 | Not read |
| 20 | | Regulator | 1.7% | 1 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Welke antivirus-app kan ik het beste gebruiken om mijn Windows-laptop tegen malware te beschermen? | Dutch | |
| Welke antivirus-app beschermt de telefoons en computers van mijn gezin? | Dutch | |
| Wat kan ik het beste gebruiken om mijn Mac te beschermen tegen virussen en ransomware? | Dutch | |
| Welke antivirus-app beschermt mijn Android-telefoon tegen schadelijke apps? | Dutch | |
| Hoe voorkom ik dat malware mijn laptop infecteert? | Dutch | |
| Hoe bescherm ik mijn gezin tegen phishinglinks en onveilige downloads? | Dutch | |
| Hoe verwijder ik een virus en voorkom ik dat het terugkomt? | Dutch | |
| Hoe weet ik of spyware mijn telefoon in de gaten houdt? | Dutch | |
| Is de ingebouwde beveiliging van mijn apparaat voldoende, of kan ik beter een antivirus-app installeren? | Dutch | |
| Kan ik beter één beveiligingsapp voor mijn telefoon en computer gebruiken, of aparte apps? | Dutch | |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
Gemini
Google AI Overviews
- = 1
Bitdefender
- = 1
Microsoft Defender
- 3
Kaspersky
ChatGPT
- = 1
- = 1
- 3
Norton
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Method
Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.
For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.