Threat scanner
AVISTS
Scheduled and on-demand scans of files, processes, and installed apps. Run a quick scan, a full system scan, or target a specific folder.
— Features
Built like infrastructure, priced like an app.
MSecurity is not a reskin of someone else's engine. Eight modules, written from scratch over five years, designed so the things you actually care about — your files, your traffic, your identity — never leave your device unless you ask them to.
— How it stacks
Three tiers. Each one contains the last.
Antivirus is the foundation: real-time scanning and threat detection. Internet Security adds the things you need when you actually go online — anti-phishing, Wi-Fi guardian, privacy audit. Total Security wraps all of that and adds VPN, encrypted vault, and identity monitoring.
The mobile plans run on a different model — they're tied to device count and duration rather than tier. Both Mobile Premium and Mobile Advanced include the full feature set.
Antivirus
Foundation
Internet Security
+ Browsing
Total Security
+ Privacy
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— REAL-TIME ANTIVIRUS
Catches threats before they fire.
Our engine runs behavioral analysis alongside signature matching. If something tries to encrypt your files, hijack a browser, or talk to a known C2 server, we cut it off mid-action — not after the fact.
- Multi-engine: behavioral + signature + heuristic
- Custom YARA rules for emerging threats
- Detection definitions updated 6× daily
AntivirusInternet SecurityTotal SecurityMobile
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— NO-LOGS VPN
Routing you can verify.
We run our own servers — no third-party reseller stack. Connection logs are kept in RAM and wiped on every reboot, which happens nightly. The kill-switch is a kernel-level driver, not a userspace fallback.
- WireGuard with ChaCha20-Poly1305
- Bare-metal servers, RAM-only state
- OpenVPN fallback for compatibility
Total SecurityMobile
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— ENCRYPTED VAULT
Files only you can open.
Documents, photos, and apps you don't want anyone else seeing. The vault key is derived from your device fingerprint and a passphrase you never type into a server. We literally cannot decrypt your vault for you.
- AES-256-GCM, on-device only
- Argon2id key derivation
- Zero-knowledge — recovery is your responsibility
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— IDENTITY MONITOR
We watch the places you won't.
Your email and phone, checked against the breach databases, paste sites, and underground forums where stolen credentials surface. If your data shows up somewhere it shouldn't, you'll know within minutes — not when your bank calls.
- Continuous monitoring of 142+ sources
- Includes forums, leak sites, stealer logs
- Push notification within 5 min of a match
Total SecurityMobile
— Supporting modules
Plus four more, in the same app.
Anti-phishing
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Browser and inbox add-ons flag spoofed senders and credential-harvesting links before you click them. Works with Gmail, Outlook, and the major browsers.
Wi-Fi guardian
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Auto-detects rogue access points, ARP poisoning, and SSL strip attacks on public networks. Warns you before you connect, not after.
Privacy advisor
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Audits every app on your device for risky permissions and tells you exactly what data leaves. Includes a one-tap permission revoke.
— Engineering principles
Decisions you can audit, not just trust.
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Defence in depth
Behavioral detection, signature matching, and AI threat analysis run in parallel. Each engine sees the same artifact independently — a threat has to slip past all three to land. Most security suites collapse this into a single chain of fallbacks. We don't.
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On-device by default
The AI model runs on your machine. Files never leave for analysis unless you explicitly ask us to look at one. That decision costs us cloud-detection telemetry, and we think the trade is worth it.
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Self-hosted infrastructure
We own and operate our VPN servers, signature databases, and update endpoints. There are no third-party SDKs phoning home from inside the app. The supply chain has fewer hops, and we can answer every question about who has access to what.
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Encrypted everywhere
AES-256 for stored data. ChaCha20-Poly1305 for VPN traffic. The vault key is derived from your device fingerprint via Argon2id — we can't decrypt it for you even if subpoenaed. Recovery is your responsibility, and that's the point.
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Almost nothing in the cloud
We store your email address and your license key on our servers. That's it. Scan history, vault contents, device list, and behavioral profiles all live on your device. If our database leaked tomorrow, the worst outcome for you is spam.
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Open about updates
Every release ships with a public changelog and the SHA-256 of every binary. Beta channels are opt-in, never auto-rolled. If we change something material in how we collect data, we email active users — we don't bury it in a privacy policy revision.
— Honest comparison
What we have. And what we don't.
Most comparison tables are written to win every row. This one isn't. We don't have independent lab certifications yet, and we don't sell identity-theft insurance. Here's what we do have, and where the incumbents have us beat.
| Feature | MSecurity | Norton | Bitdefender | Kaspersky |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Built outside the US/EU Some buyers prefer jurisdictional diversity. | Nepal | USA | Romania | Russia / UK |
Self-operated VPN servers Not resold from a third party. | ||||
Public changelog with hashes Every build's SHA-256 is published. | ||||
Telemetry opt-in by default Off unless you turn it on. | ||||
Open-source dependencies listed OSS licenses available in-app. | ||||
Independent AV-test certification AV-Test, AV-Comparatives, SE Labs. | ||||
Parental controls Content filtering, time limits. | ||||
Identity theft insurance Reimbursement if your identity is stolen. | ||||
Price (1-device, 1-year) | $29 | $59.99* | $39.99* | $45.99* |
MSecurity
- Built outside the US/EUNepal
- Self-operated VPN servers
- Public changelog with hashes
- Telemetry opt-in by default
- Open-source dependencies listed
- Independent AV-test certification
- Parental controls
- Identity theft insurance
- Price (1-device, 1-year)$29
Norton
- Built outside the US/EUUSA
- Self-operated VPN servers
- Public changelog with hashes
- Telemetry opt-in by default
- Open-source dependencies listed
- Independent AV-test certification
- Parental controls
- Identity theft insurance
- Price (1-device, 1-year)$59.99*
Bitdefender
- Built outside the US/EURomania
- Self-operated VPN servers
- Public changelog with hashes
- Telemetry opt-in by default
- Open-source dependencies listed
- Independent AV-test certification
- Parental controls
- Identity theft insurance
- Price (1-device, 1-year)$39.99*
Kaspersky
- Built outside the US/EURussia / UK
- Self-operated VPN servers
- Public changelog with hashes
- Telemetry opt-in by default
- Open-source dependencies listed
- Independent AV-test certification
- Parental controls
- Identity theft insurance
- Price (1-device, 1-year)$45.99*
* Competitor prices reflect the lowest publicly listed first-year subscription as of May 2026. Renewals are typically higher. Comparison based on publicly documented features on each vendor's website.
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