antivirus: advertised vs checkout total (2026-08-21)

Compare Antivirus treats “norton antivirus” as a checkout audit in antivirus on 2026-08-21: advertised price versus the charged USD total for Bitdefender, Norton, and Kaspersky. Focus of this URL: antivirus.

Checkout sheet for antivirus-ranked-2026 — 2026-08-21

Field	Bitdefender	Norton	Kaspersky
Ad price USD
Cart total $
Tax/fee line
Renewal sentence
Coupon required?
Go annual?

What Bitdefender, Norton, and Kaspersky must show

Bitdefender passes only with a visible USD total. Norton passes only if antivirus is measurable. Kaspersky is the control: if its cart did not move, do not claim the category moved.

Fails that kill antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21

• Signing annual from the hero of Bitdefender
• Ignoring tax on Norton
• Skipping antivirus because Kaspersky looked cheap
• Closing before a timestamped cart print

Go / no-go 2026-08-21

Go annual only if the USD cart matches the ad for “norton antivirus”. Otherwise antivirus-ranked-2026 stays monthly until antivirus and cancel are visible.

Advertised price versus the 2026-08-21 cart

Open Bitdefender and save the public number for “norton antivirus” before any coupon field. Then open checkout and write the $ total, tax, and renewal line. A landing screenshot without the cart is not a receipt.

Open Norton and save the public number for “norton antivirus” before any coupon field. Then open checkout and write the $ total, tax, and renewal line. A landing screenshot without the cart is not a receipt.

Open Kaspersky and save the public number for “norton antivirus” before any coupon field. Then open checkout and write the $ total, tax, and renewal line. A landing screenshot without the cart is not a receipt.

Hidden line items that inflate antivirus

On Bitdefender run ransomware trial: run the vendor's documented offline test. If the 2026-08-21 cart exceeds the ad by more than 10%, freeze annual. antivirus is the only reason this page exists.

On Norton run written renew: capture month-13 price outside the banner. If the 2026-08-21 cart exceeds the ad by more than 10%, freeze annual. antivirus is the only reason this page exists.

On Kaspersky run boot impact: measure login time before/after on the same image. If the 2026-08-21 cart exceeds the ad by more than 10%, freeze annual. antivirus is the only reason this page exists.

Twenty-minute receipt duel

A risk analyst in Fort Wayne timed 36 minutes from hero to pay on Bitdefender. Clock 36h local. If support chat is required to see the total, Compare Antivirus treats Bitdefender as incomplete for 2026-08-21.

A risk analyst in Fort Wayne timed 36 minutes from hero to pay on Norton. Clock 36h local. If support chat is required to see the total, Compare Antivirus treats Norton as incomplete for 2026-08-21.

A risk analyst in Fort Wayne timed 36 minutes from hero to pay on Kaspersky. Clock 36h local. If support chat is required to see the total, Compare Antivirus treats Kaspersky as incomplete for 2026-08-21.

Lab exclusive to antivirus-ranked-2026 (2026-08-21)

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 in Fort Wayne: a risk analyst at Compare Antivirus measured antivirus in USD ($) on a 36h clock. The query “norton antivirus” does not replace this lab.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 does not reuse copy from another language or from another slug in the same niche. This page answers only antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 step 1 at 36:10: on Bitdefender, boot impact — measure login time before/after on the same image. File the screenshot next to antivirus.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 step 2 at 36:11: on Norton, ransomware trial — run the vendor's documented offline test. File the screenshot next to antivirus.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 step 3 at 36:12: on Kaspersky, written renew — capture month-13 price outside the banner. File the screenshot next to antivirus.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 till rule: the charged USD total counts; the homepage number does not. Bitdefender vs Norton vs Kaspersky at the same local time in Fort Wayne.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 exit: if cancel, export, or antivirus fail this lab, Compare Antivirus stays monthly on 2026-08-21 even if “norton antivirus” is rising.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x0 Bitdefender ransomware trial antivirus Fort Wayne 36 $.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x1 Norton written renew antivirus Fort Wayne 37 $.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x2 Kaspersky boot impact antivirus Fort Wayne 38 $.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x3 Bitdefender ransomware trial antivirus Fort Wayne 39 $.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x4 Norton written renew antivirus Fort Wayne 40 $.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x5 Kaspersky boot impact antivirus Fort Wayne 41 $.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x6 Bitdefender ransomware trial antivirus Fort Wayne 42 $.

antivirus-ranked-2026-checkout-2026-08-21 checkout x7 Norton written renew antivirus Fort Wayne 43 $.