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Which is the best Free Anti Virus software
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Avast, simple, efficient and I have never had a virus...Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.0
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Been using Avira for past 12 months,been ok no problems.0
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AVG is nowere near as good as it used to be. Avast and Avira are OK. I've used all three in the past but have now moved over to Microsoft Security Essentials and so far I've been very happy with it.It's my problem, it's my problem
If I feel the need to hide
And it's my problem if I have no friends
And feel I want to die0 -
I reckon it's a case of what "feels" right instinctivly for you. Having used and paid for Norton for years, a few weeks ago I took the plunge and elected to use AVG free. If it's OK, then I'll keep it, if not I will try something else ie Avira.
As for "what's best", again it's a personal choice thing (imo).This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
The main 3 are AVG, AVIRA and AVAST
2 other very new ones are MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS and PANDA CLOUD
AVG ~ definitely slows computers down and doesnt have the best detection rates
AVIRA ~ very light on resources and tends to have the best detection but no email scanning
AVAST~ slower to run than avira but has email scanning and slightly lower detection rates
The other 2 seem to get good ratings from what ive seen so far but until I see concrete tests I cant really recommend either
Personally I use AVIRA (Ive tried all the 1st 3 and definitely prefer it to the others):idea:0 -
Best one is common sense
Stay away from illegal/questionable sites.
This is one of the main causes why a computer gets infected. Visiting cracksites/warezsites - and other questionable/illegal sites is ALWAYS a risk. Even a single click on the site can be responsible for installing a huge amount of malware. Don't think: "I have a good Antivirus and Firewall installed, they will protect me" - because that's not true... and even before you know it, your Antivirus and Firewall may already be disabled because malware already found its way on your system0 -
what you can't argue with are detection rates, and avira and avast are the top of the pile of free av. AVG used to be good, but has fallen away in recent years. Paid-for versions - little-known G-Data seem to be ruling the roost, followed by kaspersky.......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......
I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple0 -
Hello, I am on a new laptop and have got one months free McAfee anti virus software. After that month is up, there is a charge for it to carry on.
Does anybody know of a free anti virus programme which is free forever and if so, could you send me a link please.
All the best to everybody for 2010 :beer:
Happy new year to you too0 -
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The main 3 are AVG, AVIRA and AVAST
2 other very new ones are MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS and PANDA CLOUD
AVG ~ definitely slows computers down and doesnt have the best detection rates
AVIRA ~ very light on resources and tends to have the best detection but no email scanning
AVAST~ slower to run than avira but has email scanning and slightly lower detection rates
The other 2 seem to get good ratings from what ive seen so far but until I see concrete tests I cant really recommend either
Personally I use AVIRA (Ive tried all the 1st 3 and definitely prefer it to the others)0
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