which is the best free antivirus? avg is now paid?

Answer 1

I see the AVG fanboys and cheerleaders are out in full force again here on Yahoo Answers!

AVG by Grisoft is definately NOT "The Best". Unfortunately one of the things it is not the best at, is doing what is is supposed to do, detecting viruses!

In test,
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82
after test,
http://www.av-comparatives.org/
after test,
http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarereviews/gr/avgfree.htm
after test ,
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=891307&postcount=1,
after test,
http://www.pcworld.com/article/124475-1/article.html ,
etc. etc. etc, ad nauseam.

AVG has proven itself to be a mediocre performer at best. Absolutely crappy at worst. Missing almost 20%, when trying to detect known malware, in some tests. Not to mention almost non-existent heuristic detection and infrequent "once-a day" updates.

AVG = Average, at best!

There are much better free alternatives, such as Avast, Active Virus Shield, and Avria Anti-Vir.

I like best the AOL Active Virus Shield. Don't let the name AOL fool you. Active Virus Shield is made by Kaspersky which is one of top-rated anti-virus vendors in the world.

In recent tests, the most popular free anti-virus, AVG, was only able to detect about 82% of a very large sample of viruses. On the other hand, Active Virus Shield was able to detect better than 99% in the same test.
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82

Active Virus Shield has excellent virus detection rates and is extremely light on using your computer resources. (6mb)

And it updates 15 to 20 times a day with new virus definitions, 7 days a week.

Free to anyone, AOL member or not from:
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

you can still get the free version of avg....just put it on my office computer......was told this was good and have run that for a long time but I run a free Zone Alarm, Spybot Search & Destroy, Ad-aware....then of course you have windows firewall....I've been lucky so far these past 10 years running all these....good luck

Answer 4

i am using norton antivirus, but it is now giving errors, most of my friends are using avast antvirus, and they are saying that it is the best. you must try it and also it is free (avast home). you will be delighted,. and i am thinking of downloading it.

Answer 5

U may want to try Avast home edition which is free.
Try the link below for download -
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

good luck :)

Answer 6

Do a Goolge search for norton!

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Lavasoft adaware

Answer 7

Have you tried any of these free anti-virus? http://www.basicspywaretips.com/freevirusremovaltool.html

Answer 8

the home version of Avast is free. isn't it?

Answer 9

I use one from free.av.com
I have never gotten a virus......