I need an anti virus software for free. A good one.?

Answer 1

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

Mostly noobs and the naive and the computer illiterate use AVG Free. These types love AVG because they say it is easy to use and almost never bothers them with any pop-ups or warnings. Of course AVG Free never warns them, it hardly ever finds any virus to warn them about!

AVG by Grisoft is definitely 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 short, AVG is crap!

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,
after test,
http://techsupportalert.com/issues/al_current.htm#Section_0
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)

Active Virus Shield also detects and removes spyware.

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

Try Avast! Antivirus, or AVG Free. They are both excellent programs. I strongly recommend Avast! Antivirus, ive had it for over 1year now and it works like a charm!

Answer 4

you can download antivirus software at www.torrentz.com
you need a software like µTorrent to download .torrent files.my experiments on security software said that norton antivirus and norton 360 is the best antivirus software in the world.Mcafee 2007 is good but not as norton

Answer 5

Once again Avast is possibly the best virus protection out there, as well as being easy to use and install.

Answer 6

i highly recommend avast anti virus it is free get it at www.avast.com

Answer 7

AVG works well.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

Answer 8

http://freegrisoftcom

This is the address to get the free version of AVG Antivirus. Replace the code (above) with actual periods (dots), though, in your browser's address bar.