What is the best free anti-virus out there which preferably doesn't take up much space or memory?
2007-05-17 04:09:24 · 12 answers · asked by princess 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I see the AVG fanboys and cheerleaders are out in full force again here on Yahoo Answers!
Mostly noobs, the naive, children, 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 bothers 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/id,130869-page,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?
2007-05-17 05:40:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-29 17:32:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free Anti-Virus Programs Follow the link.
2016-05-20 19:58:28 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVG Free is the best anti-virus out there right now. Norton is total junk, uses up a lot of system resources and you have to pay for it. Avast is also a good free anti-virus. You can download AVG from the link below. There is absolutely no spyware and it is completely free.
2007-05-17 04:13:39 · answer #4 · answered by Samuel Adams 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you want any kind of free software you can just go to www.download.com. In security system click anti virus software and than filter the list with free license. You will get around 60 free anti virus software.
2007-05-17 04:18:18 · answer #5 · answered by Purvish 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Avg free edition
2007-05-17 04:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by siddiq ali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use Anti-vir on my computer and it's awesome. It picks up a lot of things that I know Norton never did. It's a free trail and you just download again after the trial expires.
2007-05-17 04:18:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To online scanner your pc http://www.infectedornot.com or www.bitdefender.com
Use 2 or 3 times a week AD-AWARE (always update)
Antivirus:
www.kaspersky.com
or AVG Free Edition
2007-05-17 04:12:57 · answer #8 · answered by RElliot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AVG Antivirus. It's free and works great. Just do a Google search for it.
2007-05-17 04:13:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi Princess I guess that it would be AVG antivirus. Its free, very small & doesn't take much system resources. You can download it from.
free.grisoft.com
2007-05-17 04:15:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋