I am trying to decide between three anti-virus programs which are all free?
Its between
Avast! 4 Home Edition
AVG Free 8
and Avira AntiVir
I’ve heard quite a lot about AVG but I’m torn. They all pretty much do the same thing, but which is best at protecting against spamware, malware, viruses as well as removing and checking from them? What do you recommend? Do you know of any others?
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Samuel Adams // Oct 23, 2008
I'd go with Avast! or Avira but I will leave the final decision up to you:
1. AVG Free
a. A simple interface (easier to use than Avast! and Avira)
b. Can detect about 82.82% of viruses
Cons: low virus detection
2. Avast!
a. Real-time protection
b. It has an option to delete a virus once found
c. Can detect about 87.46% of viruses.
Cons: Too many icons and confusing user interface
3. Avira AntiVir
a. It can detect malware better than Avast and AVG
b. It's cute umbrella icon
c. Can detect about 94.26% of viruses
Cons: A very sluggish update
I advise against Norton anti-virus, it's bloated software that takes control of your computer. The best anti-virus available is Kaspersky or NOD32 (recent tests at av-comparatives.org).
2 me r smart // Oct 23, 2008
avast is the best free antivirus program.avira and avg sucks in my opinion
3 Koos N // Oct 23, 2008
Because free programs are never completely as secure as the programs you are paying for I always recommend not to install either AVG free or Avast free, but one of those 2 in combination with 2 other programs.
AVG free
http://free.avg.com/
or
Avast free
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht…
Then the 2 programs you should install togehter with one of the above.
Threatfire is an anti virus, that can be installed next to any other anti virus program on the same computer
http://www.threatfire.com/
There is a lot of mal ware you have to protect your pc against.
This is a very good program, that completely runs in the background
http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.ht…
When you do not have a good firewall yet, you could install this one
http://www.pctools.com/firewall/
The firewall is optional, only install it, when you are not happy with the one you have now
Installing these programs, will not use any extra RAM or CPU usage.
Your computer will be very well protected and it does cost you nothing
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