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Protecting your computer from external threats like viruses are expensive an very challenging, because nearly every day you will received messages from your collogues "My Computer is infected! What should I do?" the answer is very simple "Install Antivirus". From there, the problem arises "What antivirus should I Install?"
There is lots of antivirus software available in the market, but all of them are commercial, and they are generally expensive. But don't worry - there is a solution. Some of the Security labs provides free antivirus for personal use; here is a small listing of 5 best antivirus software, which will protect your computer from viruses.
1. Avast! Free Antivirus is an ICSA certified, award winning antivirus software. This antivirus software includes on demand scanner, on access scanner, email scanner, network shield, resident protection and finally boot time scanner. This software can be obtained freely for home use. After a registration, the company provides you a free registration key. After inserting the key, you can use the fully function avast! Antivirus. During the Writing Period, the latest version of the software is 5.0.594. Size 46.19 MB.
2. AVG AntiVirus Free - probably the most popular antivirus in the web, AVG has a great detection rate. This antivirus comes with real-time protection, resident shield, email scanner, on demand scanner and lifetime update. But the con is large in size and has some memory footprint, means it is not suitable for old computers. During the Writing Period, the latest version of the software is 9.0.839a2960. Size 88.24 MB.
3. PC Tools AntiVirus this antivirus is a leading free antivirus solution with great detection rate. Like other antiviruses, it comes with "On-Guard" real-time protection and excusive system scanning facilities. During the Writing Period, the latest version of the software is 7.0.0.545. Size 33.08 MB.
4. Avira AntiVir Personal it is a excellent and very comprehensive antivirus with extreme high detection rate. This is a very reliable and user-friendly antivirus program. During the Writing Period, the latest version of the software is 10.0.0.567. Size 42.05 MB. Avira Antivir comes with high virus, malware, Trojan and backdoor detection rate, automatic updates, real-time protection, scheduled scanning, heuristics analysis and root kit detection and removal. Its improved detection engine can detect boot sector virus, suspicious file format or extensions.
5. Panda Cloud Antivirus is a cloud-based antivirus, it is basically a thin-client agent; which connects to the PandaLabs while the computer is online. After connection to its intelligent server, it can check the malware / Viruses. Due to it's remote activity, it will not hamper the PC's speed and performance. It is more powerful then other stand-alone signature based traditional antivirus software. During the Writing Period, the latest version of the software is 1.1.01. Size 30.06 MB.
All the above-mentioned antivirus software's are auto updated, so install, configure and forget.
