Best free PC Antivirus software

Microsoft Security Essentials is also good.

Replying to #21

Microsoft makes CRAP.
Except Windows.

MSE was rated higher than Avira in an independant review.KIS is one of the top paid for suites-but its recently doubled its price for the 2010 version.

yoshi2889 · #22Microsoft makes CRAP.
Except Windows.

Which is why Microsoft Security Essentials is actually decent. No one knows Windows like Microsoft does so it stands to reason that they can make good antivirus software for an OS they created.I've used it to clean out some people's computers that were overrun with trojans and the like and it did a damn good job of it.

microsoft didn't make MSE, they bought someone out and rebranded their software. Thats why its fairly good.

Replying to #25

Fairly?.Its still light years ahead of AVG.

theunderling · #23MSE was rated higher than Avira in an independant review.KIS is one of the top paid for suites-but its recently doubled its price for the 2010 version.

Do you remember that article?
Is MSE free for business users too?

Just check and see?

This is the review/test herehttp://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/removal/avc_removal_2009.pdfThe results are nothing to do with scan times or an AV "taking over" your system like Norton does LOL.

Norton defines spyware.

I use Avast + Malwarebytes AntiMalware and I'm virtually problem free. I have one or two minor malware attacks here and there, but nothing huge. :d It works for me

I would only pay for KIS/Avira/F-Secure or use the free versions of MSE/Avira.But a lot of people will use an AV suite not because it has a good resident shield/disinfection,but because they understand the working of the GUI.

or because its forced on them and they dont know any better (case in point: norton)

Replying to #33

I loled because I've seen that so many times before.

every thing is free if you where to look , though :PBTW who run the virus check thing every atleast once a week ?

AVAst! It's free. AVG ahd probs back when I used it. LAG, LAG, LAG!

Omega_2 · #30Norton defines spyware.

Norton is bad in my opion!

[quote="Loonylion"]or because its forced on them and they dont know any better (case in point: norton)
[/quoteIts not forced on them.It may come preinstalled with like a months trial,but there are removal tools to uninstall it.Norton has good protection/disinfection,but it holds your pc to ransom in other areas-which is totally unnecessary.KIS and Avira/MSE are my preferences,but anyone can use whatever they like,but you wont catch me on here whingeing Ive got a virus etc LOL

Avast. Small update downloads (I've got a very slow connection so small update packages help) and never had a problem in 4-5 years.

theunderling · #38Its not forced on them.It may come preinstalled with like a months trial,but there are removal tools to uninstall it.Norton has good protection/disinfection,but it holds your pc to ransom in other areas-which is totally unnecessary.

Preinstalled == forced on them. The vast majority of people stay with what their computer is preinstalled with, and symantec know this. Thats why they pay the likes of Dell to preinstall their software. Norton is absolute hell to remove (quite possibly not by coincidence) and most of the people who stay with preinstalled software don't know any better.I would seriously question Norton's protection/disinfection, I've always found it exceedingly poor on both counts., and thats ignoring its virus-like behaviour. McAfee is slightly better, but that is negated by its high incidence of false positives. Both programs survive because of OEMs preinstalling them and the reputation they had before being bought by symantec, who destroy everything they touch.