Virus protection free

Archive for December, 2009

Another free virus protection program that we are going to discuss comes from Germany, and it’s called Avira.

As most other antivirus software, Avira comes in multiple packages, one of them offers free virus protection for home non-profit users, and this is the one we are going to discuss today.

Avira AntiVir Personal is an exceptional program for detecting viruses and other malware. Some studies (and users) indicate that this free virus protection program is even better in virus detection than some other non-free virus protection software.

However, there are reports that among threats there is also a number of alerts, that are not really viruses (so called »false positives«). Also the removing part of the Avira is not quite as good as virus detection.

Depending on your system, set up and options, there might be a slow-down of your computer when using the free Avira, but with uncheking some of the options this can be fixed.

Despite some negative points Avira AntiVir Personal is still a great free virus protection software and if you are looking for virus protection that doesn’t cost a dime you will not miss with it.

Another free antivirus for non-commercial home personal use is Avast antivirus Home Edition.

Offering really free antivirus protection (much like AVG Free we already discussed) it is a viable choice for anyone looking for home virus protection for free.

So how does the program hadle protection against viruses? Rather good, I should say. The virus detection possibilities are on par with AVG Free which means, that if you are a normal everyday computer user Avast Free should take care of your virus protection needs just fine.

Avast has also received many awards for its virus protection products and it has been around for a while so you can be pretty sure you will get a good service, if you choose it for your antivirus.

A nice feature of Avast, which does not have much to do with virus protection, is the option for a user to change the skin of the program. Three free skins are already included in the download and you can get more, if you want.

As other virus protection programs, Avast also offers payable computer protection which you can try for free for a limited time period (in Avast case 60 days), but if you are looking only for free virus protection I would recommend that you choose only the installation of the free product during the installation process.