best free anti virus available???

What is the best antivirus available that is free to download?

Hello,

FOR AntiVirus:

1) Antivir PersonalEditionClassic
-Free anti-virus software for Windows.
-Detects and removes more than 50,000 viruses. Free support.
2) avast! 4 Home Edition
-Anti-virus program for Windows.
-The home edition is freeware for noncommercial user.

It is strongly recommended that you run only one antivirus program at a time. Having more than one antivirus program active in memory uses additional resources and can result in program conflicts and false virus alerts.

FOR Antispyware:

SuperAntiSpyware - Awesome for on demend scanning, is updated everyday, good detection rate.
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Malware bytes anti-malware - Same reason.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

How is AVG Free Edition? http://free.avg.com/

Hello,

AVG reports more false positives than the ones mentioned above, which is why we recommend Avira and Avast.

Doctor Inferno wrote:Hello,

AVG reports more false positives than the ones mentioned above, which is why we recommend Avira and Avast.

Thank you.

I agree with The good Doctor I use Avira But Avast is also very good .

Doctor Inferno wrote:Hello,

FOR AntiVirus:

1) Antivir PersonalEditionClassic
-Free anti-virus software for Windows.
-Detects and removes more than 50,000 viruses. Free support.
2) avast! 4 Home Edition
-Anti-virus program for Windows.
-The home edition is freeware for noncommercial user.

It is strongly recommended that you run only one antivirus program at a time. Having more than one antivirus program active in memory uses additional resources and can result in program conflicts and false virus alerts.

FOR Antispyware:

SuperAntiSpyware - Awesome for on demend scanning, is updated everyday, good detection rate.
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Malware bytes anti-malware - Same reason.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

is it okay to have a antivirus and a antispyware on at the same time.

Yes, both protect for different reasons so there are unlikely to be conflicts

My Mcafee runs out today and I don't really want to pay £40 for a one year renewal. So what is the procedure to remove Mcafee and then in install Antivir?

Do I literally uninstall Mcafee and then upload Antivir?

Also (just an example) % wise if Mcafee is 99% protection compliant against threats, what would antivir be roughly? 85%?

Instructions to remove McAFee completely can be found here:

http://www.geekpolice.net/tutorials-guides-f13/completely-remove-norton-avast-avg-kaspersky-mcafee-nod32-f-secure-t1180.htm

Once you run the McAFee uninstall too, simply install Avira.

As always, thanks doc and admin staff @ GP