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

im considering changing from
AVG to one of the above but ill wait for the all clear on my present problem (im hoping its ok :S)

paulsky wrote:

im considering changing from
AVG to one of the above but ill wait for the all clear on my present problem (im hoping its ok :S)

Once you have finished with your current topic (Dragon helping), drop him a note about wanting to switch and he'll guide you through it.

Doctor Inferno wrote:

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.

Does the same thing apply to the antispyware?

No, antispyware is different.

How does Panda Cloud fit into the list of free AV´s?

If we may believe PCMAG reviewer Rubinstein, it tops Avast! and is their recommended free AV (they have no recent test on Avira Free though).

I still think Panda can be added to the list of Avira and Avast and AVG is the least recommendable of the four, it got kinda bloated, its link scanner has caused more than one problem and it ranks lower in detection rates than the others.