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Free
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Free
- Avast Antivirus Free
is growing itself a trend for the best free antivirus. It is thought
one of the best promotion techniques they have used in the recent year
was contests for their users. From what was seen in our perspective,
Avast has an awesomely fast antivirus engine. However, it barely slipped
from first place due to its false positives and lack of stronger
heuristics needed for the bigger threats. But, since it is free, it goes
to show that users need a premium antivirus protection (as we show the
rankings for below). - Microsoft Security Essentials
came out as one of the most lightweight and simplistic antivirus
programs on the market. Microsoft is the maker of the Windows operating
system, of course, so it gave users a trustworthiness factor for
Microsoft Security Essentials. And ever since then, it’s been magic.
With its ability to detect some rootkits, it comes in second place, but
not too far under first. - AVG Antivirus Free
ranks in third for many reasons. Its good detection and smart
heuristics allow it to be a powerful antivirus program, however, it has
dealt with false positives on an uncomfortable scale. It therefore has
tied with Avira Free. - Avira Free
has tied with AVG Antivirus Free. What is good about Avira Free is that
it continually shows good protection against all Windows platforms.
What is bad is that it cannot run 100% on heavily infected systems. This
is a common problem with antivirus software, but Avira Free has shown
to not function very well. May be due to the lack of a well-coded
self-protection driver. - ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus/Firewall
has come in last, but certainly not least! It is assured that
ZoneAlarm’s new free program has what it takes to be a good antivirus
program. Further testing is needed to rate the overall effectiveness of
this program. Stay tuned to our blog for future reviews!
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