I'm considering using free antivirus after my current subscription runs out and want to know if it's the real deal. Pros and cons please. And yes searching similar questions didn't yield any good, conclusive answers.
Are free antivirus programs as good as their commercial counterparts?vista
I have found that Avast Anti-Virus is great. It is a commercial application that has been made freely avaliable to home users. They still have a very strong user base comercially and as they deal with companies are very up to date on their pattern files. Most of your Anti-Virus software that comes from your Broadband/Dial-up provider is very stable and well updated. I would probally stay well away from GPL or Community developed Virus Protection, as you are only as safe as the company that makes it.
Avast: Http://www.avast.com
Are free antivirus programs as good as their commercial counterparts?antispyware
try AVG, its very good antivirus, keeps the definitions up to date.
Panda seemed to have detected the most viruses, from personal experience. I have a list of em at http://www.jimmyr.com/security.php I don't even use an active virus scan, but every once in awhile I scan using multiple online scanners.
No scanner is best. They all use complicated algorithms to detect viruses quickly, that's why its best to use several. Emule has a few antiviruses...
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