Best av

**Cew27** · #1 29th Sep 2007, 16:18

hey does anyone know what is the best anti virus that i can acquire for "free"
i have the nod 32 trial atm but i was thinking along the lines of bit defender

**evilfantasy** · #2 29th Sep 2007, 16:39

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

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avast! Professional Edition 4.7
AVG Anti-Malware 7.5
AVIRA AntiVir Personal Edition Premium 7.04
BitDefender Professional Plus 10
Dr.Web for Windows 4.44.0 (beta)
eScan Anti-Virus 9.0
ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus 2.70.39
Fortinet FortiClient 3.0
F-Prot for Windows 6.0.7.1
F-Secure Anti-Virus 7.01
G DATA AntiVirusKit (AVK) 17.0
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0
McAfee VirusScan 11.2
Microsoft OneCare 1.6
Norman Virus Control 5.91
Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 14.0
TrustPort Antivirus Workstation 1.4.2

**Hybr!d** · #3 30th Sep 2007, 13:59

Avast kicks all their asses.

redvet · #4 1st Oct 2007, 12:34

I read many recommendations for Avast and after using AVG Free for years without any problems I decided to give it a go. It looks really good but for some reason my speed slowed down significantly, left it there for a few days hoping things would settle down but problem continued so uninstalled Avast and re-loaded AVG. Problem solved.

**SocialWarfare** · #5 1st Oct 2007, 13:43

Did you uninstall AVG before you installed Avast?

redvet · #6 1st Oct 2007, 13:54

Yes, I have CC Cleaner installed and deleted it from there + deleting the remaining bits in the control panel - search.

**Cew27** · #7 1st Oct 2007, 16:50

agreed avast slowed my down aswell

**evilfantasy** · #8 1st Oct 2007, 17:05

AVG 27.2 Mb
Kaspersky 21.4 Mb
Avast! 16.1 Mb

I do not know why Avast would slow you down. It is almost half the size of AVG.

redvet · #9 1st Oct 2007, 23:44

Gave it (AVAST) another go last night, again made sure of complete removal of all AVG files including vault and user sets. Avast went in a dream but again, my speed had slowed again. Pity because it really looks good and I'm sure it is, maybe just my system. However, reading reports that AVG does not pick up effectively - Avast picked up 1 detection on the boot scan at installation - I decided to try AVIRA Antivi free edition. Speed is unaffected and on the initial scan it picked up 15 warnings and 7 detections !! There doesn't appear to be much support on the free edition of Avira but I will be leaving it in for a while.