Which free anti-virus software is the best?

Avast is also pretty good..Ive used it, found it better than AVG. I am currently using PC-Cillin Internet Security 2006 which is doing a really neat job. Much better than Norton which eats all your system memory

Dear Wealth, First I was using AVG anti virus at home It was working satisfactorily. I had to send my hard disc for upgrading. They put in Mcafee at that time instead of AVG. At Office we are using AVG only and we do not have any problem at all till now. Both are good. I do not know about the other two anti virus you have mentioned. I have seen in the net but have not used it till now. AVG is available free at www.grisoft.com. You can use it. I had just installed the same for a friend of mine a few days back. So go ahead and install it. It is good.

Hello I have tried all 3 free versions and I have even tried some paid for ones as well, but I have always come back to AVG free, it works quietly in the background with no problems at all.. It is the only one I use now.. Here is the link for it.. http://free.grisoft.com/

I had used AVG its good but then went back to using Norton, though it sucks in terms of resources. Next time , I am going for Mc Afee. I do have AVG older version still there on my com but its not installed now. As I remember I did get some kind of virus back then which was not getting detected by it so ultimately went back to Norton. It was two years back when I installed it so don't rmember which virus was it. Since then my moto is better go for a paid good version then ride a free ticket.

hmmmmmmmmm...... That's a very good and beneficial question buddy!! I would also like to know more as these days number of viruses are going on increasing and we all are getting risks in our PC's. I think AVG is the best one as i used till now that only. You may not believe but it had cleaned 15,668 viruses from my PC. Have a nice day!! Keep Posting!!

I use AVG 7 , which is paid. However, if you only want to use free, then go for AVG 6.

I think there is no free anti virus. Maybe you can get it by asking someone to share it with you.I am using kaspersky and AVG Free Edition. This 2 anti virus will help a lot to fight against various trojan virus in my computer. And help a lot to secure all my important files in my computer.

I personally use AVG and that is the one I recommend. It has served me adequately for many years. I compared avast and avg before and I like avg better. Haven't heard of avira.

from those three... i choose avast. i'm using avast btw... but i think i'm gonna try norton antivirus 2008. my avast already expired, its only free version also. that's why... i wanna change to other anti virus.

i am currenly using the AVG and it has been working really well.. you just need to have it updated all the time

I am using avira. I did use AVG before. It was good, but I like avira better. Avatech http://avateck.blogspot.com

Windows live one care is best you should try there 90 day trial.

i have been using avast home edition.it is good to use and i suggest htat.i do regular updates to my antivirus software so till now i have not experienced any major problems.

I'm using AVG Free and Avast 4 Home. I'll try AVIRA so that I will find out if its good. I think its hard to determine which one among the FREE anti-virus is the best. You may have the best, but if that anti-virus of yours has an out dated virus database then it will not detect new viruses. The best anti-virus is the one with up-to-date virus database!

hi, i think avg is good.....it scans viruses to a deeper manner.... rest 2 i dunno..... mebbe u can try kaspersky.....

avg is best along with Zone alarm for anti spy

Based on my experience, Avira AntiVir Personal Classic Edition is a quite good antivirus compared to the aforementioned two antivirus above. It does its job pretty well which includes detecting and deleting viruses and other malware, provided if you update this regularly. Currently, I am using a paid version antivirus, which is Eset Nod32. It monitors your internet activity which increases your defense against this malware threat. It also blocks unwanted drive-by downloads. As such, I like the overall performance of this antivirus (NOD32). :-)

I've always gone with AVG and it's done a great job so far.

I use Avir Antivir. It's a great antivirus program. Easy on the system resources and it has regular updates. I haven't been infected with a virus once since I started using it.

Well those three are good ones, but when you use free anti-virus software are you really getting full function or are you getting what they allow you to have. I have been in the computer field for 19 years and what is free is not always best.