#What is best avast or avg free software#

Having said that I would have personally liked the addition of at least two more: Comodo Antivirus and Rising Antivirus(both of which have a lot of fans).Р”В«y way of comparison and to provide some perspective I will also include some of the numbers for two of the best paid antivirus programs: Kaspersky and ESET NOD32.

#What is best avast or avg free software#

The reason I am not expanding this discussion to other programs is because it is much easier to limit the scope to software tested in РІР‚в„ўs tests, where there are hard numbers to back up any claims. They are also most likely the top three best freeware antivirus programs. The choice of programs: Antivir, Avast and AVG are the most used and most well known freeware antivirus programs, and I use or have used all three for long periods of time. It is somewhat difficult to reference these as sources because the av-comparatives site disallows direct linking to the test results and requests that all links be to its root domain (presumably because new tests are always published and they do not want links to results that may be obsolete). The findings presented here are not my original work but come from a single source: РІР‚в„ўs antivirus comparison tests conduced in Nov 2008 (test #20) and Feb 2009 (test #21), which are the latest as of this writing. The objective is to go beyond the ubiquitous РІР‚СљI have used program x for y years now and it has kept me completely virus freeРІР‚Сњ to a more substantial comparison. This posting will explore this issue more closely. ThereРІР‚в„ўs been a vigorous debate going on in the little РІР‚СљcboxРІР‚Сњ message box (in the sidebar) over which freeware antivirus program is best.

My conclusion: all three are very worthy contenders that can hold their own or surpass any heavyweight for-pay antivirus however Anitvir and Avast are definitely in the first tier, while AVG is a close second tier.

This posting will discuss which of the following three programs deserves the title of РІР‚Сљbest freeware antivirus programРІР‚Сњ: Avira Antivir, Avast, or AVG.