Free AntiVirus

[degsy]

This thread is for Free AntiVirus products

[degsy]

Girsoft AVG Anti Virus (http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php)


Here, you can get your free copy of the AVG Anti-Virus - AVG Free Edition - and you will be able to use it without any limitations for the life of the product. You can also download free updates to get the latest program virus databases (http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_updt6.php?avg6=fe).

Download, install and use AVG Free Edition and get:


AVG Resident Protection
AVG e-mail Scanner
AVG On-Demand Scanner
Basic Scheduled Tests
Free Virus Database Updates
Automatic Update feature
Easy-To-Use Interface
Automatic Healing of infected files
AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files

[degsy]

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

avast! 4 Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package designed exclusively for home users, non-commercial users. Both conditions should be met! Our company offers Home Edition free of charge, since in our opinion, it is possible to avoid global virus spreading by efficient prevention; however, many user are not able or do not want to pay for antivirus software.

Main features

ANTIVIRUS KERNELhttp://www.avast.com/eng/pic/1-pixel.gif
- Almost 100% detection
- Outstanding performance
- Reasonable memory requirements
- ICSA certified http://www.avast.com/eng/pic/1-pixel.gif

USER INTERFACEhttp://www.avast.com/eng/pic/1-pixel.gif
- Memory test during the program startup
- Very intuitive Simple User Interface
- Testing whole disks or selected folders
- Working with the scan results - actions with infected files
- Virus encyclopedia
- Log Viewer
- Various appearances - skin support
- Running from Explorer context menu
- Antivirus screen-saver http://www.avast.com/eng/pic/1-pixel.gif

UPDATEShttp://www.avast.com/eng/pic/1-pixel.gif
- The system of incremental updates guarantees low traffic
- The updates can be completely automatic

RESIDENT PROTECTION
http://www.avast.com/eng/pic/1-pixel.gif- Standard Shield protects the file system
- Generic SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 scanner
- Specific MS Outlook plugin
- Heuristic analysis in e-mail modules http://www.avast.com/eng/pic/1-pixel.gif

REPAIRING
http://www.avast.com/eng/pic/1-pixel.gif- Limited capability of direct repair (especially macroviruses)
- Repairing files using automatically generated Virus Recovery Database (VRDB) http://www.avast.com/eng/pic/1-pixel.gif

PLATFORMShttp://www.avast.com/eng/pic/1-pixel.gif
- Windows 95
- Windows 98
- Windows Me
- Windows NT 4
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP

[degsy]

TrendMicro Online Virus Scan (http://housecall.trendmicro.com/)

Symantec (Norton) Online Virus Scan (http://security.symantec.com/)

RAV AntiVirus Online Virus Scan (http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/)

[TJolly]

http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/

[aaron j b]

cheers.

[LRI41]

Scott Spanbauer
From the January 2004 issue of PC World magazine
Posted Tuesday, November 25, 2003

http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,113462,00.asp

Free Antivirus Software

http://www.rushhohol.com/software/antivirus.htm

OnLine Antivirus Trojan Horse and Vulnerability Scanners

http://virusall.com/downscan.html

[davidw55]

http://www.cyberscrub.com/products/antivirus/free_tools.php

[silentsaint]

ESET's Nod32 Antivirus

http://www.eset.com/home/home.htm

works for me:)

[dunn256]

which is the best virus software to use on windows xp and spyware