AVG Free
AVG Free was mentioned in my list before, and it must be in this
list as well. It is probably the most used free antivirus software out
there. It provides great antivirus and antispyware protection, and it
also uses Safe Search which helps protect you from those bad webpages
that can sometimes come up in your search results.
Avast
Avast is often seen as the biggest competitor to AVG Free due to its
simplicity and ease of use. In addition to the normal protection, I
find the P2P and IM shield to be a great feature of this client.
However, there is one negative with this client. You will have to take
the time to register it in order to keep using it. This registration
is free, but it does take time. Are you lazy like me?
Anti Vir
Anti Vir has been gaining a lot of support from the techies around
the Internet. I believe the basis from this comes from great
protection with the ability to scan up to 20% faster than other clients.
Bitdefender
Bitdefender provides the same basic virus and spyware scanning, and
it adds immediate scanning, a skinable interface and statistical
reports. The reports are always a nice touch, because some people want
to know everything that is going on with their computer.
Comodo
Comodo provides a very basic antivirus software that is easy to
use. It also has an extremely small memory footprint, so you can
actually do other things while it is running on your computer.
Clamwin
Clamwin is obviously the most basic antivrius on the list, but that
isn’t always a bad thing. Clamwin may not be as robust as some of the
others on the list, but if you don’t need lots of bells and whistles
this would be a great choice.






