Bitdefender Internet Security 21.0,
Avast Free Antivirus 17.5, G Data Internet Security 25.3, Avira Antivirus Pro 15.0, Symantec Norton Security and Bitdefender Rescue Disk 2.1 all scored at least 90 percent, getting rid of every active malware component.
Avast Free Antivirus has a friendly interface, a nearly imperceptible system impact and useful extra features, including a password manager and a network scanner.
(By contrast,
Avast Free Antivirus had a barely detectable load.)
In tests conducted by Austrian lab AV - Comparatives on Windows 7,
Avast Free Antivirus was slightly less effective.
If you're looking for such features, try
Avast Free Antivirus, which is just a half - step down from Bitdefender in malware detection yet has the most extras of any free antivirus program.
Avast Free Antivirus» AV - TEST scores were nearly as good as Bitdefender's.
Aside from Microsoft, all the other programs tested fell between 16.5 and 14.5: AhnLab V3 Internet Security,
Avast Free Antivirus, AVG Internet Security, Avira Antivirus Pro, BullGuard Internet Security, ESET Internet Security, G Data InternetSecurity, K7 Computing Total Security and ThreatTrack VIPRE Internet Security Pro.
Overall,
Avast Free Antivirus has better malware detection, a lighter system impact and many extras without strings attached.
In fact, the only features that Bitdefender Antivirus Plus can lord over
Avast Free Antivirus are a virtual keyboard (for those worried about keylogging malware) and a file shredder.
Avast Free Antivirus already had a friendly interface, a nearly imperceptible system impact and useful extra features, including a password manager and a network scanner.
Of the six free antivirus programs we reviewed,
Avast Free Antivirus came out on top.
The lack of a price tag on
Avast Free Antivirus makes it an alluring choice for budget - minded consumers, and, yes, it is better than nothing (or Windows Defender).
Avast Free Antivirus and Bitdefender Antivirus Plus both make it easy to see messages saying that your system is safe, but they differ in the presentation.
While we expect to see at least some of those features on a paid offering, they're a pleasant surprise in
the Avast Free Antivirus package.
This middle category consisted of McAfee Internet Security, AhnLab V3 Internet Security, AVG Internet Security,
Avast Free Antivirus, BullGuard Internet Security, Microworld eScan Internet Security Suite, Panda Security Free Antivirus, ESET Smart Security, Comodo Internet Security Premium, G Data Internet Security and K7 Computing Total Security, in descending order from best to worst.
Combined with Comodo firewall,
Avast free antivirus can give you the best protection against most types of malware without hogging on your resources.
Avast Free Antivirus keeps its user - friendly interface, minimal system load and useful password manager and network scanner, but adds nearly perfect antivirus protection.
Not exact matches
Since 1991, AVG products, which are now part of
Avast, have been one of the most popular providers of online security software, offering a
free - to - download
antivirus product for Windows, Mac, and Android devices.
AVAST Mobile Security & Antivirus — Avast Mobile Security with free antivirus for Android scans and secures against infected files, unwanted privacy phishing, malware, spyware, and malicious viruses such as trojans and even against loss or t
AVAST Mobile Security &
Antivirus — Avast Mobile Security with free antivirus for Android scans and secures against infected files, unwanted privacy phishing, malware, spyware, and malicious viruses such as trojans and even against loss
Antivirus —
Avast Mobile Security with free antivirus for Android scans and secures against infected files, unwanted privacy phishing, malware, spyware, and malicious viruses such as trojans and even against loss or t
Avast Mobile Security with
free antivirus for Android scans and secures against infected files, unwanted privacy phishing, malware, spyware, and malicious viruses such as trojans and even against loss
antivirus for Android scans and secures against infected files, unwanted privacy phishing, malware, spyware, and malicious viruses such as trojans and even against loss or theft.
Avast Antivirus Free is the supposedly the most widely used antivirus product in the world, with 400 milli
Antivirus Free is the supposedly the most widely used
antivirus product in the world, with 400 milli
antivirus product in the world, with 400 million users.
Not only was it available for
free — it wouldn't hassle you and try to upsell you to paid
antivirus solutions, like AVG and
avast!
AhnLab V3 Mobile Security, Alibaba Mobile Security,
Avast Mobile Security, AVG
AntiVirus Free, Bitdefender Mobile Security, G Data Internet Security, Kaspersky Lab Internet Security for Android, McAfee Mobile Security, PSafe DFNDR Security, Symantec Norton Mobile Security, Tencent WeSecure and Trend Micro Mobile Security &
Antivirus each earned 13 points apiece.
SecureLine is one of the many security solutions provided by
Avast, known mostly for their
free antivirus.
If Avira and Bitdefender don't appeal there are other popular choices such as
Avast Free and Panda
Free Antivirus.
Avast is one of the more popular
free, third - party
antivirus programs.
Even if you don't want to use an
antivirus program created by Microsoft, there are solid
free options, including
avast!
In AV - Comparatives» testing,
Avast Free Mac Security and AVG
AntiVirus for Mac each scored 99.9 percent, and Avira
Free Antivirus for Mac netted 99.1 percent.
While its overall feature set is less compelling that
Avast's, we recommend Norton Mobile Security as the best
free Android
antivirus app, both for its malware performance and for the reliability of its features.
Products with similar ratings included
Avast Free AntiVirus 17.7 & 17.8, AVG Internet Security 17.7 & 17.8, BullGuard Internet Security 18.0, Comodo Internet Security Premium 10.0, F - Secure Safe 17, G Data InternetSecurity 25.4, K7 Computing Total Security 15.1, Microsoft Windows Defender 4.12, MicroWorld eScan Internet Security Suite 14.0, Norton Security 22.11, Panda Security
Free Antivirus 1.0 and PC Pitstop PC Matic 3.0.
Avast Free Mac Security provides very good antivirus protection for free, and it throws in email scanning on
Free Mac Security provides very good
antivirus protection for
free, and it throws in email scanning on
free, and it throws in email scanning on top.
No other
free antivirus program we tested beat that, although
Avast's stepsibling AVG came close.
Sure, we like its easy - to - use interface, but its malware protection scores aren't as good as what AVG
Antivirus for Mac and
Avast Free Mac Security offer.
Yet
Avast doesn't bombard you with pop - up upgrade reminders the way some
free antivirus programs do.