Free Antivirus Review
Without special anti-virus software, a computeris practically not protected from malware, even despite the built-in protection in the operating system itself. Anti-virus programs such as Dr.Web, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, and Norton Antivirus are widely known. But these programs are sometimes a lot of money. For a home PC, paid antiviruses can be successfully replaced free analogues, which are no worse than cope with possible threats.
Typically, the functionality of free antivirus softwareless than their paid "colleagues". But also those features that are in free antivirus, enough for the average user. True, any antiviruses are effective only if the user himself is following the security of his computer as closely as possible and does not open letters from unknown recipients or suspicious files such as SexyGirlXXX.jpg..exe.
Avast! Home Edition
This free antivirus is developed by Czechspecialists and is the junior product in the Avast line! The program is easy to install and master. For example, the depth of the scan and the level of protection can be changed using visual tools ("sliders"), and not manually configure which file extensions the program should check. Avast! Home Edition consists of a standard resident module, separate modules for mail protection, peer-to-peer clients (for example, eMule), Internet messengers (ICQ, QIP, Miranda, etc.). Anti-Virus can scan files, RAM, e-mail, find macroviruses.
An important advantage of this free antivirus - recovery database generator (VRDB). This generator recovers files after virus removal, as usually after the "treatment" operation the file may be corrupted. The process of creating a recovery database takes a lot of time, so it's best to specify in the settings of the program that the VRDB database needs to be created during the system's inactivity.
Avast! Home Edition has possibility of preliminary inspection computer before the start of the operating system and,thus, has access to files that can be locked by the OS. In Avast! Home Edition is also an option to configure the interface language (there is also Russian).
Anti-virus program Avast! Home Edition is regularly tested on Virus Bulletin and receives a VB100% reward, which indicates its high reliability.
Avira AntiVir Personal Edition
This free antivirus is one of the mostpopular, while it has almost all the same features as paid antivirus. So, the program "knows how" not only "hunt" for viruses, but also for various keyboard "spies" and "redirects". The program supports heuristic analysis with the ability to change its depth, and also supports work from the command line.
In the database of the program - more than 150 thousand viruses. Updates are of the minimum size, are released daily and their installation is notdoes not cause any trouble (the program has a special update wizard - Internet-Update Wizard). The Virus Guard module, built in AntiVir Personal, monitors the movement of downloaded files from the Internet, warns of suspicious actions. Thanks to the multi-threaded implementation of scanning, the computer checks are very fast.
AntiVir Personal also participates in Virus Bulletin testing and earned a VB100% award.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
This antivirus product is also athe result of the development of Czech specialists. Along with the free version there is also a commercial version of the product, but the differences are minimal. The free version does not have technical support, the ability to automatically treat files and configure the "scheduler".
The advantages of AVG antivirus are The presence of a fast and reliable module Resident Shield, which automatically tracks the possiblethe penetration of bootable, executable and macro viruses on the computer and takes measures to automatically delete and treat infected files. AVG Antivirus also contains a unique certified search engine Virus Stalker, an e-mail scanner E-mail Scanner.
AVG, as well as Avast! has the ability to check the RAM and boot sectors of the hard disk before booting the OS, the ability to automatically update the anti-virus database via the Internet. AVG also supports the ability to work with popular firewalls, for example, Kerio Personal Firewall, Zone Alarm Pro or standard Windows firewall.
AVG regularly tests Virus Bulletin and receives a VB100% reward.
