To protect yourself from viruses that crop up all the time, it’s important to update your antivirus software’s data definition files. Am here posting the list of Some top Anti Virus Programs which are very useful to users.
AVG Free Edition - AVG Resident Shield provides real-time protection executions of files and programs. It features a smart e-mail scanner, virus updates and virus vault for secure handling of the files which are infected by viruses. The base version for windows is Free for private and non-commercial use.
My View: Quite bad, does not detect many viruses, very sad software, but its Free
BitDefender Online Scan System - BitDefender Scan Online scans system’s memory, boot sector, all files and folders and also comes with automatic file cleaning option. Overall, it scans for over 70,000+ viruses, worms, trojans and other malicious applications. Inexpensive product received excellent scores in our performance tests, although its scan speed was sluggish.
My View: Slow, as already mentioned
McAfee VirusScan for Windows: This antivirus package detects all virus types, including Word and Excel macros; boot-sector infections; and file, multipartite, stealth, polymorphic, and encrypted viruses.
My View: Does not detect many viruses, it looks and feels great, offers many features, but fails in detecting, not free
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro - A commonly used virus protection solution offering full protection against macro-viruses and unknown viruses. It offers reliable data integrity control and protection of e-mails from viruses.
My View: Looks good, a little pesky, beautiful sound effects, but not free
ESET NOD32 Antivirus - ESET NOD32 Anti-virus is available as an anti-virus for small businesses, individuals and for large networks. The trialware enables the user to try the application for a period of 30 days.
My View: A Decent AV, but did slow down my PC a little, not Free
avast! Home Edition - A free antivirus solution for scanning disk, CDs, in E-mail, HTTP, NNTP, IM and P2P.
My View: Best of the Lot, simple UI, updates itself, Free
Norton AntiVirus - Norton AntiVirus is the most popular and secure virus scanner for checking boot sector records at startup. The live update feature automatically installs new updates for regular protection against viruses.
My View: Worst of the lot, does not detect many viruses, but still people use it, not Free
HijackThis Software - HijackThis is a small application for scanning and cleaning spyware, malware infections in computer. It enables the user to save the scan log in a txt file which can be examined later for system security analysis.
My View: Excellent, but cannot be classified as a true AV program. User has to be educated to work with this. Not for beginners. Free
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