Battle MT Community: Favorite Free Antivirus at the moment

[jackuars]

What's your favorite free antivirus at the moment?

*Dont forget to change the poll votes when you've new favorite*

 

[OneDay]

Hello, jackuars..
I've voted for 360 (TS, for me) since it's free and its detection rate is probably the best or, at least, among the best. I've been a long time user of Avast and, more recently, Avira, but I think Qihoo seems to put a lot of effort in this one.

 

[Av Gurus]

I vote for Comodo.
Just because how much stuff they give for free and because of them i started to look at malware and security in a difrent way!
On demand detection got nothing to do with product if it have other stuff to protect with.

 

[Ulikedat]

But Esey and Emsisoft are not free m8.

 

[tonibalas]

I am between AVG and COMODO because AVG is install and forget av and it can protect your pc pretty good. On the other hand COMODO with it's sandbox you have mind at piece because you are almost certain that nothing can pass it.Difficult decision but for now my vote goes to AVG which with it's 2015 version has improved more but if Comodo will improve in version 8 maybe i will change my vote.Anyway tough call but vote for Avg

 

[OneDay]

But Esey and Emsisoft are not free m8.

Noted.. I've just edited my post.

 

[GabiCRX]

I vote for Tiranium.

 

[Deleted member 21043]

My favourite right now is Emsisoft, however it does not have a free version which is a shame really...

 

[souhrid]

Avast has become bloated, avira launcer crap, 360 I'm not interested now, but i may change my mind in future about 360, but at this instant i go for avg

 

[moonshine]

I usually stick to Windows Defender/MSE when people asks me to get their PCs some protection but if the person is a little bit picky and wants a 3rd party solution, I frequently recommend Avast! to them and they're pretty happy with it.

 

[RevolutionSphere]

Voting for Avast.

 

[Ink]

Currently Windows Defender for Windows 8 and 8.1, Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows Vista SP2 and 7 SP1.
An added benefit would be to those who use Chrome or Internet Explorer which include malicious download protection.

Voted: Other

 

[silversurfer]

my favorite free AV is Qihoo and I voted for it ...

 

[Manzai]

Tiranium for me

 

[Secondmineboy]

I have Avast for now.

Might change to some other AV at some point

 

[MikeV]

No second thought for me.......360 INTERNET SECURITY (NOT TOTAL Security)
Why? For many many many reasons that i have already posted in various topics

 

[Behold Eck]

Unthreat free for Vipre sigs and lightness to compliment Sandboxie plus HIPS.

Regards Eck

 

[Striker]

Avast(costum innstall/settings)

 

[JakeXPMan]

Unfortunately, I haven't tried all the AntiVirus programs on the poll.

Since 2012, I put in and ran
-MSE, Avast, McAfee, Avira, AVG, Bitdefender 2014, Unthreat and Bitdefender (Ver 10)-

My Compaq Presario I'm using came with Norton back in 2005. 2 newer laptops had Norton installed as well,... but none have it now lol. Better "free" options out there.

So, 2 PC's and 2 laptops using Windows XP SP3 and one on SP2 (for now)

All Antivirus I tried were free versions but the old Norton and a new 2013 McAfee, got full version from having an AOL account.

Best : Avira, Bitdefender (overall experience)

Good : Unthreat (would be best but updates freeze at (99%) Microsoft Security Essentials (A few minor update errors, slowdowns and heavy RAM use during those updates. McAfee - old version. (ran well, but with too many pop-ups)

Fair : AVG (BLOAT! w/errors), Norton (good but poor boot time and FP) McAfee (Overkill caused heavy load on system.

Worst : Avast

Now, I was recommened Avast last year,... and Avast shocked me as being the very worst option I tried! It was worse then McAfee. Avast made laptop so slow, ate up resources, kept freezing the brower, slowed down internet, and constant pop-up info) left a lot of junk behind after uninstall too.

Most shocking good performance : Bitdefender (Oct 2014)

Most Shocking dissapointment : Avast (April 2013)

 

[jackuars]

Worst : Avast

Now, I was recommened Avast last year,... and Avast shocked me as being the very worst option I tried! It was worse then McAfee. Avast made laptop so slow, ate up resources, kept freezing the brower, slowed down internet, and constant pop-up info) left a lot of junk behind after uninstall too.

Most shocking good performance : Bitdefender (Oct 2014)

Most Shocking dissapointment : Avast (April 2013)

It's important to note that there were no security conflicts, or if it was really another program that was taking up the resources, the add-ons and the like. Avast is generally considered light, so it might be just a local issue.