Which free antivirus do you use ?

Which free antivirus do you use ?


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Raul90

Level 14
Feb 5, 2012
658
Got tired of using Avast, went back to Avira in the meantime. Will try 360 next month.
 

Littlebits

Retired Staff
May 3, 2011
3,893
Avast free on my desktop Win7, Windows Defender on my Win8 laptop.
I don't like AV's that use BitDefender engine because they flag way too many false positives, BitDefender in general is a heavy AV engine.

I don't like AV's that use multiple AV engines, more engines equals more false positives. You can simply scan any file you download with VirusTotal before running it, there is no need to use several AV engines in real-time.

I have no reason to use paid AV's since freeware does its job for me. Other AV's that I will recommend are Avira free, AVG free, MSE and Panda Cloud free. Eset only if you want to pay.

Enjoy!! :D
 
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MrExplorer

Level 28
Verified
Nov 15, 2012
1,765
My AV: ESET Smart Security 7
If i need to chose free version than i will go for Qihoo.
 

enaph

Level 29
Verified
Honorary Member
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Well-known
Jun 14, 2011
1,800
Built-in Windows Defender on Windows 8.1 x64.
I haven't seen any virus since years so I don't feel like using any other AV.
 
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