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Six free antivirus programs made for your Windows 7 system

by Lee Mathews Oct 24th 2009

Yesterday, I showed you a pain-free way to get rid of excess software that comes bundled on new systems and replace it with high-quality free programs. Those of you who want a bit more choice than what Ninite offers will probably do your installs manually -- so let's take a look at some antivirus options for your Windows 7 system.

There are plenty of pay-for programs you probably already about, like Norton, McAfee, Kaspersky and Trend Micro. I'm going to focus on the free options -- of which there are many!

Hey, you just paid for an OS or a whole new computer -- why not save a few bucks if you can?

Tags: antivirus, avast, avg, avira, comodo, free, malware, MSE, security essentials, SecurityEssentials, trojan, virus

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Avira AntiVir 9 adds spyware protection to free antivirus suite

by Brad Linder Mar 18th 2009

Avira has released an updated version of the company's free AntiVirus application. AntiVir 9 comes in free and paid versions. For the first time, the free version includes anti-spyware and anti-adware tools as well as antivirus protection. It also has a new one-click threat removal option.

Avira AntiVir Premium includes all the features in the free software, plus e-mail scanning, a WebGuard feature for "safe web surfing," and the ability to create a bootable rescue CD. The premium version costs 19.95 Euros or about $26 US.

[via CNet]

Tags: antivir, antivir-9, antivirus, avira

Filed under: Security, Windows, Freeware

Avira updates AntiVir free anti-virus suite

by Brad Linder Apr 15th 2008

Avira has released AntiVir Personal 8.1, a free antivirus appliation. Like popular free antivirus applications from Grisoft and Avast!, Avira offers a free basic security suite in the hopes of convincing some users to spring for a commercial version. The main difference between Avira and the competition, as far as we're concerned, is that Avira AntiVir will occasionally pop up nagware asking you to upgrade.

Pop ups aside, Avira AntiVir is pretty powerful, and the latest update brings a few improvements like increased scan speed and a redesigned visual interface. Another new feature, which isn't available in the free version, is the ability to create a system rescue CD.

Unlike some other antivirus applications, you can install AntiVir without uninstalling or even turning off your current antivirus program, which is always a plus.

[via gHacks]

Tags: antivir, antivirus, avg, avira, grisoft

Filed under: Security, Windows, Commercial

Download AVG Anti-Virus Pro for free

by Brad Linder Dec 26th 2007

We wouldn't be surprised if you only know AVG for its free anti-virus software. Along with Avast! Avira, and a few other companies that don't start with the letter A, AVG provides a full-fledged virus protection suite free of charge. But AVG also provides a "professional" version of its software that comes with some advanced features like extra scanning and scheduling options.

For example, the free version only lets you schedule a single virus database update per day, and one computer scan a day. You can schedule multiple events with the Pro version. You also get higher speed downloads with the Pro version.

AVG Pro usually goes for $29.95, but Computeract!ve is giving away free licensed copies through Jan 17, 2008. Good luck getting their download link to work, but fortunately CyberNet has pointed us to a couple of mirrors.

Tags: anti-virus, avast, avg, avg-professiona, avira

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