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Best Windows software for a hard-hit economy
October 30, 2008 3:41 PM PDT
Antivirus protection
Freeware: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition; Avira AntiVir Personal Free Antivirus
Replaces: McAfee; Norton; Kaspersky
You save: $40
Out of all the freeware antivirus applications, AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition and Avira AntiVir Personal Free Antivirus come closest to the comprehensive coverage of their premium cousins. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition offers frequent updates, scheduled scans, and real-time protection. It also quarantines suspect files and processes, and rates search results for safety.
Avira AntiVir Personal Free Antivirus also scans for definitions, and, unlike most security freeware, sniffs for rootkits. While thorough, Avira's freeware antivirus application tends to lag and is a bit more ad-heavy.
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