best free antivirus

[the_ultimate_evil]

ok the age old question whats the best free to use anti virus available.

whats your thoughts and experiences

 

[ComicChick]

i've always been partial to AVG

 

[ThePhantasm]

I like AVG

 

[jonathancrane]

avg

 

[Hotwire]

I asked this same question a while back. The answer I got was Avast!.

 

[DarrellGood]

I like Unthreat Antivirus, it's a free antivirus and I think it works great. It's not as well known as the other free antiviruses but it's performance is excellent. I totally recommend it!

 

[Kable24]

I've used AVG and Avast, Symantec and McAfee and I've always been disappointed because they can be intrusive at times and resource hogs. I've switched to Microsoft Security Essentials and I have to say it's a great program. MS really took the time to get this one right. It's not intrusive. It isn't a resource hog and you can set it and forget it. I have it on all of my PC's and I even removed our corporate antivirus at work and put it on my production PC's.

 

[ComicChick]

kable is that MS Sec Essentials freeware?

 

[Kable24]

Yes it is.

 

[Lily Adler]

For those who have Windows 8, you will have Microsoft Security Essentials, but under the name Windows Defender.

 

[Kable24]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download

Here's the link for MS Security Essentials.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

I also vouch for MSSE. It is a good product.