Pcworld has a released there top free Antivirus software picks. Now let’s be clear on this, I am an a average user, and have tested these products out on my own laptop plus others and here is what I find.
According to Pcworld, Avira Antivir Personal is the top pick and claims to block 98.9 percent of samples:
Such less-than-friendly default behaviors make Avira AntiVir Personal a better choice for tech-savvy users who know how to muck about in the settings. If you’re willing to put up with a somewhat clumsy interface and the recurring pop-up ads, in return you’ll enjoy top-notch, free protection against malware. It’s not a bad trade-off by any means.
[Via Pcworld : Avira Antivir Personal Antivirus]
[ad]Now with Pcworld saying it isn’t a bad trade-off to have the Pop-ups and the default behaviors of this program, it doesn’t make me want to use this program since I am a gamer and the pop-ups would interfere with playing online games, not to mention if your not that tech savy person you’d have a lot of head scratching to figure out this program.
Then we go to the Second pick and Avast Antivirus Home in this pick Pcworld claims to blocking 98.2 percent of samples tried with this program:
Avast Antivirus will do a decent job protecting a PC from malware, but if you’re willing to put up with a less-than-perfect interface (and some ads), you’re better off going with Avira’s top-notch blocking.
[Via Pcworld : Avast Antivirus Home Edition]
Now unless you want to be scratching your head on this product you have to go through the Tutorial that pop-ups after installation to walk you through how to use this product. Then there are some more ads that popup during the day that reminds you that this is a free program and suggesting you pay for it. Also you will have to register with Avast to get a personal free license to be able to keep this program running on your system. The interface of this Antivirus makes you think you will be playing music, which can cause some confusion when it comes to understanding this product.
Third place was AVG 8.5 Free edition according to PcWorld. With there being no pop-ups reminding me this is a free product. Also the easy to understand interface also makes this very user friendly. I also like the Linkscanner and blocked 95.8 percent of the samples meaning it is still rather good to use for the daily user who wants a less intrusive pop-ups or ads. AVG has not yet done a pop up with me but it is far less annoying than the others because of the interface and the ads that are shown in the main program.
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