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the 3 Best Free Antivirus applications for Windows 7
Brandon Davenport
Windows has always been known for "viruses" and being "unsafe" and Windows has earned a reputation of being the virus prone OS. Why though? Well lets compare it to Mac. There is one Mac user for every Windows user, and that tells a lot. If you are a virus developer, you are going to go for the biggest crowd right? The next question is what can you do to protect yourself from all these viruses? Its hard to decide which one to download, so we made it easy with a simple choice, and we have gone around the interwebz and found the top 3 Anti-virus apps available today [Continued...]
AVG Anti Virus
Founded in 1991, AVG is focuses on providing home and business PC users with the most comprehensive and proactive protection against computer security threats. AVG has an active user base of 80 million people. AVG has two versions, Free and Pro. We recommend the free version for everyone. It is has top notch reliability, it works and its fast. Just remember, on their site it takes a while to download it because they keep advertising the Pro version and asking "are you sure you want just basic protection?". The free version is all you need. Trust us.
Download: free.avg.com
Avira AntiVir
Consistently at or near the top of independent efficacy testers, Avira's AntiVir remains one of the best freeware security solutions around. It has a neat feature that allows you to scan external hard drives too. A couple of the downsides are its hard to uninstall, and it does not have on-demand email scan, but AntiVir offers such good protection, we don't care about any of that.
Download: Cnet Download
Avast Home Edition
This impressive software provides the same steadfast protection of well-known antivirus programs, yet it's surprisingly free. You can select parameters for scanning, and choose wildcards to exclude specific file types. You can even adjust the sensitivity level for the program's detectors which is handy when it comes to scanning downloaded files. Its also got some decent PC controls like blocking URL's and some file operations like renaming and deleting. Tip: It's free to use but requires e-mail registration before the end of the initial 60-day trial period. You will receive by e-mail a license key valid for a period of 1 year.
Download: avast.com
