Question Best free antivirus

[soRa_21]

I was wondering what is the best free antivirus i can install on my pc.. I was thinking avg or avast..

 

[PC Tailor]

My personal opinion but also based on current industry testing standards

• Bitdefender Free
• Kaspersky Free
• Avira Free
• Avast Free
• Windows Defender (don't overlook the naturally inbuilt AV! It is excellent in today's standards)

All I would say is I personally tend to avoid AVG, McAfee, Norton etc. purely because from a software perspective they are much more commonly known to cause conflicts. Not to say they always do, just when there are BSOD for example, that are being caused by antivirus software, it's usually those that tend to have the issue, whereas I've never really seen them with others such as Bitdefender.

 

[mdd1963]

Kaspersky Free has been working awesomely ....for me....



Poll 30-40 experts, you are quite likely to have 10 very good products listed 2-4 times each...

(testing I've seen of and AVG/Avast products showed both to be fairly competent, but, I'd certainly not pay for either...)

I used Microsoft's included Defender (now relabeled/rebadged as simply MS Security?) with no issues for more than a year, but, as I don't download crap or junk and mysterious sources' patches, video players, or 'free movies', I'd probably have no issues running nothing.

Put a pop-up blocker like U-BLock Origin or Defender extension on your browser as well...

 

[koleto]

The built-in anti-virus is the best. (Windows Defender)

 

[soRa_21]

Thank you very much, it was very helpful.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

https://www.avira.com/en/free-security-suite
AVIRA FREE SECURITY SUITE

 

[Thompson673]

As for me, Avast Free Antivirus and AVG are pretty good to use. I once used Bitdefender and found it quite low on CPU usage. Constant pop-ups, messages and emails are really annoying.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Microsoft's included Defender (now relabeled/rebadged as simply MS Security?) with no issues for more than a year, but, as I don't download crap or junk and mysterious sources' patches, video players, or 'free movies', I'd probably have no issues running nothing.

Put a pop-up blocker like U-BLock Origin or Defender extension on your browser as well...

I agree with this assessment. Using Windows defender along with uBlock origin is sufficient protection for most anybody who isn't either ignorant of good browsing and file attachment habits, or regularly and intentionally visits sites that are likely to be malevolent or shady.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Best FREE detection in my tests was Avira in 1st and Bitdefender in 2nd.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Used to like Avast. Not that they're bad now, but I use Windows defender. Free, built in, and it doesn't usually get in the way.