Download Free Anti Virus Software

The Bad News: Nearly 10,000 new viruses are documented every year; that is more than one per hour!
The Good News: You don’t have to pay for good virus protection.

There is software available to download that will do the job just as well for free.

Software4free has handpicked and tested the best software available. We have two strong recommendations or you: AVGAnti Virus and Avast Antivirus Software.

AVG Free Edition

AVG Free Edition is a well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Free is available free-of-charge to home users. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product. AVG Free is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements). Highlights include:

• Automatic update functionality
• The Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run
• The E-mail Scanner, which protects your e-mail
• The On-Demand Scanner: perform scheduled and manual tests
• Free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product
• Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files

AVG Free Edition has proven to be a real winner with consumers, is installed on millions of home computers and is one of Software4free’stop two recommendations.

Avast Antivirus Software

Avast Antivirus Software The “Home” Edition of Avast Antivirus Software is free. It isintended for home users and non-commercial use only. Yet it is a safe and convenient solution to virus free computing.

• You can expect 100% detection of In-the-Wild viruses
• excellent detection of Trojan horses.
• certified by ICSA
• Simple User Interface
• Resident protection (detects a virus before it has any chance to infect your computer)
• E-mail protection
• Web Shield: safe surfing
• Another important feature is the automatic updates. Both the virus database and the program itself can be updated automatically.

Software4free recommends Avast as one of the top anti virus software downloads: safe, user friendly, self-updating and best of all: 100% free!

Avira

Avira Personal Edition is a free and safe antivirus program. It includes an easy-to-use update wizard so you can ensure it stays current with the latest threats.

• detects and removes more than 150,000 viruses
• scans and repairs of macro viruses
• protects against previously unknown macro viruses
• safeguard against trojans, worms, backdoors,etc.
• internet-update wizard for easy updating
• Protection against cost generating dial-up program
• protection against previously unknown boot record viruses and master boot record viruses

There is excellent, and free support available via the AntiVir Bulletin Board

ClamWin Free Antivirus

ClamWin Free Antivirus. ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Windows.ClamWin Free Antivirus is a non-profit free software project under the Free Software Foundation umbrella.
ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and features:

• Scanning scheduler;
• Automatic virus database updates. ClamAV team updates virus databases on a regular basis and almost immediately after a new virus/variant is out;
• Standalone virus scanner;

Please note that, unlike our other recommendations, ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner, that is, you need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus. The Clamwin Outlook Addin, however will delete a virus-infected attachment automatically.