Best free Virus scan?

[hellfire0987]

I figured this would be the best place to post about virus protection. I need to know the best free virus scan program. I need to be able to delete the things it detects also, pretty self-explanatory.

Thanks in advance!

[JetBlk]

trendmicro.com then look at the free housecall :D

[djWHEAT]

Avira AntiVirus - I swear to you the best. I got stung pretty badly with a Virus, and ever since this program has been by my side.

[sef]

Avira AntiVirus - I swear to you the best. I got stung pretty badly with a Virus, and ever since this program has been by my side.

I would have to stand by this comment! Avira is amazing.

[tgchan]

there are no good free antyviruses deal with that

[jsmith-]

I personally think ClamWin and Spybot Search and Destroy.

[chipmunk]

malawarebyte's for malaware

[pixeeelz]

Avira, Avast, NOD32

[smont]

im still on AVG is it time for an update?

[NacaV1g]

Eh there's no such thing as a good free anti-virus program. Most will let you scan but will make you pay to have them deleted or quarantined. Best you can do is reformat.

[pixeeelz]

Eh there's no such thing as a good free anti-virus program. Most will let you scan but will make you pay to have them deleted or quarantined. Best you can do is reformat.
I beg to differ. I've used Avast! and Avira and they've deleted/quarantined infected files. They're free too.

[kboss]

There is an 8 month promotional thing for Avira AntiVirus Premium, which is amazing.
Can't find the link to 8 months, but just by googling found this one, supposively a 6 month promotional.

https://license.avira.com/en/promotion-t0q1aatr05zwftftgnqr

[jose]

Avira, Avast, NOD32

+1 for NOD32.

I love that program.

[Cjw Evolved]

I've been using avast for a year now and have no complaints. It even detected virus's that a trail version of Norton couldn't.

[mcdoomington]

I'm still on AVG Free

[onesix]

Trendmicro or AVG

[S0ck]

Personally I just run malwarebytes and use firefox with the No-Script Add-on :o

[Tenet]

Go Anandtech.com forums and read the security thread - the AVComparisons website where professional testing is done - Avira and Avast when used properly are just as good as paid.

I've been tracking it for the past year, and while they trade the #1 places at virus prevention, when you do a scheduled scan they still all detect 99.5% to 99.9% of threats.

Just remember - no anti virus can ever reach such levels during resident operation - you get between 10% to 50% detection regardless of whether you pay or not. You MUST perform the scheduled scans for an Anti-Virus to do it's job.

[NeCtRiCkS]

Avira :)

[IndependenT]

Eset is the best imo.

[Goku]

Comodo & Sandboxie ftw

[Rainman]

im still on AVG is it time for an update?

I've had AVG for several years and it's never stopped working amazing for me.

[Hayo]

Avira, AVG, NOD32
Personally I started paying for AVG, and Ive never had any problems with viruses, spyware etc. for as long as I've had it.

[SenSeiFAR]

Umm, for free I'd go with AVG, though I hate it, for free users it's pretty decent.

[Redav]

Yeah, i use malwarebyte's for malaware but i use avast for antivrus

Malwarebytes is really good, id say use it if you have a virus

[jdubya`]

I personally use to use AVG free - however I did end up buying it.

[Hustle`baMMMMMM]

trendmicro.com then look at the free housecall :D

I used to use this prog because it worked better than my damn corporate edition! Now I can never get it to work. =/

[Jake]

Malwarebytes <---- That program is amazing. Finds and fixes everything!

[tobbyhot]

I m using Avast antivirus since 3 years and this is the best I have ever used.....

[toddsauce]

why do people bring up threads that are like 8 months old..

[Robo]

yea, i never understood it either