There are many free wares available in internet nowadays. Computer application and mobile phone or smart phone application are among the free software for internet users. The must have software for any computer users is most probably antivirus. Without it, nothing can guarantee the safety of exploring the world of internet without disturbance, data lost and even personal data stealing. Antivirus should be the most important part of your computer before you decide other additional software to install. A bad quality antivirus could cause you loss your work, and even your money when it comes to personal data stealing. The hackers will give you no mercy once they could access illegally your bank account or credit card account.
The expose to risk in security in internet and computer use is due to the data exchange between computers. Be it an access through pen drive or internet access, you computer is at risk when the malicious program is copied without you even realize it. The virus could make your computer slower, in a light case of virus to the serious failure which needs a total formatting the hard drive and re-install the software. Though you can always fix it, but it will take time for you to do it. And, it is not convenient at all if the failure happens when you need your task to be done immediately. Thank to the technology, you can always get help by downloading free antivirus through internet.
What will be the main criteria for good antivirus? You can read the review online about the antivirus you want to download for free. Read the users comments about automatic up date, how the software gives user friendly service, the installation problems and the time needed to do the scanning. Good antivirus should have easy update. Remember, the viruses are created every day by hackers to beat the antivirus program. They compete each other, one in the bad side to send virus, and the other is to stop the spread out. You need to have your antivirus update daily and should not have problem with it. A good antivirus should also easy to use and provide easy report. Unless you are the IT expert, you don’t need a technical detail report. You just need to know what the viruses detected and how the antivirus has isolated them or eliminated them. The anti virus is also supposed to be light software with easy installation. If it is heavy software which occupies a big space in your disc, forget it! You need to have fast and easy antivirus. Read as well the review about the scanning process. Good antivirus can do it fast, less than 3 – 5 minutes daily. It should not a big disturbance to your work, such as significant slow down of your work in 30 minutes, for example.
The free antirust today is as good as the paid one. You may raise question, when will be the best time for you to buy a paid antivirus if the free one has the same quality. The answer is simple. If you buy new computer and you have the antivirus in the package, you should be happily to have it. But if budget is your concern, the free antivirus should be your ultimate choice. Just make sure that the free thing is qualified for you. There is always price for quality. In antivirus, this is not always true.
The most popular free antivirus today are Avast, AVG, Avira, Bitdefender, Microsoft Security Essential, PC Tools, Spyware Doctor, A-squared and Comodo. The Avast is reliable for scanning viruses, worms and Trojans on disk, CDs, in E-mail, IM and P2. They have biweekly update for small and fast update. AVG is trusted by their 110 million users. Avira gains its reputation since the booming download of it on 2008. The rest 7 free antivirus are strongly recommended for the well known quality at their zero price!
