I am currently in a search for an excellent FREE antvirus. I came up with Avast and AntiVir. Which one has a better detection and removal rate and better heuristics engine?
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Answerer #2 thinks people should buy all their security applications. (But until recently she was also telling people that Avast doesn't update automatically and wasn't real-time protection ;-) ].
I on the other hand don't feel you need to pay a cent to have *excellent* protection. But to the matter at hand...
Avira consistently tests (slightly) better than Avast in terms of detection rates, but it doesn't scan your email. I'm at a loss for sources at the moment, but I know that Avast was given the nod for best overall free AV mainly because of that Avira deficiency; so Avast can't be *that* far behind Avira in other categories.
Personally I've always had update issues with Avira, so maybe I'm prejudiced, but I use and recommend Avast.
*First source is a comparison chart, but it's not what I referred to above. :-(
*The second link is a decent discussion of both AV's at a pretty decent forum.
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both good and a few others as well. there is no best.
avast
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