Most computers come bundled with a free anti-virus solution, but sooner or later you will find out its just a trial and will eventually need to pay for the service. When your trial expires you leave your computer open and exposed to potential viruses.

In todays world no one is ever 100% completely safe even with the most sophisticated protection. This is why having at least some kind of protection is very important. Whether it be some kind of free anti-virus software or a paid version. For those of you who don’t have the proper funds or desire to maintain a subscription I highly recommend using one of the following free anitvirus versions.

AntiVir Personal Edition

Although this free antivirus software does not remove the Trojans and other threats, you can determine whether the program should repair infected files, delete them, or delete only if repair fails. A minor down fall in the free software is that AntiVir doesn’t specifically scan incoming or outgoing e-mail messages or attachments. In order for these attachments to be scanned they first must be launched or saved to disk.

AntiVir does run a complete system scan and generates a detailed report about the system, program versions, settings, and scanned files. You can then in return go to AntiVir’s website forum and submit your report to their tech support.

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avast! 4 Home Edition

avast! 4 Home Edition works for 60 days after the installation in demo mode. You will obtain your FREE license key by E-mail after the registration. The license key is valid for 1 year. After one year you will need to just re-register.

This free software is a favorite by many due to their slick looking interface. When avast! detects malware running in memory, it offers to restart the system and run a boot -time scan (Windows NT/2000/XP only). This scan takes place before Windows has fully loaded, which means it may remove rootkits and other persistent threats.

Unlike AntiVir, avast! scans e-mail and attachments (both incoming and outgoing) as well as blocking suspicious email activity. By default avast! scans attachments arriving by any POP3 or IMAP mail account, through newsgroups, via P2P file sharing, or from over a dozen different instant-messaging clients.

The minor down fall here is the incapability of scheduling a regular full virus scan (only available with the professional version).

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AVG FREE Addition

AVG Free Addition is my personal favorite and also the most popular to use by users. What I like about AVG is that the first time you run AVG, it checks for updates and creates a rescue diskette for recover. AVG is easy to use, low in system resources, and provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run.

AVG integrates with Micorosoft Outlook, Eudora, and The BAT! to scan incoming and outgoing e-mail. AVG can also apply heuristic scanning techniques, block all password-protected archives, or automatically delete specific attachment types.

AVG also provides free software for Anti-Spyware. This is a separate download aside from the anti-virus download.

To download AVG Antivirus FREE Addition Click Here.

To download AVG Spyware FEE Addition Click Here.

I have done the research for you, now its up to you to utilize what is readily available to you for FREE!