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Another antivirus program which has been making waves in the free antivirus front is the Avast Antivirus. It can be termed as the most light and yet most effective free antivirus program currently available on the market. It does its job quite effectively without cluttering our memory much. The database updates can either be programmed to be done automatically or manually whichever way we wish. Although it does not catch much viruses when you compare it with the paid antivirus software currently available in the market, this was tested when once switched from Avast to a paid antivirus software, it does quite a decent job when it comes to finding and removing viruses.


Avast Antivirus software is worth its money, that is, worth it being free. They have a professional edition which is paid while the home user edition is for free to use without any commercial interest. It recently achieved the distinction of reaching 80 million users. One major drawback of Avast is its skin and looks, which has a bland or dull look and without much option change it too.

The free edition comes with free updates, web as well as P2P protection, and anti-rootkit and anti-spyware option. You will need to register at their site once to get the free edition downloaded and installed at your PC.