Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus
Avira Antivir is relatively new to the security scene, but it's jumped into the Download.com Top 5 for a couple of reasons. Scoring extremely high efficacy ratings from independent third-party testers is one, incorporating antivirus, antimalware, and ancillary tools like schedulers and email guards is another, and being free probably doesn't hurt much, either. Read more
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