Top 10 Free Antivirus Software Of Year 2010 (Windows)

In the world of computers and its rapid advancement our computers are quite susceptible to viruses and other infections.In order to protect our systems from viruses a good Antivirus is a must.So here is a list of Free Antiviruses which wont cost you a single penny and still protect your Computer .

1) Microsoft Security Essentials : This antivirus is another marvel from the Microsoft team and absolutely free for Genuine Windows users. Has pretty good detection rates and most of all feather light on your cpu resources. Automatic updates works perfectly fine.

2) Avast ! Free Antivirus : Avast is often seen as the biggest competitor to other Antivirus programs as it is very lucid and easy to use. Avast is loaded with lot of features, real-time protection capabilities including web, E-mail, P2P, network shields, boot-time scanning. It is quite light on resources and easy to schedule scans. It is widely preferred Antivirus program for many users.

3) AVG Free Antivirus : Avg is one of the finest antiviruses in the market. They also provide upgraded version which is very expensive [ :( ] but what I believe is that their free Antivirus program is pretty good for users having PCs. AVG user interface is pretty simple and it takes about a minute to install it on your computer.

4) Bitdefender : Bitdefender is one of the best for top Antivirus software which provides advanced protection against viruses, phishing attacks, spyware, malware and various other real-time threats. It takes only few minutes to download it and work without eating up your cpu resources which prevents computer speed reduction.

5) Avira AntiVir Personal :Easy to use and light on resources Antivirus software. It works perfectly fine to detect virus, spyware, root kit threats. And with every update, it shows ads but you have choice to disable them. I still feel that Avira is strong Antivirus program and you should give it a try.

6) A – Squared Free : This program was detecting and removing only trojans in the starting but recently included the Ikarus antivirus engine which can now efficiently remove Trojans, Viruses, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Bots, Keyloggers and Dialers. Only minus point is point about this software is its large virus update sizes. Its comes with Antivirus + Anti – Spyware.

7) Comodo Antivirus + Firewall : Started as a commercial Antivirus software but now available free for both personal and commercial use. Simple to use, light on resources and doesn’t affect your computer speed at all. It offers real-time scanning, automatic updates, email scanning, detects worms and spyware. The virus definition is updated daily and Host Intrusion Detection allows you to protect you computer from attacking viruses, spyware, and other malware.

8 ) Rising Antivirus : Rising Antivirus Free Edition is Antivirus solution from China. It is a simple program which runs low on the memory and do every bit of task that every other Antivirus software in the market does. It protects computers from all types of viruses, Trojans, worms, rootkits and other malicious programs. One good feature is that it provides full protection to your account information also. It usually updates on alternate days and if you are looking for “install and forget” program, this program is best antivirus you can get.

9) PC Tools Antivirus : All-in-one program which can protect your PC from virus, worms, trojans and also included scanning of incoming and outgoing mails even. It provides you on-demand scans and automatic updates also. The negative points are that free edition offers limited support only and updates are non-priority based which are quite essential fora good real-time virus protection program.

10) Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 2010 : Its comes with Anti-spyware and Antivirus program which provides full security to your computer. It detects almost every infection like spyware, adware,rootkit, trojans, viruses, worms, keyloggers, identity theft, phishing,dialers, popups and malicious websites. It updates automatically on daily basis.