avast! Free Antivirus

I am satisfied user of avast antivirus for more than 10 years. And I can recommend it to everyone who seeks good and fast protection, with low system requirements.

Sorry, another resource hog. I tried to shut down pretty much all the shields and it still hangs Firefox 4 for several seconds while starting up. Funny thing is also that despite claims that it wont scan things (at least exe files) more than once a session it keeps doing the same thing over and over gain, at least with regard to Firefox. I guess this could be some isolated glitch with a specific software but I'm not impressed.

I've run this on several of my personal computers for years, and have liked it. It's had its quirks, from version to version, but generally scores favorably in security tests and isn't too bad or a resource hog. I've strayed away, just a little, to Microsoft Security Essentials - which runs better on some of my aging hardware - but Avast! is my go-to for my own personal PCs.

Highly recommended: I've been using the free Avast home edition for almost 2 years now, I can't recall having any serious issues since, it's unobtrusive & resource friendly, I build computer systems for Family & Friends and I always make sure Avast is installed, updated & ready to go.

Truly brilliant on Windows but an absolute dog on linux. Its a good thing that Linux is more secure than windows because you cant get this to work without adding extra code to allow for the large update sizes.

avast! is better. It can pull the computer out of sleep mode for a scheduled scan. AVG, McAfee and Symantec just got pwned.

Best Free Antivirus I have used. Lightweight, frequently updated and effective. I recommend this product to anyone who needs a good antivirus solution on a regular basis and have yet to have my advice backfire.