Having an antivirus is a good resolution. It is even more than that, it is absolutely essential, just as it is absolutely necessary to update it regularly. Being able to spend several regularly on your files is even more reassuring! Indeed, no antivirus can guarantee to protect against all viruses, which is why it is recommended to occasionally use another antivirus in addition to the usual one.
The following antiviruses are available for private use, but generally not authorized for professional use (carefully read the conditions of use before installing the product).
Free and online antivirus
Here are the main antiviruses available:
- Trend Micro
- F-Secure 3.2
- Eset NOD32
Difficult to say which is the best antivirus, it is interesting to alternate online scans with different solutions.
Multiple antivirus scan
These services have a particularity: you can only scan one file at a time. On the other hand, this file is subjected at the same time to several antiviruses (in general more than ten). This solution is very useful for checking a suspicious file that you have received in your mailbox, or quite simply, for comparing antivirus products on the market.
- Jotti : scans with A2-Squared, Antivir, Arcabit, Avast, AVG, Bitdefender, Clamav, Dr Web, F-Prot, F-Secure, Fortinet, Kespersky, NOD32, Norman, Panda, Rising, Sophos, VirusBuster, VBA32, Bit9
- Total virus : scans with more than 60 antiviruses: AhnLab-V3, AntiVir, Authentium, BitDefender, Avast, AVG, CAT-QuickHeal, ClamAV, DrWeb, eSafe, eTrust-Vet, Ewido, FileAdvisor, Fortinet, F-Prot, F- Secure, Ikarus, Kaspersky, McAfee, Microsoft, NOD32v2, Norman, Panda, Sophos, Sunbelt, Symantec, TheHacker, VBA32, VirusBuster, Webwasher-Gateway
- Virscan.org : scans with Antivir, Arcavir, Avast, AVG, Bitdefender, Clamav, DrWeb, F-Prot, F-Secure, Ikarus, Kaspersky, KingSoft, McAfee, Mks_vir, NOD32, Norman, Panda, Sophos, Symantec, Trend Micro , VBA32, VirusBuster
Protect your information, install a free antivirus!
Currently, an individual has no reason not to have an antivirus on his computer. Here is the list of free antiviruses available for personal use:
Free antiviruses for Windows
With Windows 10 is included by default Microsoft’s antivirus: Windows Defender. But you can install a third-party antivirus instead of Microsoft’s.
Free antivirus for Linux
Clamav . Cisco’s open source antivirus. Not very effective, unless you use additional signatures from SecuriteInfo.com- Sophos antivirus for Linux .
- Comodo antivirus for Linux .
- F-Prot 6.2 , free for personal use. Quite old but still updated!
Free antiviruses for MacOS
- Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition
- Avira Free Antivirus for Mac
- Avast Security Free for Mac.
- Sophos Home for Mac
Free antivirus for Android
- Kaspersky Internet Security for Android
- Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition
Free antiviruses that don’t require installation
These antiviruses do not require any installation. Convenient for running in safe mode, as part of a point infection.
- Dr Web Cure: It does not require installation. It does not contain an update module or permanent protection.
Inside Security Rescue Toolkit is a live CD featuring Clamav and supports write access to the NTFS file system. It is an open source project.