It is difficult to choose the best out of the variety of antivirus programs. Some antiviruses are paid, some are free. Some allow fewer viruses to pass through, while others contain additional functionality.
There are many free and paid antivirus programs out there. Among them, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, ESET NOD 32 and Avira AntiVir are traditionally highly popular.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
This antivirus is the pride of Russian programmers. Kaspersky Lab has received many awards for it, including. more than fifty awards from the British magazine Virus Bulletin and a dozen awards from the Russian portal AntiMalware.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus is paid. It allows you to reliably protect your computer from Trojans, worms and other viruses, save you from annoying ads and infected emails. Among other things, Kaspersky Anti-Virus is capable of performing the functions of a firewall, can check malicious links and find potential vulnerabilities in the operating system.
Kaspersky Lab also releases a free antivirus utility called Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool.
Among the disadvantages of Kaspersky Anti-Virus, it is worth mentioning a large number of false positives and high requirements for computer resources. It happens that on weak computers the antivirus loads the processor almost completely. Users of this antivirus also have complaints about its intrusiveness.
ESET NOD 32
ESET NOD 32 antivirus is produced by a programmer company from Slovakia. This antivirus is one of the most respected centenarians in the antivirus software market. The first version of ESET NOD 32 appeared back in 1987.
NOD 32 protects your computer from viruses in real time. It is able to protect the operating system from worms, Trojans, spyware and adware. This antivirus analyzes the actions of programs running on the computer on the fly and, using heuristics, can identify viruses that have not yet been included in the anti-virus databases.
ESET NOD 32 is capable of monitoring Internet traffic, as well as checking letters received by e-mail.
Avira AntiVir
Avira antivirus is produced by the German company Avira GmbH. The company offers users both paid and free versions of the program. Avira Free Antivirus is free for personal use and protects your computer from a wide range of malware, from worms to unwanted adware. Avira Free Antivirus works in resident mode and can automatically update antivirus databases. According to independent testing results, Avira GmbH's antivirus products consistently rank among the top three most reliable antiviruses.
