The Avira Antivir Free does not do everything, but it does enough to make it into the top two free antiviruses.

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The two main free antivirus programs are Avira and avast. They are both very highly spoken of, with perhaps avast being slightly ahead overall.

Avira is very powerful for what it does, but they are honest in describing the things which are not a part of the free version. To get the extra protection of course they offer a more advanced version of Avira.

If you cannot at this time purchase the more advanced paid version, Avira of course still represents outstanding value. Whatever you decide on make sure you take enough backups as a foundation for your online security.

It is intended for home use only.

For a firewall to go with it you could use lavasoft.com

I planned to test the product on my office computer, my home computer and a few of the more active laptops in the company. I downloaded the free trial anti virus software free Avira on each computer. I planned on running the test for two months. However, I did not even have to wait two weeks, when Avira proved itself. Two of the company laptops where out at a conference, one had the free trial and the other did not. When the laptop without Avira software came across with a nasty virus, the laptop with Avira software did not. The other laptop was so infected, that it took over a week to thoroughly clean out. It was at that point that I upgraded the entire company to the Avira Premium Security Suite.

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