Definitive Best *Free* Antivirus 2015

[nabz0r Veteran]

It's a new year, and a new poll for Definitive Free Best Antivirus. The 2014 thread can be found here.

This is a poll for best Free antivirus, there is a separate thread for paid antiviruses here.

If your choice of Best Free Antivirus is not listed, please choose Other and specify in the comments.

[+Warwagon MVC]

360 Total Security! Even Microsoft Pretty much told people Security Essentials isn't that great.

[b10h4z4rd]

Microsoft Security Essentials.

[nabz0r Veteran]

Microsoft Security Essentials

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No Malwarebytes option?

 

Never heard of 360 Total Security. Is it new?

[Brandon H Supervisor]

No Malwarebytes option?

 

Never heard of 360 Total Security. Is it new?

not THAT new but it's definitely been making a name for itself lately

 

I don't much care for the Total Security but the 360 Internet Security that's just the anti-virus works great for me

[link6155]

MSE/Windows Defender has been great for me. I have not gotten a single malware for the past few years.

[nabz0r Veteran]

No Malwarebytes option?

 

Never heard of 360 Total Security. Is it new?

It is not free. You can find the pro version in this pool

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It is not free. You can find the pro version in this pool

But it has a free version. 

[remixedcat]

Common Sense 2016 Enterprise edition

[Mockingbird]

^{Avast Free Antivirus}

[+Zagadka Subscriber²]

I still use Avast! because I actually bought it, but really, the company is really kinda iffy, especially on the non-AV product lines, so I don't usually recommend it.

[argonite]

A lot of products use the BitDefender engine, so I just skipped the middle man and used BitDefender Free

[starman444]

Either Avast or AVG , dont like toolbars though. MSE is crap

[Showan]

I personally don't have an "Proper AV" installed on my PC

 

Every once in a while I'll do the follow:

 

SuperAntiSpyware (Complete Scan)

CCleaner (look things over)

MalwareBytes (Also Complete Scan

ADW Clearner... (About every 90days or so)

 

Once scans are complete I take them off (don't like a lot of stuff on my pc...

[siah1214]

MSE and Malwarebytes, all I need. Don't need any extra BS slowing down my system. 

[nabz0r Veteran]

But it has a free version. 

[francescob]

None. Disable all plugins but flash (and keep it updated), set click to play feature on the browser on and check unsigned executables on virustotal. Malware writers keep the infectious drive-by payloads always updated to avoid detection so it's extremely rare that an antivirus detects them, I've seen some payloads being barely detected months later and just by a fraction of the AVs. Antiviruses are slowly becoming the next "registry cleaners".

[nukenorman]

360 internet security is a nice program but keep in mind it is made in China and its a communist country so yea you are running government Chinese software on your computer

 

No Norton Anti Virus on the vote chart?  I remember when that program was the top dog at the time.

[maverick09]

360 Total Security

[articuno1au]

I'd move off of MSE post haste.

 

I was previously an enormous supporter, but it's just not sufficiently reliable anymore.

 

Avira, Avast or 360 total are all light weight reliable replacements and should be considered most strongly in place of MSE.

[francescob]

Does somebody remember which free ones have an Office plug-in (so that the AV realtime scan can be left off yet downloaded files/attachments and Office files are still scanned)? I wish Microsoft bothered keeping the two options separated but apparently turning off the realtime scan turns off everything.

[Boo Berry]

My NOD32 and Kaspersky subscriptions expired, so I'm giving 360 Total Security a go. I wish it had firewall options, but no complaints from me.

[xrobwx71]

not THAT new but it's definitely been making a name for itself lately

 

I don't much care for the Total Security but the 360 Internet Security that's just the anti-virus works great for me

Same here. 360 Internet Security for about 7 months now. Working well.

[Dashel]

The one you never install.

 

Malwarebytes Free isn't AV, so it shouldn't be listed.  As a removal tool, still of value.  Many of the other 'free' ones should have a large asterisk after them.

[Knife Party]

360 total security is sooo good! I recommend you all check it out.