Read more: Free antivirus scanners for Windows PCs | ZDNetIs your system riddled with viruses? Your antivirus program out of date?
Need a decent – but free – security program for a loved one who doesn't see the point in paying for protection?
No one wants malware on their PCs, so antivirus and antimalware scanners are a must, but a quality scanner need not cost the earth. In fact, there are a number of free solutions out there that will help keep your digital empire safe.
Here are six top-quality scanners that will help you clean up systems and keep them safe in the future. There are tools here for systems ranging from Windows XP to Windows 8.1.
Not a very good list,
Panda is actually the best but not compatible with 10 yet does not cleanly uninstall meaning defender is very difficult to turn back on,
Otherwise mbam was the only real top 6
I doubt that will be a valid solo security recommend either unless mbam premium is next to it providing real time protection
Cheers.
I think I'll stick with defender for now. It's worked fine for me with Win8 and Win10 so far.
None are great in my opinion, but, I use Defender in conjunction with Malwarebytes (MBAM).
MBAM is the only one that can run side-by-side with Defender, and have no appreciable conflicts.
Anybody know about Comodo Cleaning? Does it work for Windows 7?
Stupid question time :) How do I actually see the list? I don't have or want a ZDnet account.
I do believe that the anti virus program companies are waiting for the next W-10 to come out for review.
They need to see that before writing a bunch of code.
I will probably still use Defender until it proves it's self to be unsatisfactory.
Using Defender myself on all computers and like it.
I disagree that Panda is very good, but can only speak for the free version.
Had a virus some years ago, in my pst.file and Panda could not remove the record, so the full file was deleted...
Was the free version...
But Bitdefender removed the single record with ease.
Jeff
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