Best Freeware Antivirus Software & Removal Tools

Anti-Virus Software –

Software To Protect You From Viruses, Trojans, Worms and Other Malware

Avira AntiVir Personal Edition –  a free of charge PC basis protection. It protects against viruses, worms and Trojans, expensive dialers and phishing, detects and deletes rootkits.

AVG 8  is the most popular free solution available at no cost to home users and provides the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. It is easy to use, has low system resources.

Bit Defender – one of the world’s most effective antivirus engines for free! BitDefender Edition uses the same ICSA Labs certified scanning engines found in other BitDefender products, allowing you to enjoy basic virus protection for no cost at all. Powerful scan engines ensure detection and removal of all viruses in the wild every time you need it.

Avast Home Edition is a free antivirus software for home noncommercial use. It scans for viruses, worms and Trojans on disk, CDs, in E-mail, IM and P2P . Incremental updates of virus database (twice a week) are small, fast and reliable.

Removal Tools

 

McAfee Stinger Virus Removal Tool
Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system.

Symantec Virus Removal Tools
Symantec Security Response has developed tools to automatically conduct what would often amount to extensive and tedious manual removal tasks. Check this link for a list of virus removal tools.

BitDefender Virus Removal Tools
SOFTWIN provides you with a powerful set of Virus Cleaning Tools, designed to detect and remove viruses that infected your system. These applications are also valuable because of their size, making them easily downloadable even with a slow Internet connection.