{"id":4536,"date":"2015-11-23T22:39:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T22:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hellotech.com\/?p=4536"},"modified":"2021-06-17T04:52:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T11:52:52","slug":"best-free-antivirus-protection-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/best-free-antivirus-protection-2016","title":{"rendered":"The Best Free Antivirus for 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you looking for the best free antivirus protection for your computer? See below for our top 3 solutions for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-panda-security-cloud-free-edition\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pandasecurity.com\/usa\/homeusers\/solutions\/free-antivirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Panda Security Cloud Free Edition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c2\">After putting many products into examination, the most recent finding by independent research <span class=\"c0\">AV-TEST<\/span>&nbsp;shows Panda Security Cloud Free Edition being the best of all no-cost antivirus&nbsp;solutions. It managed to detect every malware put up against it, as well as protect against almost all zero-day attacks. It also garnered high ratings in terms of usability. However, there was a noticeable impact on system performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-avg-anti-virus-free-edition\"><a href=\"http:\/\/free.avg.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c2\">Next on the list is the AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. Its level of protection is not as effective as the top performers (both paid and free), but it still fares higher than average. It&#8217;s also a lighter load than Panda on system resources, which means you will hardly notice any sluggishness while browsing websites, copying data, or installing programs. While not a major concern, it did issue false positives on legit software during the testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-avast-free-antivirus\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avast.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avast Free AntiVirus<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c2\">Placing third among the free packages is Avast Free AntiVirus. Its performance in protection is varied: it&#8217;s more than capable of detection prevalent malware, but fails to immediately respond to zero-day attacks. On the plus side, its impact on system performance is negligible, and it does not mistake legit programs for malware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c2\"><a name=\"h.gjdgxs\"><\/a>For most users, a free antivirus is good enough for their computers. Many added features of paid solutions, while useful, are not really necessary. In other words, if firewall, anti-spam, anti-phishing, and others are features you can live without, you&#8217;re fine with just a free antivirus program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hellotech-now-virus-removal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/tech-support\/virus-removal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HelloTech Now!\u00a0Virus Removal<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c2\">If protection software wasn&#8217;t able to help, or was installed too late, give HelloTech Now! a try. Our trusty geeks will remove your virus remotely, or on-site depending on the severity of your virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for the best free antivirus protection for your computer? See below for our top 3 solutions for you. 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