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best free antivirus software

We should be very careful when looking for a free antivirus especially when we should download it from the internet, because there are ways of trojans  and malwares that pretend to be such good wares as antivirus and [...]]]> If You’re Looking For a Free Antivirus Software…

By Robert Moekoe

best free antivirus software

best free antivirus software

We should be very careful when looking for a free antivirus especially when we should download it from the internet, because there are ways of trojans  and malwares that pretend to be such good wares as antivirus and anti spyware but they really are working in disguise. That’s why I give three of the tested free antivirus software download links in this post:

Other than certain limitations due to the free version, these antiviruses can well recognize lots of not-so-recent viruses and prevent even more from infecting into our computer.

Even so, if you are otherwise looking for a paid antivirus download, please read my post about it in Antivirus Download.

How can a free antivirus software be trusted?

If that question is hanging in our mind, we’re on the right track in trying to secure our system. We don’t trust any free antivirus software download. But we can do a little research about them, and be sure which ones are trustworthy. Only then can we decide.

How to do the research for a trustworthy free antivirus download?

Effective ways to prove an antivirus to be trustworthy:

virus disguising as antivirus

virus disguising as antivirus

  1. Install it in a contained virtual system.
  2. Learn if it tries to do malicious things or not.
  3. Test-infect the system with virus seeds.
  4. Take notes on how many viruses it can recognize, prevent and disinfect.
  5. Decide which ones are good and rank them.

I will post more on each steps later and link the posts here, please be patient.

If for some reason you are considering to try other non free antivirus software that is free for a trial period, check out my post about Antivirus Download. Please also read my post about Network Security Software.

Good luck!

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