Consumer Fraud Reporting
AntiVirus Tools
Reporting on the Latest Frauds, Scams, Fake Lotteries, Spams and Hoaxes

 

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Below is a fairly comprehensive list of the antivirus products available that we have reviewed and have been in the market place for more than a few months. Some are free, some cost a little, and some cost a lot.  Our recommendations are highlighted. Anti-virus packages that are popular in the marketplace are identified with an *.

Is there a difference between the free tools and the commercial products?  Definitely. The free tools are certainly better than using nothing, but obviously, those companies do not have the staff or resources to continually research and update their products as the commercial products do.

Free Tools

• Antidote SuperLite 
• AntiVir Personal Edition
• avast! home http://www.avast.com/
• BitDefender Free Edition
• ClamWin Free AntiVirus for Windows
• * Frisk F-PROT Anti-Virus for DOS
• * Grisoft AVG AntiVirus Free Edition
• MicroWorld eScan Antivirus Toolkit Utility

Commercial Products

• avast! pro
• BitDefender
• * CA - eTrust EZ Antivirus
  • CA - Vet Anti-Virus
• Central Command - Vexira Antivirus for Windows
• Command AntiVirus
• Dr. Web
• ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus System  and also available here 
• eXtendia AntiVirus AVK
  • eXtendia AntiVirus Pro
• Freedom Security & Privacy Suite
• * Frisk F-PROT Anti-Virus for Windows
  • * F-Secure Anti-Virus
• * Grisoft AVG AntiVirus Professional
• Integrity Master
• * Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus  - BEST
• * McAfee VirusScan
• MicroWorld eScan Antivirus
• * Norman Virus Control
• * Norton Anti-Virus
  • * Norton Anti-Virus 2005
• * Panda Antivirus
• Quick Heal X-Gen
• RAV AntiVirus
• * Sophos Anti-Virus
• * TrendMicro PC-cillin
• V-Buster

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