Top 5 Free Antivirus for 2014 That Protects from Virus Attacks

With the advancement of Technology over the web the fear of virus Attack is also increasing day by day and to come up with this we use Antivirus which helps us to protect our System from the virus while working over the net. When you get protection from Viruses from free it becomes so convenient for users. Here are Top 5 Free Antivirus for 2014 that not only protects your pc from virus attacks, malware and other bad stuff but also are free.

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To Protect our data on our System from Virus we use Antivirus. Antivirus can be available in Free as well as Paid!

Here I have presented the List of Top 5 Free Antivirus for 2014 That Protects from Virus Attacks and makes your system Virus Free..

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Avast 

Avast is an antivirus computer program available to Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users, with a user interface available in 41 languages. The name Avast is an acronym of “Anti-Virus – Advanced Set”.

Its developer, has headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, with offices in Linz, Austria, Friedrichshafen, Germany and Redwood City, California.

The software has received a number of awards from Virus Bulletin for 100% detection of “in-the-wild” viruses, and also won the Secure Computing Readers’ Trust Award. The central scanning engine has been certified by ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs’ Checkmark process.Avast has 17.4% of the worldwide antivirus vendor market share!

Microsoft Security Essential

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is an antivirus software which provides protection against different types of malware such as computer viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojan horses.

It runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, but not on Windows 8, because Win 8 has a built-in AV component.

The license agreement allows home users and small businesses to install and use the product free of charge.

MSE provides real-time protection, constantly monitoring activities on the computer and scanning new files as they are downloaded or created and disabling detected threats. It lacks the personal firewall of OneCare or the centralized management features of Forefront Endpoint Protection.

MSE requires no registration or personal information to be submitted during installation. However, the validity of the operating system’s license is verified during and after installation using the Windows Genuine Advantage system. If said license is found to be invalid, the software will notify the user and will cease to operate after a period of time.

Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition

Bitdefender is an antivirus software suite developed by Romania-based software company Softwin. It was launched in November 2001.
The 2014 version was launched on June 26, 2013, and it includes several protection and performance enhancements such as Search Advisor, Performance Optimizer and PHOTON technology.

The Bitdefender products feature antivirus and antispyware, personal firewall, privacy control, user control and backup for corporate and home users. PC Tuneup and Performance Optimizer are available in the Total Security Suite New BitDefender technology included in 2014 version called “PHOTON” improved detection and add wallet option to save paswords, lighter scan and computer performance in the 2014 version.
Bitdefender competes in the antivirus industry against Avira, BullGuard, F-Secure, FRISK, Kaspersky, McAfee, Panda Security, Sophos, Symantec and Trend Micro among others.

Avira Free Antivirus

Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG is a German multinational and family-owned antivirus software company. With an estimated 9.6% of market share according to OPSWAT, and over 100 million customers, Avira was considered the sixth largest antivirus vendor in 2012.

The company supports the Auerbach Stiftung, a foundation created by the company’s founder Tjark Auerbach. It promotes charitable and social projects as well as the arts, culture and science.

360 internet security 2014

Norton 360, developed by Symantec, is marketed as an “all-in-one” computer security suite. The package includes an antivirus, a personal firewall, a phishing protection program and a backup program.

What distinguishes this suite from Norton Internet Security is the inclusion of file backup and PC maintenance capabilities.
The package is distributed as a download, a box copy, or is preinstalled on computers as OEM software. Additional functions, including parental controls and e-mail spam filtering, are available as extensions developed also by Symantec.
Norton 360 is compatible with Windows XP , Windows Vista,Windows 7 ans Win 8.