I’m always asked about free anti-virus programs. I don’t use an anti-virus, as I have a firewall and I’m very careful with programs I download and run. I sometimes use online scanners, like McAfee FreeScan, Trend Micro Housecall and Symantec Security Check. These, of course, cannot give you the always-on virus protection installed software can.
As it turns out, there are many free anti-virus programs. I’ve always known about AVG Anti Virus but in the latest anti-virus comparison done by www.virus.gr the second place winner was a free anti-virus program I heard about for the first time: Active Virus Shield by AOL. If any of you uses it, let me know how it is.