Friday, July 18, 2008

Free Anti-Virus comparision

For my newly install windows xp, I decided to make a comparison of free anti-virus to choose from. And here's what I got.

Comparison table
Avira Avast AVG ClamWin Comodo PC Tools
Anti Rookit Yes Yes No ? No ?
Anti Spyware No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Auto Update Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Download size 21MB 23MB 46MB 21MB 35MB 20MB
Firewall No No No No No No
IM Protection Yes Yes No ? ? ?
Outlook Support ? Yes ? Yes ? ?
POP3 & SMTP No Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Scheduling Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
System Requirement Not mention Pentium Class
128 MB
50MB disk space
Pentium 300
256 MB
30 MB disk space
Not mention Pentium 300
128 MB
50 MB disk space
Not mention
Remarks has ads Comodo has other free security products like anti-malware, anti-spam, and firewall. PC Tools has free firewall.

And I choose Comodo Anti-virus, tell me yours.

1 comment:

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