To begin with it is important to state that there is no best antivirus software out there. Why is this? Well, any product that you choose will act differently against various viruses since they all have technologically different AV (Antivirus) engines and components. While one antivirus software might have a higher detection rate, another might have better malicious URL blocking or virtualization techniques, while another might have less of an impact on system performance and so on and so forth.
1. Qihoo 360 Total Security
Advantages:
• Light on resources, extremely fast scanning times and pre-configuration protection modes.
• Easy to install and comes with no adware.
• Very fast updates/fixes and excellent customer service with immediate responses.
• Great detection rates, with very high zero-day protection.
• Includes Glasswire Firewall, malicious URL protection, network threat blocking, and windows patch-up components.
Disadvantages:
• Might encounter the odd false positive.
• Speedup and clean-up tools might not be for everyone.
This antivirus software is compatible with Windows XP-10 and Mac OSX and can be downloaded here. It will only take up 41.6 MB of your memory.
2. Avast Free Antivirus
Advantages:

• Very light on the system with a modern and clean UI (User Interface).
• The only antivirus software that comes complete with a fully customizable installer.
• Top notch detection capability.
• State of the art malicious URL blocking, network protection, integrated password manager, and outdated software checking. Furthermore, it comes with a rescue disk.

Disadvantages:

• Bloated default setup and has some ads and pop ups.
• You have to create an account after a month for further protection.

This antivirus software is also compatible with Windows XP-10 and Mac OSX and can be downloaded here. This software will take up 193 MB of your memory.

3. Comodo free Antivirus
Advantages:

Has many features and has lots of customization options.
Multi-layered protection scheme with Sandbox, HIPS, Antivirus and Firewall.
A clean UI (User Interface).
Tweaked settings means that this software has one of the best 0 day protection packages.

Disadvantages:

Isn’t very beginner friendly.
Buggy software.
Updates are slow to be released.

This antivirus software is also compatible with Windows XP-10, Linux and Mac OSX and can be downloaded here. This software will take up 208 MB of your memory.
4. AVIRA Free Antivirus
Advantages:

Is light on the system and runs very smoothly without slowing the system down.
In-depth scans which produce very few false positives.
Browser safety Add-ons available for all major browsers.
Clean ad-free GUI (Graphic User Interface), Ad-free installer, and no pop-ups or ads.

Disadvantages:

Zero-day protection is very weak.
Very ineffective Browser launcher which takes up a lot of memory.
Painful removal for detected malicious files.
No firewall/sandboxing/ web shield technologies.

This antivirus software is compatible with Windows XP-10, and Mac OSX. This software will take up 200 MB of your memory. It can be downloaded from here
5. Panda Free Antivirus
Advantages:

Low memory and CPU usage thanks to its cloud protection.
Tiled customizable UI (User Interface) and nicely rendered Settings interface.
Good detection rates and behavioral analysis program.
Decent web protection and hardware resource handling.

Disadvantages:

Requires an internet connection which leads to weaker offline protection.
Slow scanning speeds and occasionally has issues with virus removal.
Watch out for the Panda toolbar during installation.
Sometimes gives false positives.

This antivirus software is only compatible with Windows XP-10. It can be downloaded here. This software will take up just 61.4 MB of your memory.

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360 total security all the way. It is highly customizable with bit defender, avira and cloud scan engines. Also it compresses hard disk, less false positives and excellent web protection ad on.

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What is OP saying sef
You've probably never tried SmadAv Anti-virus

Is SMADAV ANTIVIRUS BETTER THAN 360?

Rubbish list. If there is no AVG then you are still a learner. Remove avast from the list. Useless anti-virus with poor detection rate. Avira is good but it is HEAVY on resources.

what about kerpersky and norton

Hi all, I noticed the following statistic: most viruses get to my computer through the browser. Maybe someone knows what kind of antivirus I can install to screen out these viruses specifically?

Olu317:
Is SMADAV ANTIVIRUS BETTER THAN 360?

Smadav is a second layer protective antivirus that still work, in fact after installation, it will prompt you that message.

I use smadav free version 2022. It is light and rocket and best for plug in devices like USB drive and external hard disk but its does blind attacking most times snd to me the best use of it is in shortcut virus and folder virus.

PhyllisEvans:
Hi all, I noticed the following statistic: most viruses get to my computer through the browser. Maybe someone knows what kind of antivirus I can install to screen out these viruses specifically?

Most virus are from web browsing especially phising sites, some genuine site installs spyware and bot virus through campaign ads redirect, not even to mention free bait download etc

Solution install antivirus that have website scanning andvirus filter ability that can detect a virus free and secure sites with validated web certificates. This feature is always found on paid not free category of most software like Avast internet security antibiotics and kasperskey internet security antivirus

So in conclusion, most antivirus full package can come with internet security bundle while others are specifically for internet and when install they have utility addon on your browser to offer you the website and internet security

PhyllisEvans:
Hi all, I noticed the following statistic: most viruses get to my computer through the browser. Maybe someone knows what kind of antivirus I can install to screen out these viruses specifically?

Antivirus is very hard to find these days. Or almost impossible. But it's better not to deal with torent. So I can recommend this service - Web Paranoid, which is famous for very good reviews and a high level of quality. Download games from him at the link. And the choice of options there is a lot, even in comparison with other services. Good luck to you!

It's either ESET or nothing.