Avira AntiVir Personal Edition

The private and individual use of the AntiVir Personal Edition is completely free of charge.Even though viruses have now grown very numerous, one thing hasn't changed: our commitment to provide you with all-round protection. The reliability of AntiVir is demonstrated in numerous comparison test and references featured in independent trade journals.
The AntiVir Personal Edition offers the effective protection against computer viruses for the individual and private use on a single PC-workstation. In order to make possible an easy operation, the AntiVir Personal Edition is developed to the essential points.
Control Center for monitoring, administering and controlling the entire program
Central configuration with user-friendly standard and advanced options and context-sensitive help
Scanner (On-Demand Scan) with profile-controlled and configurable search for all known types of virus and malware
Integration into the Windows Vista User Account Control allows you to carry out tasks requiring administrator rights
Guard (On-Access Scan) for continuous monitoring of all file access attempts
Integrated quarantine management to isolate and process suspicious files
Rootkit protection for detecting hidden malware installed in your computer system (rootkits) (Only for 32-bit systems)
Direct access to detailed information on the detected viruses and malware via the Internet
Simple and quick updates to the program, virus definitions, and search engine through Single File Update and incremental VDF updates via a webserver on the Internet
Integrated Scheduler to plan one-off or recurring tasks, such as updates or test runs
Very high rates of virus and malware detection using innovative search technologies (search engines) and heuristic search processes
Detection of all common archive types, including detection of nested archives and smart extensions
High-performance multithreading function (simultaneous high-speed scanning of multiple files)