Free Antivirus without Nag Screen

Avira free does not have any nagscreens.
There was a one time pop up which can be disabled.

Then its totally nagfree.

 

@Inside Out, if you are suggesting that CNET disseminates malware, can you back that up with some evidence?

 

of course:
http://download.cnet.com/YouTube-Downloader/3640-2071_4-12319705.html
http://download.cnet.com/jZip/3640-2250_4-10730326.html?tag=userReviews;lowerLinks
http://download.cnet.com/FreeOCR/3640-10743_4-10717191-2.html
http://download.cnet.com/YouTube-Music-Downloader/3640-2071_4-12896469.html
http://download.cnet.com/Free-All-to-Image-Jpg-Jpeg-Bmp-Tiff-Png-Converter/3640-10743_4-10855027.html?tag=userReviews;lowerLinks

There's even a thread for it: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=342812

 

FWIW, Here is one discussion about it.
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=304653

From the above thread, these two posts by a rep from CNet from 2011 so things may have changed since then of course.
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1913668&postcount=9
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1914102&postcount=14

And another long discussion here.
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=342812

Edit: 1 min too late

 

Forticlient insists that user have late version of Internet Explorer installed. I won't do that. Ergo, Forticlient aborted the install. Oh well . . .

 

The latest Avira free doesn't have nag screens anymore.
And also now includes cloud detection.
The best free AV IMHO.

 

thats interesting, idk that

for op
panda cloud does have ad in the bottom, but it's small and not a pop up

 

Unthreat antivirus is perfect strong and no nag screen!!

 

Panda Cloud is imo the least intrusive and doesn't require registration. And best of all, it auto updates program itself which is in most cases a painful experience with others.

 

That is exactly why I love panda cloud AV nice and simple

 

Bitdefender free........no nags, registration, nothing
Autoupdates hourly
Transparent program updates
Effective behavior blocker
Effective malicious/phishing protection
Light & effective

 

Actually you do have to register Bitdefender Free. It's a one time thing but you still have to do it.

 

Who wants to update the product comparison for free AV? I think Bitdefender and Forticlient should be added as well.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/free-antivirus-comparison-chart.290691/

 

Ads have returned to Panda; http://www.cloudantivirus.com/forum/thread.jspa?threadID=68115&tstart=0

Seen it a couple of times in the last few days.

 

They just have to ruin every single AV...

 

As far as I know it still has some nags (reduced), but its hard to complain, considering the quality of the software. I went to Panda Cloud for the speed factor, and I was wondering if it is very light with the new updates. I was under the impression it was having some performance issues. Startup times?

 

Ya, I'm getting popups too, not too bad though. What do we expect for free quality software?

 

Honestly Avira's ads are rare, I see them atmost once a week, that too near the tray icons. Not at all bad IMO.

 

x1 (kidding)
I've went back to Avira many times, it looks like once more.

 

fortinet forticlient is the most quite, but for older pc it is reported to be heavy.
last time I tried it on i5 dual core, I didn't notice it at all.

 

I'm waiting for the first telephone calls from my friends regarding pop-ups . I think AVG and Fortinet are good alternatives without pop-ups, Bitdefender could be an option as well.

 

Panda pop-up;

 

So BC . . . you bought it right that instant, right?

 

3 licenses straight away, Bill

I am currently running the Free version on a Win 7 laptop. It replaced Qihoo which kept losing its real-time protection without any notification from the tray icon. Free version of Panda running very light so far without any problems.

 

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