Best Antivirus Software - 2009

When it comes to securing the system/PC from the Virus, Trojan, Malware, etc. which ever not acceptable to the PC health, I have seen many people using their Brain resources more than the system resources. I mean to say, they either go for installing more than 1 antivirus or install so many fake antivirus tools that affects PC very badly. The result of this the slowing down of system.

So, which and where is the best Anti-virus in queue of so many Anti-virus ?

Who or Which company is providing the rating of Anti-Virus Software ?

Above two questions are quite useful while protecting the PC from wrong things.

Lets start with Who/Which company is providing the Rating -

Its "AV-comparatives"which is providing the rating, who are AV-comparatives ? - " AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization, which is providing independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public."

This month they tested these Anti-Virus softwares :

avast! Professional Edition 4.8
AVG Anti-Virus 8.5
AVIRA AntiVir Premium 9
BitDefender Antivirus 2010
eScan Anti-Virus 10
ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus 4.0
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2010
G DATA AntiVirus 2010
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010
Kingsoft Antivirus 2009
McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009
Microsoft Microsoft Security Essentials
Norman Antivirus & Anti-Spyware 7.10
Sophos Anti-Virus 7.6
Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 2010
TrustPort Antivirus 2009

Don't worry if any of your favorite one missed the list ,  they have listed all those which are already a selection of some very good anti-virus products.
Based on their scoring system, here is the final result :

You can download the details of the result from here http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/removal/avc_removal_2009.pdf its a PDF file.
Now moving to the their remarks, they clearly mentioned :

These remarks are in the same pdf file.
So, now you can judge by yourself which is the best one I am indicating, Yes it is the Best of all, it is " Microsoft Security Essentials ". The reason behind calling it the best is that its a FREE anti-virus software and moreover as this test was based only on the malware detection and there was no rating of speed and stability, let me tell you one thing just give it a try and feel the CHANGE. It is not not only light on the system resources, at the same time its user interface is also very friendly, as friendly as a 4-5 year child can also operate.

Coming to eScan and Symantec , both are paid and you may be knowing the advantage of using them !

Here is the link to download the Microsoft Security Essential and dont forget to update the MSE after installation.

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