Until 2016, Panda was in the first place among free antiviruses. In 2017-2020 - Avast. Moreover, for tests, the company provides Avast Free Antivirus, and not paid comprehensive protection packages.
Judging by the results in various tests, Avast Free Antivirus provides close to the leaders ratings of paid antiviruses in Windows 10, 8.1 and Windows 7, slightly affects system performance and is convenient to use (here you can argue: the main negative review on Avast Free Antivirus - an annoying offer to switch to the paid version, but even this in the latest versions is quite acceptable).
Using Avast Free Antivirus should not cause any difficulties for novice users. The interface is understandable, in Russian, regularly appear new useful (and not so functions) similar to those that you can find in complex paid solutions for protection.
Of the additional features of the program:
- Creating a rescue disk to boot from it and scan your computer for viruses.
- Scanning add-ons and browser extensions is the most common reason that ads and pop-ups appear in the browser of an undesirable nature.
- Tools for optimizing and cleaning the system, updating programs and drivers.
When installing an antivirus, you can configure which additional protection components you need, perhaps some of the above are not required. You can download Avast antivirus for free on the official page https://www.avast.ru/free-antivirus-download .