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Antivirus vendors are on a roll. Everyone seems to be giving away free extended trial licenses. Here are six premium antivirus softwares you can get for free.
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 : Kaspersky’s products are one of the highest rated security products around.
It had the fourth highest detection rate (after Trustport, Avira Antivir and AVK – Trustport and AVK are not recomended because they use multiple engines and are extremely heavy on the system and slow). KAV also won the gold award in anti-malware-test.com’s polymorphic virus test and self-protection test. However KAV’s performances in av-comparative.org’s retrospective test (May 08) and av-test.org’s Match shootout were mediocre. Kaspersky Antivirus and Internet Security are also the most feature packed security softwares around. One of it’s best feature is Rollback which allows you to restore your computer to a state before an virus infection was detected. It’s also the best looking security software out in the market.
In order to get 6 months trial key for Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 follow these steps :
1. Grab your activation code from here.
2. Paste the activation code here. Leave other fields blank and press the download button to get your key.
Source : Mymytech
Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium : Avira Antivir is made by German antivirus company GmbH. These guys are seriously experienced. The Avira engine was first launched in 1988. Avira has been doing well constantly in Antivirus shootouts published by the two most reputed AV comparison websites – av-test.org and av-comparatives.org. It was one of the top performers in av-test.org’s March shootout. It was the second best in av-comparative’s on demand scan results (Feb 08) and the best in av-comparatives retroactive test (May 08). Anti-malware-test.com found it to be the best in detection of polymorphic viruses.
I use Avira Antivir PersonalEdition Premium for my laptop as in the hostile environment of my college cybercafe and hostel detection rate matters, and in that aspect Avira Antivir PE is definitely the best. However, Avira does have a few shortcomings. It comes in a no frills basic package which doesn’t offer many of the features present in other softwares like Kaspersky. It’s interface is not the best and it failed the Anti-malware-test.com’s self protection test. But even then, Avira Antivir is an option to seriously consider.
Grab your Avira Antivir PE Premium 6 months license from here.
Although I very strongly recommend that you use either Avira Antivir PE Premium or Kaspersky here are some more antivirus software’s offering free trial keys :
F-Secure Internet Security : F-Secure uses a modified version of Kaspersky engine and hence has a very good detection rate. It was rated Gold in the polymorphic virus detection test and silver in self protection test by anti-malware-test.com. It performed well in av-test.org’s comparisons also. You can get your 3 months trial license from here.
Source : Techmixer
eScan Antivirus and Content Security :This software was 10th in on-demand tests and was at the bottom of the pile in pro-active tests conducted by av-comparatives.org. It was also ranked 10 by virus.gr. It’s performance in av-test.org’s comparisons was average. You can get your 6 months license key from here.
Source : Techtrends
Computer Associates (e-Trust) Antivirus : CA Antivirus found itself at the bottom of the pile in Anti-malware-test.com’s polymorphic viruses test and in known to have a very mediocre detection rate. You can obtain your 1 year FREE trial of CA Anti-Virus from here.
Source : NirmalTV
Norman Virus Control : Norman managed to detect only 92.8% of the Malware samples and 91.9% of the spyware samples thrown at it by av-test.org. You can get a 4 year license key from here (please note that this hasn’t been tested by me).
Source : Raymond.cc
Resources to check performance of various antivirus software :
Av-comparatives.org
Av-test.org [Results for latest shootout]
Anti-malware-test.com Polymorphic viruses test
Anti-malware-test.com Product Self-protection test
Virus.gr
Did you find this article useful? What antivirus software do you use? Dont forget to leave your feedback.
Footnote : Some of these softwares like Kaspersky and F-secure provide a 1 month trial key. So you can save these promo keys and use them after the trial expires, In this manner you would be able to use the software for an extra month.
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Nice list, Thanks for the mention.
Kaspersky already has a 2009 product out?
Wow, didnt know.
Great article.
Nice list Pallab. Kaspersky is my favourite too.
Just thought of this point! This ain’t a legit way(atleast for Kaspersky) because their website says that this offer is only for Swiss people: “Exclusively for customers of UBS in Switzerland: Kaspersky security”..
lol…….but then….u know
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 is simply the best.
thanks for other antivirus softwares as well. but i can use at most one at a time so i choose Kaspersky Internet Security 2009.
nice!! I like kasper too! is the best.
I installed Kaspersky with the activation code found on that website. It DID NOT WORK for me. I think there is a option while activating which asks for a customer ID. Only if that is valid, you will be able to use Kaspersky for 6 months. So if you don’t have one, no free Kaspersky for you .
I had tested it before posting. It did work. I took the activation code and generated my key from here
Are any of them better than AVG 8.0 to be honest?
Check out the comparatives at av-comparatives.org
AVG was placed behind Avira, AVK, Kaspersky and trustport in on demand tests.
It was 6th in restrespective tests.
Avira also outperformed it in av-test.org
AVG was ranked 14th by virus.gr
I have always believed that Kaspersky and avira are better than AVG.
How can Kaspersky let you “roll back” your PC to a previous point before the infection, if it didn’t know how the virus was infecting the file system enough to prevent it in the first place…. just asking….
Avast Antivirus is really nice.
HAHAHA, AntiVirus! I’m practically crying here – Windows KILLS me! HAHAHA
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Avira gave me just 1 month license for the Premium Edition
These antivirus things just can’t be cracked these days eh! I’ll try this technique out on some of the PCs. They crap out in six months anyway so I’ll just redo the process again.
Thank god I use a mac
I’ve been thinking for long time for getting avira premium ..
thanks for the free upgrade
downloaded and worked . hope the same offer still there after 6 months
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Pallab, are you sure Avira gives 6 months free license for the premium version like you mentioned in a post? I tried twice & the website & email mentions only 30 days license.
Avira’s offer seems to have ended, but F-secure, Kaspersky etc still works.
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Excellent Find Pallab.
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hey pallab ,Do u know any method to get Kaspersky 2009 free??
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