Internet Security Suite Step 2: AVG Anti-virus Free Edition

Once you have installed your firewall to prevent any unauthorized access to your computer, it's time to install anti-virus protection. My top pick for free anti-virus protection is AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. Here's why:

• Frequently updated virus definitions;
• Automatic downloads of said definitions;
• Doesn't eat up a ton of system resources;
  
• Regularly scheduled full system scans; plus
• Real-time scanning.

Real-time scanning is a rarity in free virus products, and this is one of the main reasons I recommend AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition over other free virus programs out there. Just so you know, this free edition differs from the pay edition in a few ways:

• No customer support is available;
• Download speeds for virus definitions are capped; and
• You have less control over the scheduling of scans.

In my opinion, none of these features is worth the upgrade price.