Reviewers say Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 is the best all-around antivirus program. It excels at its primary task of preventing viruses. Reviews agree that Kaspersky is better than the bestseller Norton AntiVirus 2008 in all aspects. Kaspersky is fast and light; it won't slow your computer as much as the bestsellers.

Reviews unanimously agree that NOD32 is as good as or better than Kaspersky Anti-Virus in all but one area: Reviews of last year's version 2.7 said NOD32 had an unintuitive and confusing user interface.

Professional reviewers conclude that AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is the best of the free antivirus programs, and it is handily the most popular as well.

Security suites bundle antivirus and anti-spyware software, a firewall and other components into a single program.

Avast Antivirus software is a free antivirus program that has received positive reviews from both PC World and CNET. It can be downloaded from the Avast website. Read on to learn how to use Avast Antivirus.

Freeware and Shareware are programs that are released for public use by coders who either developed them privately or adapted them from existing software, removing bugs and inefficiencies that can often only show up after lots of road testing. The software is completely legal and free, and available from a number of download sources.

CA Anti-Virus, formerly known as EZ Anti-Virus, is solid antivirus software designed for business computers, servers, and PDA. However, it offers no firewall, e-mail protection or anti-spyware coupled in with the deal. The lack of automatically removing malware is perfect for someone looking for a no-hassle, timed-scan-and-remove-only antivirus software.

Description: AVG is a 100% free antivirus program that offers real time protection, on demand scanning, and email scanning. It also features automatic updates and a very small footprint that will not slow down your system. It does exactly what it promises and does it really well.

Description: Accelman is a dual-pane "File Manager" with a wide set of features ranging from multiple file management panes to a full-featured image viewer and editor, archiver with support of 15+ formats, media player and playlist editor, as well as a host of file and folder management tools.