I’ve seen many corporate and education facilities using AVG Anti-Virus free edition. Although it is said to be free, but it is only meant for Home users. It only gives basic protection and no technical support. The corporate company might get into trouble and being heavily fined if they use the AVG Anti-Virus free edition on the office computer. AVG website did state very clearly that:
One of the REALLY free antivirus I found last year was AOL Active Virus Shield. It is powered by Kaspersky and I’ve recommended it to many many people. Unfortunately, it is no longer available and it has been replaced with McAfee VirusScan Plus.
I’ve searched everywhere on McAfee VirusScan Plus – Special edition from AOL website and can’t find anything that state you can’t use it on corporate and commercial computers. So, it will still be free IF you sign up for a free AOL email address. It takes only a few minutes to sign up for an AOL email address, and then you’ll be given the link to download the McAfee VirusScan Plus – Special edition.
McAfee VirusScan Plus – Special edition from AOL gives you the most comprehensive free set of safety tools available. AOL have partnered with a leading name in Internet security to deliver the essential protection you need. Since it’s automatically on-guard and up-to-date, it helps protect you against today’s attacks and tomorrow’s threats, too.
* Virus protection guards your whole PC
* Spyware Protection blocks potentially unwanted programs
* Firewall helps keep hackers out
McAfee VirusScan Plus – Special Edition is better than Active Virus Shield because it has spyware protection and firewall. As for Active Virus Shield, it only provides protection against virus. I’ve never used McAfee products before and not sure how good it is in detecting virus compared to Kaspersky. But hey, it’s totally FREE to use it anywhere!