PC Tools Antivirus Free Edition is a simple free antivirus program and antispyware to provide you a basic protection from known viruses, worms, trojans and other threats while defending against spyware, adware, bots, keyloggers and other malware .

A straightforward and easy to use free antivirus software with real time protection and automatic updates that you can change the setting from everyday to every hour .  This is a very simple and effective antivirus software for a free version . It’s better to have a free version than not having any protection software on your pc .

PC Tools Free Antivirus Features :

• IntelliGuard protection against computer viruses and related malware threats

  PC Tools AntiVirus detects and eradicates viruses and related malware threats that attempt to enter computer systems by means of file transfer through storage media, e-mail, the Internet and other network protocols. Protection is provided by means of on-demand system scanning or real-time (IntelliGuard) detection of threats.

• Smart Updates to keep virus definitions and other feature enhancements up to date

  Smart Updates are released frequently, allowing you to protect your system against the latest virus and related malware threats, as well as improvements to PC Tools AntiVirus’ functionality. By running Smart Update regularly, you can help keep your system free of new infections.

• Real-time Protection

  Scan settings are easily configurable and apply both to the on-demand scans and IntelliGuard scans (detection in real-time through the IntelliGuard tool). These scan options allow you to customize a range of generic and global settings which affect the overall behavior of PC Tools AntiVirus.

• Ability to quarantine and restore items that have been detected

  PC Tools AntiVirus allows you either to remove detected viruses and related malware from your system or to quarantine them into a contained area. The majority of infections that have been quarantined can be restored at a later time. You can customize PC Tools AntiVirus either to remove or to quarantine malware items fixed in a scan.

• Logging of File Scans conducted by PC Tools AntiVirus

  All File Scans conducted by PC Tools AntiVirus can be logged, providing a record of when each scan was conducted; the infections that were identified; and when infections were disinfected, quarantined or removed.