Bangalore: The web is arguably a dangerous place with viruses, hackers, spyware, malware and phishing sites; and every PC needs effective and powerful antivirus software to stay protected. However, antivirus has become an absolute essential these days. But, buying an antivirus and keep updating the package is indeed an expensive process.

Fortunately, there is ample of free antivirus software available in the market, many of which are as capable and reliable as their costly cousins. Of course, the free software may not offer like their costly counterpart but delivers nothing less than the best. Below listed are some best free web security tools at absolutely free of cost, as listed by PC Magazine.

#1) 360 Internet Security

Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Price: Free

The cherry pastels designed organized user interface, 360 Internet Security is one of the good-looking free antivirus tools for your PC. When secure browsing and privacy protection are the most essential, 360 Internet Security restricts phishing sites, blocks malicious downloads and prevents unauthorized key-logger, to keep your personal information protected. It alerts you in case of any suspicious programs try to access critical system resources. Uses triple antivirus engine to keep your system away from threats. With 360 checksum based cloud engine, machine learning cloud QVM engine, and award winning Bit Defender local engine, this antivirus—combining all—makes an unprecedented level.

Pros: Quick installation, even on malware-infested systems.
Cons: Proactive Defense behavior monitor displays several popup queries for both good and bad programs.

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