I need a good FREE virus protection/ anti-virus scanner for a new laptop?

I used to have McAfee on my other laptop, but i had to renew everyear and i have heard there are some worthy programs out there for free.

sooo...

SHOOT!

anything good enough to protect my new core baby %26lt;3

I need a good FREE virus protection/ anti-virus scanner for a new laptop?nortin

I have used it for years on my laptop. I've worked with their technical support, they are most helpful. you'll be very pleased with this product.

Main features

-ANTIVIRUS KERNEL

-Almost 100% detection

-Outstanding performance

-Reasonable memory requirements

-ICSA certified

USER INTERFACE

-Memory test during the program startup

-Very intuitive Simple User Interface

-Testing whole disks or selected folders

-Working with the scan results - actions with infected files

-Virus encyclopedia

-Log Viewer

-Various appearances - skin support

-Running from Explorer context menu

-Antivirus screen-saver

UPDATES

-The system of incremental updates guarantees low traffic

-The updates can be completely automatic

RESIDENT PROTECTION

-Standard Shield protects the file system

-Generic SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 scanner

-Specific MS Outlook plugin

-Heuristic analysis in e-mail modules

REPAIRING