The reason free AV don't score well...
is the way the do the tests. All they seem to care about is scanning! If you got to wait until the virus is on your PC to scan it, you have already failed! Avast does the best all around job keeping even some unknown viruses off the PC in the first place; but always gets bad marks for scanning - which is true - I never scan with it, because it always pops the virus once the definition comes in. BUT Avast is not a malware tool, so AdAware used to be king there, but no more. The problem with real time protection on anti-malware, is that it doesn't work on limited accounts where it can do the most damage. MBAM at least blocks outgoing attempts to contact malicious servers when malware enters the temporary files on limited accounts. Comodo firewall with Defense + may do the same job better, but I've not tested it again for several months. Comodo was having trouble blocking DRM modules used to watch your entertainment, and I couldn't use my cable service or blu-ray; so I dumped it for a while. I think it is time to try it again.
