USB-AV Antivirus Free is designed to quickly scan USB drives for viruses when you connect them to your computer. Don't mistake it for full antivirus software, though, as it won't protect your PC from downloaded viruses. The program includes a handy widget that lives in the corner of your desktop, showing you when the virus databases are updated, how many programs have been quarantined, and whether or not your computer is currently protected. You can open the program's advanced menu to see more stats and quarantine files, yourself, if you like. The program took about three seconds to scan a drive and found the EICAR test file on the drive like it should have. In addition to scanning drives, you can change how the program behaves when it finds a virus -- whether it deletes or quarantines it -- and even get pop-up notifications from the program when it needs updating or when you lose protection.
What is new in this release:
Analyze units much faster
Detects new virus variants
Update databases automatically
Limitations:
Limited functionality
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