Best anti-virus quick scanner

Looking for the best and quickest anti-virus scanner? The thing about anti-virus software (and scanner) is that each one of it is not the same but all function with the same logic and have the same goal, i.e. to eliminate a computer virus from your PC.

Most users of these anti-virus complained of one or multiple of the following:
1. It's scanning is slow
2. It's loading is slow and eating up lot's of memory
3. Sometime a virus slip through
4. Sometime is crash your PC
5. Sometime it treats most programs in your PC as a threat

Nevertheless, there is no such thing as the quickest or the fastest anti-virus scanner. Being fast or quick, could means that the software skipped certain procedure to speed thing up. This can result in a potential flaw. Skipping a critical procedure (even though the developer thought that they can afford skipping it) can lead to software imperfection. As they say, imperfection equals inferiority. No one trust an inferior anti-virus scanner.

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Different between anti-virus Full Scan and Quick Scan

A Full Scan Scans for EVERY Folder in Every Drive selected (excluding folders, files and drives within the Exclusion List).

Quick Scans USUALLY (Not all the Time) Scans:-
1. Memory (PID etc...)
2. System Folders (WINDOWS, SYSTEM32 and the like)
3. [POSSIBLY] Documents and Settings
4. [POSSIBLY] Registry (though this would be included in the System Folders Category)

The Top 10 Virus Protection Softwares (for Windows) that are the best sellers and popular.

	1. Grisoft AVG "AVG Free offers very good (and very free) protection against viruses and spyware... As a bonus, its real-time LinkScanner technology keeps you from clicking search links to dangerous sites. It's an excellent choice if you need free protection against both viruses and spyware." - PC Magazine
	2. Bit Defender Combines Superior Proactive Protection from e-Threats with Backup and PC Tune-up for the Ultimate in Security... that won’t slow you down!
	3. McAfee Virus Scan Learn how one solution can deliver uncompromised protection.
	4. Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal In the latest tests, Kaspersky Anti-Virus was awarded the highest certification—Advanced+, which confirms the program has the highest level of detection of new malicious programs with minimal false positives using the antivirus program's heuristic analyzer.
	5. F-Secure Anti-Virus F-Secure Internet Security provides a complete and easy-to-use antivirus software no matter whether the viruses are known or previously unidentified.
	6. Symantec Norton AntiVirus Norton AntiVirus from Symantec has the advanced antivirus and spyware removal protection you need to shield your computer from today’s evolving internet threats.
	7. Panda Software Panda Titanium Anti-virus + Anti-spyware Antiviruses for home users and enterprises. Protect your PC against viruses, worms, Trojans, hackers, spam and other Internet threats with the best anti-virus scanner for home users.
	8. AntiVir Personal Edition Classic The AntiVir Personal Edition offers the effective and comprehensive protection against computer viruses for the individual and private use on a single PC-workstation
	9. Alwil Software Avast Home Edition Complete protection against viruses and other forms of malware with built-in anti-spyware detection. It’s available to download as a free trial for 60 days in 30 language versions.
	10. Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security Security Trend Micro now refers to the product as "Trend Micro ("PC-cillin") Internet Security" to reflect the complete nature of the protection that the product provides against hackers, spam, phishing, spyware, rootkits, trojans and web threats.

Watch list/Alert list

For the latest outbreak of virus, check out the virus watch and virus threat pages below:
Virus Watch of malicious program by Kaspersky Lab

Virus and Security Threat Alert World Map from F-Secure Security Center

Viruses in the Wild, a list of rogue viruses maintained by Avast.

BEWARE

One rule of free anti-virus: Don't download any free or shareware anti-virus software unless it is from legitimate or recognized developer (see the Top 10 anti-virus software developer above). Free anti-virus listed in a crack or warez directory may contained malicious codes and can be harmful to your PC.