In the "Welcome to S,V, & S forum; Security Tools and Removal Resources" thread, there are specific AV programs listed that are free. The link to that post is below.. I've used Avast, Avira, AVG, and the older ClamWin. I like the first three and tend to use Avira on many of my customer's machines, but the others are good as well.
http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-2435089.html
As to one location where you can read about the independent benchmark tests for various antivirus programs, see the link below:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparatives-reviews/
Hope this helps.
Grif
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I just got my laptop and i need to ask you fellow posters what you guys think is the best antivirus.

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