Portable Antivirus on your Usb key

There are several ways where a portable antivirus can be of great assistance. For example, I hold a farming business and the site is however far from habitation. There is no network connection for internet thus preventing me from doing any internet activities. Due to frequent file transfer from computer to computer, recurrent virus scan is usually performed.

A portable antivirus is a minimum size capacity antivirus that can be moveable on a USB key, CD / DVD. A portable antivirus has been specifically created to remove Trojan, spyware and other types of virus affecting your computer. Below is a list of portable antivirus freeware that might suits to you for your tasks:-

ClamWin Portable

ClamWin Portable is a well known portable freeware antivirus for detecting viruses and spyware on your computer. You can place same on a removable drive, usb key and CD to be used on any computer. ClamWin is launched up from your portable drive with its integrated PSU (Portable Start Up Utility).




You can download the latest version of portable ClamWin on the link : http://www.clamwin.com/

Operating systems: Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 and Vista.
Nb: On-access real-time scanner is not included in Clamwin Free Antivirus. Manual scan is needed for scanning file.

Multi Virus Cleaner

Multi Virus Cleaner is a freeware used to detect and clean harmful virus and spyware on your computer. With its stand alone installation, Multi Virus Cleaner takes an approximate space of 5 Mb which however classified itself as a portable antivirus. This application is very effective and is regularly updated to detect new viruses and worms on our computer. We can classify its fast application to detect worms and Trojans as its extra feature.

Download link : http://www.multiviruscleaner.com/

HiJackFree

HiJack Free is another freeware application for detecting harmful viruses,hijackers, spyware etc. This software needs a minimum of approximately 4 mb for installation on your disk. With Autorun as features, you can view all locations displayed and even edited as well.

Download link: http://www.hijackfree.com/en/

Avast Portable

Avast Virus Cleaner is a free spamware detector with low memory capacity .This software is a dual service provider as it can be launch directly from a usb key or can even be installed on your fixed hard drive. Avast is very famous for it can remove usual infections of virus Trojans and malwares affecting your computer system.

Download link: http://www.avast.com/