paid : kaspersky
freeware : avast.
Drawbacks of FREEWARE AntiVirus Programs.
AVG and Avast have poor detection of polymorphic and 0-day malware in addition to having limited self protection.
The free Avira lacks an email scanner; that's only available in the paid version. The self protection is also poor - it can be terminated with Windows Task manager. The free version also constantly nags you to upgrade.
The Kaspersky-based AOL AVs lacks the html scanner found in the full Kaspersky product and consequently doesn't offer the same level of protection against hostile sites. It's also quite heavy on resources and is not suitable for slower PCs. AOL AVS can be terminated by a hostile agent as well
BitDefender lacks a real time monitor as well as email scanning.
SOURCE :
http://www.winvistaclub.com/etc.html