Antivirus protection can be expensive – but not today. We’re giving away free licenses for Watchdog Anti-Malware, a cloud-based second-opinion scanner which uses multiple antivirus engines to catch the threats that other packages miss.

A 1-year, 1-PC licence normally retails at $24.99, but for 24 hours only from 12pm EST Sunday (27th December) to 12pm EST Monday, you can get your system protected for FREE!

Watchdog Anti-Malware is supremely easy to use. If you think you’re infected, just launch the program, click Scan, and watch as the program crawls your hard drive looking for threats.

If anything suspicious is found, a fingerprint is passed to Watchdog Anti-Malware’s cloud scanning platform, where multiple antivirus engines check the file and return their verdict.

A clean, well-designed interface keeps any hassles to a minimum

A detailed report lists any potential problems, and you can delete, quarantine, exclude or ignore them as required, before cleaning up your entire system with a click.

And although Watchdog Anti-Malware is intended as a second-opinion scanner (not your main antivirus engine), it also offers simple real-time protection to detect and block files before they’re executed.

Giveaway: we’ve a limited number of free Watchdog Anti-Malware licenses to give away, worth $24.99, on a first-come, first-served basis.

The giveaway starts midday Sunday December 27 and expires on December 28 at midday EST, so head on over to Downloadcrew Giveaway and get your free edition!