A good antivirus tool is one that regularly updates its virus definitions and that can really clean deep into your PC. With Multi Virus Cleaner you're limited to scanning your PC, whether particular files (custom), quick scan or full and deep scans. The application can be regularly updated and claims to protect you from over 5,900 viruses. There's a list of virus signatures in the updates section, but it doesn't appear to be exhaustive or to take into account the latest ones.

We found most scans to be fairly lenghty and not particularly effective. The program only gives you two options when a virus is detected, delete or ask you what to do, to which you usually respond by deleting the virus anyways. Multi Virus Cleaner does not show you the time spent scanning your PC but you can follow the progress, see how many files have been scanned and what files the program is working on.

PC security is not something you can fool around with, and that's why you should always try to have one of the best security suites installed. Multi Virus Cleaner unfortunately is not a security suite. It provides basic scanning possibilities, which, alone, are not sufficient to keep your PC secure.