Ashampoo AntiVirus Launched

[rayoflight]

-{ Quote: "Ashampoo AntiVirus (v1.00, 09/22/2006)
Easy and intuitive. Set it and forget it." }-
http://www.ashampoo-root03.com/webcache/html/1/product_2_0045_.htm

[lodore]

any idea what engine it uses?

[NAMOR]

There is a thread about it here. New!! Ashampoo Antivirus (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=143476&highlight=ashampoo)

[lodore]

thanks namor.

btw great taste in music:) ac/dc is my favourite band

[NAMOR]

no problem lodore.

One of my favorite bands too. ;)

[Firecat]

The engine is pretty much AVIRA IMO. But you are basically wasting your money if Ashampoo AV does not detect spyware (which is very much possible since Ashampoo has a separate AntiSpyware application), since you can get the same detection rates and protection from AntiVir PE free edition.

[aigle]

BTW, do have u any idea what is the origin of Ashampoo AS?

[dan_maran]

Well I installed it and checked the files out just to see if it was Antivir, and yes it uses Antivir. :)

[metallicakid15]

rebranded free version for 14.99 yay

[aigle]

I wonder who will but this in that case? very strange!

[lodore]

omg your paying for a free av.

[Sputnik]

-{ Quote: "omg your paying for a free av." }-
Not exactly. Because the free version of AVIRA has:

# Slow update servers;
# Nag-screen.

This one hasn't, so it's not exactly paying for a free product.

[lodore]

well thta is true but you still dont get adware and spyware detection or mailguard.

antivir premium isnt much more.

[Arin]

yes the price difference isn't that much. it'd have been a different scenario
altogather had it been the BitDefender engine. some of us were pretty sure
that it was BitDefender. i'll prefer AntiVir free over this Ashampoo anytime.

[Seishin]

-{ Quote: "Not exactly. Because the free version of AVIRA has:

# Slow update servers;
# Nag-screen.

This one hasn't, so it's not exactly paying for a free product." }-


Easy switch to another top free alternative with fast updates and no nag-screens: Avast.

BTW, that Ashampoo AV is a licensed clone of Avira. It looks that Ashampoo is in a partnership with Avira.

[Edited]

[Edited]


Why to pay for something that is already free!!

[Sputnik]

GmbH is simply the name for a commercial business form in Germany, like Corp. is in the United States.

[aigle]

-{ Quote: "Not exactly. Because the free version of AVIRA has:

# Slow update servers;
# Nag-screen.

This one hasn't, so it's not exactly paying for a free product." }-
U are right. However many people have no update issues.
Nag can be killed BTW.

[the Tester]

It would be a good deal if it had the mail scanner.
Something to seperate it from the free version.

[hbkh]

-{ Quote: "
that Ashampoo AV is a licensed clone of Avira. It looks that Ashampoo is in a partnership with Avira." }- It's not a clone. They developed their own frontend and are just using avira's engine... ;)