AntiVir PP 6 Evaluation Link, legit for Americans?

[coldplay]

Here is the link. Well, I don't understand Deutsch and I live in US. Could anyone tell me if it would be legit for me to apply, thx.

http://www1.avira.com/de/evaluate/welt.php

[WSFuser]

It seems targeted to readers of PC Welt magazine, but it doesnt mention any particular conditions/rules. i think its ok to apply.

[coldplay]

lol, what the hell, I have already applied for it and using it now, nice offer, keys are good until 10/03/07.

[Sjoeii]

It's ok
I'm no German either and it worked for me as well.

[gerardwil]

It's OK but it will only be there till april 4, so hurry up.

Gerard

[JerryM]

When downloaded and installed, is there an English option?
Edited. I notice there is a very long license number and then an = ggu+ Is this some sort of user name or just part of the license number?

Thanks,
Jerry

[coldplay]

the license will stay good until October and the name you put when you applied will appear on the main interface of Antivir

[JerryM]

{QUOTE-> the license will stay good until October and the name you put when you applied will appear on the main interface of Antivir <-QUOTE}

Is there an English option during installation?
Previously I had used the 6 month offer for F-Secure, and it had an English option.
Regards,
Jerry

[WSFuser]

the license will not have an effect on teh language. just download avira and use the license.

[coldplay]

Yeah, just download the English client then enjoy it

[JerryM]

All went well, and it is doing well. I have been using the Workstation trial for about a week, and it has worked well also.
Since I have had problems with both KAV 6, and F-Secure 2007 on this machine, I am hoping that AntiVir will do well. Earlier I found that Avast, F-Prot, and NOD also run well on this computer so I have some good choices.

Hey, that PC Welt magazine has some good offers.

Regards,
Jerry

[JohnnyBravo]

O man
I've applied>>got the licence key>>uninstall Avira free>>restart>>run the registry cleaner>>install the Avira premium>> update>>restart again>> and now I have that old problem with the system tray icon-there isn't any >:( :(

[JerryM]

{QUOTE-> O man
I've applied>>got the licence key>>uninstall Avira free>>restart>>run the registry cleaner>>install the Avira premium>> update>>restart again>> and now I have that old problem with the system tray icon-there isn't any >:( :( <-QUOTE}

Hi Johnny,

That seems to be a recurring problem with all versions of AntiVir. I have had one instance since I installed the PC Welt offer. Although the guard was working, I was not sure until I checked. I did reboot and the icon shows in the tray now.

I cannot understand why this particular problem cannot be fixed. That problem, and the guard not turned on at start caused me to ditch AntiVir on my desktop. I am hoping it is not going to be a problem on this desktop, as I have high conficence in the AV.

Best,
Jerry

[coldplay]

use the repair in installation

[JerryM]

{QUOTE-> use the repair in installation <-QUOTE}

How do you do that? Is it in the control panel?

Thanks,
Jerry

[gerardwil]

Just run the installer again and you will be asked for.

Gerard

[JerryM]

{QUOTE-> Just run the installer again and you will be asked for.

Gerard <-QUOTE}

Thanks, gerardwil.

Best,
Jerry

[trjam]

this is avery known issue with Avira, and they are diligently working on correcting it. It doesnt effect security but it is just more of a aggravation for the user.

[Riverrun]

{QUOTE-> Here is the link. Well, I don't understand Deutsch and I live in US. Could anyone tell me if it would be legit for me to apply, thx.

http://www1.avira.com/de/evaluate/welt.php <-QUOTE}

Thanks Coldplay for posting the link. I've been using Avira personal for awhile now and I like it.

My key arrived a few hours ago; haven't tried installing yet as I can't open the document that came in the zipped folder. Adobe won't read it neither will Works. I haven't tried opening it with Office yet as I don't have that program installed on this computer. It's on another computer and I'll try opening it on that in awhile.

Maybe I don't need to open that document at all, there's a promising postscript at the bottom of the letter with what looks like a long key but I'll get to that in a minute.

If the worst comes to the worst, I'll cut and paste the email to Babelfish but I'm hoping that someone here will help me out first.

There's a long, long code at the bottom of the letter as I say, and I'm wondering if this is the key I need.

It goes:

BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux)

It's followed by two lines of code.

I'm wondering if this is the business, the vital information, though the GNU/Linux bit puts me off. Supposing it's not intended for Windows XP at all which is what I'm running.

I'm very excited about Avira Premium. The personal edition runs light as a feather on my system and I'm hoping that I can get this sorted tonight with a some assistance.

It will put the icing on a security system which I've developed over 5 months mainly through reading here in Wilders and importuning the odd bit of help since I've become a member.

Cheers all,

River

[coldplay]

the email they sent you contains 4 attchements and one of them is the key file which also in that .zip(.rar) file

[gerardwil]

You only need HBEDV.key.
Save it to somewhere where you can find it back.
Run the installer and you will be asked for this key. Point to it where you have saved this key.

Gerard

[Riverrun]

{QUOTE-> You only need HBEDV.key.
Save it to somewhere where you can find it back.
Run the installer and you will be asked for this key. Point to it where you have saved this key.

Gerard <-QUOTE}

Managed to open the HBEDV.key file with notepad. Boy, that is one long heck of a key.

Going to download the English version now. Wish me luck guys and thank you for responding, Gerard and Cold.

Thanks again, guys.

[JerryM]

{QUOTE-> Managed to open the HBEDV.key file with notepad. Boy, that is one long heck of a key.

Going to download the English version now. Wish me luck guys and thank you for responding, Gerard and Cold.

Thanks again, guys. <-QUOTE}

You do not need to open the key file, but just save it where you can find it when you "Browse" and install it. Anyway, whatever will work. Let us know how you do.

Regards,
Jerry

[C.S.J]

eh?

you dont open the .key file in notepad, you just open it it the installation when it says "browse for key" > select the key > OK. etc etc

[trjam]

{QUOTE-> eh?

you dont open the .key file in notepad, you just open it it the installation when it says "browse for key" > select the key > OK. etc etc <-QUOTE}
thanks Chris.;)

[Riverrun]

Haven't done anything yet. I guess it's the Anti Virus PesonalEdition Premium I need, right?

[gerardwil]

{QUOTE-> Haven't done anything yet. I guess it's the Anti Virus PesonalEdition Premium I need, right? <-QUOTE}

yep :)

[Riverrun]

Folks, success! Thanks for the help. I don't think that I would have figured out that it's as simple as pointing at the key file unless you lot had helped.

Thank you all so much!

By the way, Coldplay's configuration came in really handy.

[coldplay]

glad that I helped

[Riverrun]

{QUOTE-> glad that I helped <-QUOTE}

It sure did!

It pays to keep in touch with Wilders. I'm on a steep learning curve as you probably know...but my enthusiasm hasn't wavered in spite of all my shortcomings and a few rookie mistakes.

I now have 10 layers of realtime-protection that fit together nicely and it's all down to things I've learned here and the tremendous support that I've received from my fellow members.

I have a number of on-demand, anti-spyware scanners and the option for real time protection, should that be necessary.

I have Kaspersky online scan which I can run whenever I want and which compliments Avira nicely.

Since I've been using Sandboxie, nothing whatsoever gets through.

I wish I could use PowerShadow on my main computer, such an elegant program. I tried it but unfortunately it didn't suit my laptop.

I've been busy in the past hour downloading Avria Premium onto my other laptop and it went really well. It's scanning now.

Avira suits me down to the ground, it's light and doesn't sulk if you need to turn it off for some reason.

Cheers all and thanks again.

[Riverrun]

You know what, there were a number of files in Quarantine, two to be exact, in the Avira Anti-Vir classic edition which I uninstalled to make way for the Premium version and it looks like these files went along with it. I'm pretty sure I ought to have restored them first because the thing is, I'm almost certain that they were false positives.

A bad mistake; I hope it doesn't have drastic consequences.

[Macstorm]

{QUOTE-> Here is the link. Well, I don't understand Deutsch and I live in US. Could anyone tell me if it would be legit for me to apply, thx.

http://www1.avira.com/de/evaluate/welt.php <-QUOTE}
Thank you for posting it.
Really I've been waiting ages for a chance to try this Premium version! ;)

[C.S.J]

6 months free, its always good to see an offer like this from any company. :)

[lodore]

sure is a nice offer.
i have seen two kaspersky free six month license free with mags in the past.
lodore

[Mele20]

I just saw this thread and got it. So, the deadline is not April 4. I'm glad I read to check Quarantine. I have never heard of an AV deleting quarantine when it is uninstalled so I would not have expected Avira to do that.

It is a really nice offer!

Is there any way to copy exceptions? I have had a real hassle getting all the exceptions listed and I still cannot get one program that has several different paths to it so all is in exceptions. Avira drives me nuts alerting on it anytime I do a search for files or go into my Downloaded Programs folder. I don't want to have to try and figure out all those paths for all my programs that Avira says are viruses and not a single other AV has ever alerted and are not viruses. The one thing I don't like about Avira is how difficult it is to get things into the exceptions lists for both Guard and Scanner.

[gerardwil]

{QUOTE-> I just saw this thread and got it. So, the deadline is not April 4. <-QUOTE}

It was stated in the Magazine:
Bitte beachten Sie: Der Registrierungs-Link ist nur bis zum 4.4.2007 erreichbar!
(Please note: The link is only available till 4.4.2007)

Gerard

[Mele20]

Well, I got the email and the license so I guess it was extended.

[Riverrun]

{QUOTE-> I have never heard of an AV deleting quarantine when it is uninstalled so I would not have expected Avira to do that.

It is a really nice offer!
<-QUOTE}

I'm sure you're right, Mele. I'm not worried about it as I'm quite familiar with German efficiency and attention to detail and I know that an experienced and reputable company like Avira wouldn't overlook an important consideration like that.
I have to say that it's working really nicely for me. I've gone with Cold's configuration everything is hunky-dory. It's a real nice offer and though It's early days, I may well stick with Avira Premium at the end of the trial or even upgrade to the Suite.

[JerryM]

It is still on the site, so I assume it is still good. I sent the info to a friend this AM. I might add, that it is really running well for me.

Regards,
Jerry

[bugsy_pal]

Thanks for the notice of this offer - I could not believe that they were offerring 6 months, when a few weeks ago I had to jump through hoops to get a 30 day demo license... It's a good sign from a company to do this.

I got my license key today (on the 10th, so offer extended quite a bit). Haven't installed it yet. I have been using Avira Classic on and off, but came up against the dreaded update failures, which I was getting with the demo of Premium some weeks ago. I have logged a service request with my ISP, which uses a silent proxy, to have Avira's update servers excluded from their caching - this might fix the update issues.

I would very much like to give Avira a serious shot. I gave Eset's Security Suite a run on the weekend, but it's still way too buggy for me. Need something a lot more stable - perhaps Avira will be it.

[JerryM]

{QUOTE-> Thanks for the notice of this offer - I could not believe that they were offerring 6 months, when a few weeks ago I had to jump through hoops to get a 30 day demo license... It's a good sign from a company to do this.

I got my license key today (on the 10th, so offer extended quite a bit). Haven't installed it yet. I have been using Avira Classic on and off, but came up against the dreaded update failures, which I was getting with the demo of Premium some weeks ago. I have logged a service request with my ISP, which uses a silent proxy, to have Avira's update servers excluded from their caching - this might fix the update issues.

I would very much like to give Avira a serious shot. I gave Eset's Security Suite a run on the weekend, but it's still way too buggy for me. Need something a lot more stable - perhaps Avira will be it. <-QUOTE}

So far it has been stable for me. Twice the icon did not appear in the tray, although the guard was running. At the suggestion of the AntiVir forum folks,
I uninstalled Snoopfree, and UnHack Me. The problem has not surfaced since then.
Although they recommended I uninstall AVGAS, SuperAntiSpyware, and Win Patrol, also for a test, I only uninstalled the two mentioned above. I disabled AVGAS and SAS and start them manually when I desire.

With the removal of UnHackMe and Snoopfree the speed of the AV opening has increased noticeably. I think one of those was the problem.

Hope this helps some.

Best,
Jerry

[quadrophonic]

{QUOTE-> It sure did!
I now have 10 layers of realtime-protection that fit together nicely <-QUOTE}


10 layers! :o

How much ram do you have installed? Try to run a Sysinternals program like Regmon, Diskmon, or Process Monitor. That CPU of yours must be singing "It's been "A Hard Day's Night!". ;D


{QUOTE-> At the suggestion of the AntiVir forum folks, I uninstalled Snoopfree, and UnHack Me. The problem has not surfaced since then.
Although they recommended I uninstall AVGAS, SuperAntiSpyware, and Win Patrol, also for a test...
<-QUOTE}


Where are you guys surfing that you need all these resident malware programs! ;D I think the Beach Boys have to update "Surfin' USA" and someone has to remake Jan and Dean's "Surf City" to reflect those cool erotic waves experienced by today's computer surfers. Those songs can take on entirely new meaning.

[duke1959]

Hey everyone. I just installed Antivir PP with the 6 mo. LIC. and everything running fine. I didn't install the MailGuard though because I use Yahoo through Firefox for my E-Mail. I also thought it would be one less process running, but is there any reason I should have and how much memory does the additional Mail Guard process really even use? Thanks.

[quadrophonic]

{QUOTE-> Hey everyone. I just installed Antivir PP with the 6 mo. LIC. and everything running fine. I didn't install the MailGuard though because I use Yahoo through Firefox for my E-Mail. I also thought it would be one less process running, but is there any reason I should have and how much memory does the additional Mail Guard process really even use? Thanks. <-QUOTE}


I plan on installing it soon. Do you have any English links that correspond to the
German pdf link they send in the e-mail, or is that just the general Avira Premium instructions pdf file?

[Firecat]

{QUOTE-> I'm sure you're right, Mele. I'm not worried about it as I'm quite familiar with German efficiency and attention to detail and I know that an experienced and reputable company like Avira wouldn't overlook an important consideration like that.
I have to say that it's working really nicely for me. I've gone with Cold's configuration everything is hunky-dory. It's a real nice offer and though It's early days, I may well stick with Avira Premium at the end of the trial or even upgrade to the Suite. <-QUOTE}
Actually, some other AVs I know also do that, or at least offer the option. For example, AVG and PC-cillin. So it isn't exclusive to Avira, and well its a good thing to have I guess. :)

[Firecat]

{QUOTE-> I plan on installing it soon. Do you have any English links that correspond to the
German pdf link they send in the e-mail, or is that just the general Avira Premium instructions pdf file? <-QUOTE}
Don't worry about the PDF, the license key is what you require. If you have a problem, you can always look up the english help file. :)

[Carver]

I ditched NOD32 went to the German website signed up, got the email with HBEDV.key went to the American website and downloaded a copy of Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium in English. Put the German HBEDV.key in the English Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium and it worked. I am running a scan now.

[mata7]

will this key work wiht the new Avira for vista that will be release on April 18?

thanks

[trjam]

If you currently have a valid suite key now, then yes it will with the new added modules. Enjoy the best my friend.:)

[duke1959]

Anything special needed to be done for the big 4/18/07 update? I read about it in the Avira Forum and it has made me a little worried that something could go wrong. I never had any trouble with AVG with new Program Updates, but being new to Antivir I just want to make sure everything will go smoothly.

[pilotart]

Saw this posted today on AVIRA Announcements>

Release information Q1/07 (http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?postid=172104#post172104)

{QUOTE-> Avira Premium Security Suite, AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium und Classic
<...>
New Avira AntiVir Rootkit detection (only on Windows 2000 / XP / Vista)
Because of a new driver for the rootkit detection you have to reinstall Avira AntiVir <-QUOTE}

[MalwareDie]

So, will it be pushed through an update? Or will Avira users have to download again, uninstall and reinstall?

[Jarmo P]

{QUOTE-> So, will it be pushed through an update? Or will Avira users have to download again, uninstall and reinstall? <-QUOTE}
Good question ???

[pilotart]

In general, for a 'major update' I think it is better to uninstall and reinstall, I was already expecting to 'wait' on the Major Update to decide how to proceed (and save some overload on Classic Servers).

This was response to my question on the AVIRA Forum (http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?postid=172368#post172368)

{QUOTE->
Hi,
If you update, you will reveive a popup about root-kit installation. If you choose to install, it will be a separate setup for that.
This is not true for Classic version.


__________________
Nicolae Moldoveanu
Avira GmbH <-QUOTE}

[Mele20]

Looks like the rootkit detection is only for the Suite users. I thought everyone was getting that including the avira free users. But even the Premium users don't get it. It is the only thing that interests me in the update coming on Wed. I'm disappointed. I don't want the Suite (because I don't like Suites). I really can't tell any difference in this Premium version and the free version except that I don't get an ad when I update and it is easier to set updating to more often than once every 24 hours. Otherwise, there is no significant difference.

[JerryM]

It appears that the Premium and Classic also get the anti-rootkit module. This from the Avira forum.

"Avira Premium Security Suite, AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium und Classic

* Support Windows Vista 32 Bit
* Support Windows XP x64
* New Avira AntiVir Rootkit detection (only on Windows 2000 / XP / Vista)
Because of a new driver for the rootkit detection you have to reinstall Avira AntiVir
* Popup messages have been replaced by slide ups
* Avira AntiVir detects applications in full screen mode so the updater does not cause breaks of games"

I have not seen anything else.

Regards,
Jerry

[Jarmo P]

Mele20, you seem always so hasty. It is propable that it will be pushed as an automatic update, but we will have to wait. A typical woman, hehe.

I read something on the german forum as I understand a bit that language that it will come in time. If not I will uninstall and reload the install file.
Needs to be in admin account to do that update how ever it arrives of course and almost sure I will disable PG.
Not sure as pilotart told about needing to uninstall first though. The given information from Avira are very vague and confusing.

[JerryM]

I think it will be best for me to wait and see if the experts have problems. If there is one person that will have problems it is me.>:(

Best,
Jerry

[zoli62]

Where is the direct link on the www.avira.com site to this offer? ??? I can not find.

[Jarmo P]

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18144577
I doubt that you can find any link in avira.com site for that 6 months premium trial.

[zoli62]

This licenc is refer to Avira PP without firewall? For install of licence see this manual: http://www.avira.com/documents/utils/pdf/support/premium_lizenzdatei_de.pdf

[zoli62]

{QUOTE-> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18144577
I doubt that you can find any link in avira.com site for that 6 months premium trial. <-QUOTE}
Thank you Jarmo, but i find direct link to this offer on the official site. It's exist at all? :) The Google find this url, but i see for nothing on the avira.com, do not find.... ???

[duke1959]

I think to add to my original questioning, if the new version update comes as an update like regular signatures, would it ask for a reboot before installing? If so it would prevent any possible troubles with Antivir PP set on Automatic Updates right?

[JerryM]

{QUOTE-> Where is the direct link on the www.avira.com site to this offer? ??? I can not find. <-QUOTE}

The only link I know is this one. It is for the Premium edition, not the suite.
http://www1.avira.com/de/evaluate/welt.php

Regards,
Jerry

[coldplay]

It's over, no more.