Avira Premium free for six months.

[Arup]

http://www.avira.com/pcwk

[argus tuft]

Thanks for the heads up :D

[Banshee]

Thanksss:thumb:

[trjam]

Very nice gesture on their part. Thanks.:)

[Blackcat]

Users can now see for themselves how much better the Premium Servers are compared to the Classic ones.

[Bluenile]

Looks good, does anyone know how to turn off the startup info pop up?

[jaydub]

{QUOTE-> Looks good, does anyone know how to turn off the startup info pop up? <-QUOTE}

If you are taking about the splash screen, you can't.

[kinwolf]

Is there a way to tell it to not make any sound when it discover a suspicious file? I have the sound card to mute at work but Avira is using the pc internal speaker :-\

[EliteKiller]

{QUOTE-> If you are taking about the splash screen, you can't. <-QUOTE}

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"avgnt"="C:\Program Files\AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium\avgnt.exe\" /min /nosplash

{QUOTE-> Is there a way to tell it to not make any sound when it discover a suspicious file? I have the sound card to mute at work but Avira is using the pc internal speaker :-\ <-QUOTE}

Look in the configuration under 'further action" and disable acoustic alert if it will let you.

If you're running Microsoft Windows you can disable the Internal speaker or PC speaker by following the below steps.


Open Device Manager
In Device Manager click View and click "Show hidden devices"
This should make "Non-Plug and Play Drivers" visible in Device Manager.
Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers by clicking the plus and double-click Beep.
Within the "Beep properties" window click the Driver tab.
Under the driver tab if you wish to temporarily disable this device click the Stop button. If you wish to permanently disable this device under the Startup Type select Disabled.

[kinwolf]

Worked like a charm, thanks.

[tiagozt]

{QUOTE-> http://www.avira.com/pcwk <-QUOTE}

Thank you!

[Kerodo]

Nice deal, thanks Arup....

[Badcompany]

Just installed on a friends computer, Are there any settings i should change, or is the default setting OK.
Badcompany.

[Nubiatech]

Thanks for the heads up! :thumb:

[Trespasser]

Nice find, Arup. Thanks.

[Metal425]

{QUOTE-> Nice find, Arup. Thanks. <-QUOTE}
agreed

[beethoven]

Does anyone know how easy or difficult it is to go back to the basic/free version after 6 months?

[EliteKiller]

{QUOTE-> Does anyone know how easy or difficult it is to go back to the basic/free version after 6 months? <-QUOTE}
Uninstall/reinstall would be my best guess. ;D

[beethoven]

{QUOTE-> Uninstall/reinstall would be my best guess. <-QUOTE}

I guess I deserved this ;) - the reason I asked is that some programs don't uninstall that nicely and some don't want you to downgrade?

Also, wondered why the email I received contained 4 temp files instead of a keyfile called license file hbedv.key. ???

[Macstorm]

Thanks for the heads up.

Great to have Avira as an alternate AV :thumb:
.

[Macstorm]

{QUOTE-> Also, wondered why the email I received contained 4 temp files instead of a keyfile called license file hbedv.key. ??? <-QUOTE}
temp files?
there are four files inside e-mail: HBEDV.KEY (1KB); LIC_INFO.TXT (1KB); support.txt (2KB); hbedv.zip (1KB). Check them.
.

[Thug21]

Great find. :)
It's nice to see they are still wanting people to buy just the AV (versus the suite). :)

[xandros]

thank you, i will try it

any offer for avira security suite ??
i like to download avira security suite

[Thug21]

http://www.avira.com/en/evaluate/vnu.php ;)

[Arup]

The servers are moderately faster than their free version but still not blazingly fast, probably due to the reason that Anti Vir gets bigger updates in general.

[Kerodo]

I can take moderate speed, as long as the servers are accessible when needed. In the free version, I sometimes couldn't connect for a few days when there were heavy updates. Hopefully the paid servers are more reliable....

[argus tuft]

So far, they seem a lot more reliable...

[Arup]

{QUOTE-> So far, they seem a lot more reliable... <-QUOTE}

Yep, agreed, not giving any error messages like in their free version.

[Jarmo P]

{QUOTE-> I can take moderate speed, as long as the servers are accessible when needed. In the free version, I sometimes couldn't connect for a few days when there were heavy updates. Hopefully the paid servers are more reliable....
Today 06:43 AM <-QUOTE}

Yes they are. There is no problems with premium servers, except sometimes quite big updates as normal with Avira. But nothing like the free classic server bother. The default I think is every 4 hours.

I had been running Avira AntiVir Premium previous 6 month offer and it had only 18 days left so I am glad and also I was kind of expecting this thing to happen for us security interested people!
The nag screen popup to renew my license got a little on my nerves past week :P
But I would have gone back to AntiVir Classic being a cheapshot and all that, hehe. Anyways Avira is one of the top AVs and I am happy to be among the users having it than other AV ones.
Jarmo

[Blackcat]

{QUOTE-> I can take moderate speed, as long as the servers are accessible when needed. In the free version, I sometimes couldn't connect for a few days when there were heavy updates. Hopefully the paid servers are more reliable.... <-QUOTE}

I am still restricted to dial-up at Home so the Premium version was the only viable option for me.

IME, the Premium Servers are instantly available but with larger updates/upgrades the initial fast connection speeds do fall away. An upgrade for example can still take well over an hour.

But, more importantly, these paid Servers are much more reliable than the Classic ones.

[Thanasis159]

Τhanks!!! This works great!

[trjam]

And its the best AV on the market so you win on all accounts.;)

[AMRX]

Is it only meant for the subscribers of PCWORLD Poland? I mean a few days ago I guess the same magazine offered 6 month license for KIS to subscribers in UK.

[mrfargoreed]

Thanks for this! Been wanting to test Avira properly for ages now - looking forward to installing. :thumb:

[farmerlee]

{QUOTE-> Is there a way to tell it to not make any sound when it discover a suspicious file? I have the sound card to mute at work but Avira is using the pc internal speaker :-\ <-QUOTE}
Mute the pc speaker.

[Arup]

{QUOTE-> Is it only meant for the subscribers of PCWORLD Poland? I mean a few days ago I guess the same magazine offered 6 month license for KIS to subscribers in UK. <-QUOTE}


Yep, but it works here in India as well as US so it should work fine in any region, during registration, they don't ask the country of origin.

[rdsu]

I'm using it since yesterday...

Thanks ;)

[Mele20]

{QUOTE-> Mute the pc speaker. <-QUOTE}

You can't mute the computer's internal speaker that way. It is a very weak sound though so I don't why you'd need to mute it. If it was Kaspersky's wild pig sound...yeah, that one at work would need muting but I don't know of any way to do that.

[jaydub]

{QUOTE-> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"avgnt"="C:\Program Files\AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium\avgnt.exe\" /min /nosplash <-QUOTE}
EliteKiller,

Many thanks.

Not for pointing this out, because I already knew about it, but it did get me to check my registry entry, which was identical to yours apart from a missing p in the /nosplash switch.

I can now enjoy AntiVir without the splash screen for the remaining 11 days of my current six month trial.

Was going to trial KIS next, but just wondering whether I should be cheeky enough to request another six month trial key.

Anybody tried doing this yet?

[Mele20]

What splash screen? That's in the free version.

[C.S.J]

any AV that offers it free for a period longer than a standard trial, has earned a little respect from me :)

ive never really been interested in the software, but its a good find for anyone who is, good job AntiVir ;)

[argus tuft]

{QUOTE-> What splash screen? That's in the free version. <-QUOTE}

The splash screen is also present in the premium version. Maybe you're thinking of the nag screen?

[Jarmo P]

That update little right corner window you can suppress too.
Go to Sceduler and change options there if you want. It is not the most obvious place to find I agree.
But there you have it. Change it to invisible if you want.

[Mele20]

Don't change to invisible unless you check every day to see if the updates are taking place. I had it on invisible and I had Avira set to alert me if there were no updates for two days (default is 3 days). Earlier this month, I found that Avira had not updated for OVER 5 DAYS. I had even run several on demand scans during the time it was not updating and didn't notice as Avira does not get your face like it should when something is wrong with updating.

I was told at Avira forum that the notification to alert me to no updates after two days was a small slide up note SHOWN ONLY ONCE AND ONLY WHEN BOOTING. I go for weeks without rebooting and never turn off my computers (except when on vacation) so there was no way I could have seen any notice about the updater being corrupted.

Avira has really good detection but it has a lot of small, but important, rough spots like this one.

[Mele20]

{QUOTE-> The splash screen is also present in the premium version. Maybe you're thinking of the nag screen? <-QUOTE}

Yes, I suppose I am. You mean the screen that shows when you boot just as you reach the desktop? Why would you want to turn that off? I understand why some want to to turn off the nag screen on the free version (although it never bothered me that much) but the "splash" screen? What is bad about that? I have several of those that show at boot for various applications. I suppose if I was on my old 98SE machine where I had to boot every day because of the resource issue on that OS, it might bother me, but on NTFS systems? You can go for months without rebooting so who cares what shows up when you boot as that is a rare thing...that is one of the greatest things about NTFS systems....you don't need to reboot to regain resources.

[19monty64]

{QUOTE-> Yes, I suppose I am. You mean the screen that shows when you boot just as you reach the desktop? Why would you want to turn that off? I understand why some want to to turn off the nag screen on the free version (although it never bothered me that much) but the "splash" screen? What is bad about that? I have several of those that show at boot for various applications. I suppose if I was on my old 98SE machine where I had to boot every day because of the resource issue on that OS, it might bother me, but on NTFS systems? You can go for months without rebooting so who cares what shows up when you boot as that is a rare thing...that is one of the greatest things about NTFS systems....you don't need to reboot to regain resources. <-QUOTE}
It bothered me because I have TinyWatcher scan at boot-up, and I always had to wait for the AntiVir splash-screen to disappear so I could confirm any entries in Tiny...

[031]

{QUOTE-> http://www.avira.com/pcwk <-QUOTE}
Thanks Arup . I dumped antivir personal edition few days ago because of its slow updating . Now i am again under the red umbrella and the premium servers are fast . Thanks again . :) :) :) :) :)

[EliteKiller]

{QUOTE-> EliteKiller,

Many thanks.

Not for pointing this out, because I already knew about it, but it did get me to check my registry entry, which was identical to yours apart from a missing p in the /nosplash switch.

I can now enjoy AntiVir without the splash screen for the remaining 11 days of my current six month trial. <-QUOTE}
You're welcome. :) It looks like Avira modified the default install path with the Q3 update if you're doing a fresh install. Read more (http://www.avira.com/documents/utils/pdf/release_notes_Q3-2007_en.pdf)

c:\program files\avira\....

That would also affect the path to disable the nag screen in the free version.

[mercurie]

Lots of buzz, here about this...hmmm sounds good but no one has really posted how it comes to you and how it installs.

Should I uninstall the Classic first? I usually do this when loading new AV even if it is from same vendor.

What happens when I give email address do they send key? sounds like they send multiple files...:-\ Do I open them up in some order?? How does that work?

Is there any more pop up ads or new ones saying, "like your 6 month trial...179 days to go buy today"...:( . Near the end of the trial I would expect this no problem there. ;)

I always like to know what to expect before doing something like this. Is this any different then there normal trials...or maybe they never had a trial for Premium :-\

I have only used the free. :blink:

[GrailVanGogh]

{QUOTE-> http://www.avira.com/pcwk <-QUOTE}

Thanks for the heads up.

Working just fine as expected.

[031]

{QUOTE-> Lots of buzz, here about this...hmmm sounds good but no one has really posted how it comes to you and how it installs.

Should I uninstall the Classic first? I usually do this when loading new AV even if it is from same vendor.

What happens when I give email address do they send key? sounds like they send multiple files...:-\ Do I open them up in some order?? How does that work?

Is there any more pop up ads or new ones saying, "like your 6 month trial...179 days to go buy today"...:( . Near the end of the trial I would expect this no problem there. ;)

I always like to know what to expect before doing something like this. Is this any different then there normal trials...or maybe they never had a trial for Premium :-\

I have only used the free. :blink: <-QUOTE}

go to the download link , give ur email address and they will send u the key instantly. in the left side of that page u will see a link to downloads . click it and u will get the list of all avira products available for downloading . download avira antivir personal edition premium . almost 21 mb . if u r running antivir personal edition classic , uninstall it . restart, then run any registry cleaner . now install antivir personal edition premium . u will be asked for the key during the installation process , just browse and locate the key . continue installation . done . don't forget to update .............
good luck .

[Carver]

{QUOTE-> Should I uninstall the Classic first? I usually do this when loading new AV even if it is from same vendor. <-QUOTE}
I would just to make sure nothing is left over, no orphans.

{QUOTE-> What happens when I give email address do they send key? sounds like they send multiple files...:-\ Do I open them up in some order?? How does that work? <-QUOTE}
They send you an email with 3 attachments 1. lic_info.text
2.Support.txt
3.Hbedv.zip
{QUOTE-> Is there any more pop up ads or new ones saying, "like your 6 month trial...179 days to go buy today"...:( . Near the end of the trial I would expect this no problem there. ;) <-QUOTE}
Naa,I have a 6 month trial. Except I am at the end of it, I have 22 days left.
The nag screen is the last 30 days.

{QUOTE-> I always like to know what to expect before doing something like this. Is this any different then there normal trials...or maybe they never had a trial for Premium :-\ <-QUOTE}
There is no harm in that.

[Kerodo]

{QUOTE-> Lots of buzz, here about this...hmmm sounds good but no one has really posted how it comes to you and how it installs.

Should I uninstall the Classic first? I usually do this when loading new AV even if it is from same vendor.

What happens when I give email address do they send key? sounds like they send multiple files...:-\ Do I open them up in some order?? How does that work?

Is there any more pop up ads or new ones saying, "like your 6 month trial...179 days to go buy today"...:( . Near the end of the trial I would expect this no problem there. ;)

I always like to know what to expect before doing something like this. Is this any different then there normal trials...or maybe they never had a trial for Premium :-\

I have only used the free. :blink: <-QUOTE}
Yes, I would uninstall the Classic first just to be safe. You get a key in the email as an attachment, so no worries there. No messages about a trial period or whatnot. All in all this baby is doing great, put it on today. If the update servers prove to be reliable (i.e. I can connect always) then I just might buy it when the time comes. I am liking it so far...

[mike21]

Is this offer for the security suite or the AV only?

[the Tester]

{QUOTE-> Is this offer for the security suite or the AV only? <-QUOTE}

Premium AV only.

[mercurie]

{QUOTE-> Is this offer for the security suite or the AV only? <-QUOTE}Hi Mike, I think AV only.

To all those who replied to my questions. Thank you. :)

[Mele20]

{QUOTE-> Is this offer for the security suite or the AV only? <-QUOTE}

There's a different free offer for the Suite for three months rather than six.

http://www.avira.com/en/evaluate/vnu.php

[Osaban]

I'm a real aficionado of Nod32, but downloaded the Avira offer for my son's computer. I scanned my son's computer with Eset's online scanner and it found 11 nasties. After downloading Avira, it found an extra 10 trojans not flagged by Nod...

Well as I said I'm staying with Nod, but kudos to Avira!

[wdh2313]

{QUOTE-> I'm a real aficionado of Nod32, but downloaded the Avira offer for my son's computer. I scanned my son's computer with Eset's online scanner and it found 11 nasties. After downloading Avira, it found an extra 10 trojans not flagged by Nod...

Well as I said I'm staying with Nod, but kudos to Avira! <-QUOTE}
Well im not surprise that avira found more. And im not putting nod32 down i use to use it but it let me down just like you explain avira found 10 more i find that way to many for av not detect. So the reason i switch was that and that avira ran lighter then nod32 and it virus&malware database is huge compare to nod32 and others,so of course it going to find more so im avira all the way. But people have their choices. Good luck and stay clean!

[mercurie]

I am up and running with this 6 month trial now. Thanks again for the "what to expect" replies. I might have been a little confused on the license key file part, but knew from the assistance offered in this thread what it was looking for and how to feed it what it wanted.

Now let me offer some help perhaps... :-\ Here are some suggested settings and discussion on settings. I will be making some adjustments later this evening. I did to the extent I could when I had the free version. I got other things that need to be done for now.

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=181904&highlight=settings

See post number 3 in the above link. I merely pass this information along and make no representations as to if this is the best set up for adjusting Avira Premium. For example for me, I like the Mele20 approach better for handling found malware. I hope the membership finds it helpful.

[octogen]

I'm trying to decide whether or not to trial the Premium AV or the Security Suite. Has anyone tried the Security Suite? Does its WebGuard slow your surfing down?

[xandros]

{QUOTE-> I'm trying to decide whether or not to trial the Premium AV or the Security Suite. Has anyone tried the Security Suite? Does its WebGuard slow your surfing down? <-QUOTE}


i try avira antivir security suite yesterday and i uninstall it coz its take many recorses , so no need for program take huge recorses.

[Kerodo]

{QUOTE-> i try avira antivir security suite yesterday and i uninstall it coz its take many recorses , so no need for program take huge recorses. <-QUOTE}
That's a little surprising as the AV alone is quite good on resources. What do you consider too much resources?

[Leo2005]

{QUOTE-> Should I uninstall the Classic first? I usually do this when loading new AV even if it is from same vendor. <-QUOTE}just for information.
the enw installers are able to remove all antivir versions. so if an other antivir version ist detected it will be uninstalled first.

[Osaban]

{QUOTE-> Well im not surprise that avira found more. And im not putting nod32 down i use to use it but it let me down just like you explain avira found 10 more i find that way to many for av not detect. So the reason i switch was that and that avira ran lighter then nod32 and it virus&malware database is huge compare to nod32 and others,so of course it going to find more so im avira all the way. But people have their choices. Good luck and stay clean! <-QUOTE}

I should also mention that my son's computer had Hauri V-robot AV pre-installed, and it is not a top notch AV.

If Avira detects more than Nod in a particular system is not always due to the fact that it has a huge database. To be fair I ran Nod online scanner FIRST on a system that was too infected, meaning that probably a second and even a third scan done with Nod as a properly installed program, would have harvested more nasties.

Nevertheless Avira has a good offer and it is indeed among the best. I've been with Nod exactly 2 years and soon I'm going to renew my license: I've never been infected with anything.

[NAMOR]

{QUOTE-> There's a different free offer for the Suite for three months rather than six.

http://www.avira.com/en/evaluate/vnu.php <-QUOTE}


Awesome!

thanks for the link Mele20. ;)

[Graystoke]

{QUOTE-> I'm trying to decide whether or not to trial the Premium AV or the Security Suite. Has anyone tried the Security Suite? Does its WebGuard slow your surfing down? <-QUOTE}


Avira's WebGuard doesn't slow my surfing down. I can't tell it's there.

[pykko]

{QUOTE-> I'm trying to decide whether or not to trial the Premium AV or the Security Suite. Has anyone tried the Security Suite? Does its WebGuard slow your surfing down? <-QUOTE}
no slow downs here. The firewall seems to use some RAM and CPU sometimes, but only if you have a very big ammount of traffic: FTP servers, etc

[trjam]

I find it to be as fast as F Secure and I thought it was the fastest.

[Kerodo]

Trying it out here, don't notice the http scanner at all, which is nice. Also, I find it to be very light as suites go, some of them can and do run into the 50-70mb range and this one is only using total of 31mb ram right now. Quite a bit different... I am impressed so far, and just may buy it when this license expires..

[bugsy_pal]

Thanks for the heads up re the six month trial. I am just a few days away from the end of a six month trial, so am interested to see if this will give me another shot. Otherwise, I would go ahead and purchase a license for the Premium version.

I had some issues shortly after first installing some months ago - couldn't update certain files. Once I got over that hurdle, everything has been running smoothly and I have to say that this is a silky smooth AV experience.

[jaydub]

{QUOTE-> Thanks for the heads up re the six month trial. I am just a few days away from the end of a six month trial, so am interested to see if this will give me another shot. Otherwise, I would go ahead and purchase a license for the Premium version.
<-QUOTE}

Thought it worth a shot as well and it worked for me. :D

[bellgamin]

Because of this great offer, I gave Avira Prem a trial. After 3 days I dropped it because it only allows 15 characters for exceptions to the Guard. That is much too short to fit my needs.

I searched their forum concerning this issue. One advice I saw was to move exception files to a special folder with a short name. Another suggestion was to set heuristics so low that there would be no occurrence of FPs-requiring-exceptions.

In other words, either redesign my file set-up, or else cripple Avira's heuristics, in order to live within the 15 character limitation. Gooood grief!:ouch:

In my experience, other AVs do not place any such restrictions.

Bye bye to Avira :thumbd:

[SteveS335]

Hello bellgamin,

I'm sure that you're aware that this limit is for process image names, as shown in task manager.

I'm curious to know which processes you wish to exclude that have longer image names.

Cheers,

Steve

[Thug21]

I have some from certain programs (for business use) that are longer than 15. Luckily, I never had to exclude them. ;)

[Arup]

Still doesn't take away that this is a wonderful offer from one of the best AVs around. I am quite happy with it and I am sure so are others.

[Rob E]

{QUOTE->
In other words, either redesign my file set-up, or else cripple Avira's heuristics, in order to live within the 15 character limitation. Gooood grief!:ouch:

In my experience, other AVs do not place any such restrictions.

Bye bye to Avira :thumbd: <-QUOTE}

Hello BG

You're not getting it. You're confusing a process name (from the task mgr), with file system paths, Object exclusions (like file and directory paths) that you're thinking of... have no such limitation. Exclusions for these objects are placed directly below the drop-down box you were looking at, in a seperate box. The 16 character limit is for the process name only (inclusive of file extension).

Good grief! ouch: In my experience, if all else fails... read the help file! ;)

GL

Rob

[bellgamin]

{QUOTE-> Hello BG

You're not getting it. You're confusing a process name (from the task mgr), with file system paths, Object exclusions (like file and directory paths) that you're thinking of... have no such limitation. Exclusions for these objects are placed directly below the drop-down box you were looking at, in a seperate box. The 16 character limit is for the process name only (inclusive of file extension).

Good grief! ouch: In my experience, if all else fails... read the help file! ;)

GL

Rob <-QUOTE}Avira Guard was persistently popping-up alerts about processes that were not even running -- hence, those processes were unlisted in the Task Manager. One example (of several possible examples) is prospell.exe -- a component of FreeSpell (http://hcidesign.com/freespell/) -- a general purpose spell checker used by me & my students for several years & NEVER flagged by any other AV except Avira.

In Guard's exception list, I entered exception by process name only (prospell.exe). I also entered prospell by its full path in the scanner's exception list. The same is true for several othe FPs being flagged by Guard. Despite that, Guard repeatedly popped up alerts for prospell, & for the other exceptions I entered.

Avira's forum gives evidence that I am not alone with this issue. As for reading the help file, I did so, at length. So did my IT. So -- don't go getting sarcastic, wot? :dry:

[Rob E]

BG,

Your post never mentioned any problems you were having with excessive pop-up alerts for processes that didn't appear to be running on your system. I never addressed that. I'm no mindreader - but now you're revealing that this was the real issue behind what you did post.

I only addressed what you did post about... and it was a correct response, but not the correct response. Apparently we weren't on the same page.

At the time... you seemed to be confusing process exclusions with file system exclusions, hence your comment, "...either redesign my file set-up, or else cripple Avira's heuristics, in order to live within the 15 character limitation."

That's all I meant. And I meant to be friendly, not sarcastic.

Personally, I exclude a significant # of file (& folder) objects... but otherwise use no other process exclusions. I do have about 50 processes running at any given time but have had no issues with Guard pop-ups.

I'm sorry you and others are having issues with Avira. Hopefully they'll be resolved.

R

[bellgamin]

{QUOTE-> You're confusing a process name (from the task mgr), with file system paths... Object exclusions (like file and directory paths) that you're thinking of... have no such limitation. Exclusions for these objects are placed directly below the drop-down box you were looking at, in a seperate box. <-QUOTE}Okay Rob -- on second consideration, you have a valid point. I'm having another go at it, per your guidance. So far, so good.

Minus the jabs, I might have got your point the first time. 8)

[trjam]

bellgamin, it really is a good AV. It and Norton are my 2 winners.

[kenshi]

Installed it last night. No problems yet. I uninstalled AVG but kept Windows Defender. We'll see what happens.

[Big Apple]

Funny thing.......just last week I bought a licensce for Avira Personal Premium AV for 20,= euro. Then I read the post about the 6 month free license offer and I really felt p... off. I mailed Avira and asked for a refund and stated, that I don't think this is a good way to do business.
They refunded the next day! They also could have extended my license with 6months, but they never talked about that!

[kenshi]

I like the idea that for every online sale they are donating 5 euros to a charitable foundation created by the CEO and administered by his wife. I was hoping the projects were more "global" like world hunger or poverty but still I salute their efforts.

[GES/POR]

{QUOTE-> Funny thing.......just last week I bought a licensce for Avira Personal Premium AV for 20,= euro. Then I read the post about the 6 month free license offer and I really felt p... off. I mailed Avira and asked for a refund and stated, that I don't think this is a good way to do business.
They refunded the next day! They also could have extended my license with 6months, but they never talked about that! <-QUOTE}

With all due respect but if i was in charge i would not refund your well thought about rock solid purchase because of jelousy. Indeed i could think about adding those extra 6 months to your licence but hey im not German. Not far from it though.

Dag.

[GES/POR]

{QUOTE-> I like the idea that for every online sale they are donating 5 euros to a charitable foundation created by the CEO and administered by his wife. I was hoping the projects were more "global" like world hunger or poverty but still I salute their efforts. <-QUOTE}

One of many reasons i chose to support Avira.

[Big Apple]

{QUOTE-> With all due respect but if i was in charge i would not refund your well thought about rock solid purchase because of jelousy. Indeed i could think about adding those extra 6 months to your licence but hey im not German. Not far from it though.

Dag. <-QUOTE}

I'm glad you're not in charge then!

Ook Dag! ;)

[GES/POR]

Well i could have been if ive studied hard enough? :)

[Diver]

{QUOTE-> I should also mention that my son's computer had Hauri V-robot AV pre-installed, and it is not a top notch AV.

If Avira detects more than Nod in a particular system is not always due to the fact that it has a huge database. To be fair I ran Nod online scanner FIRST on a system that was too infected, meaning that probably a second and even a third scan done with Nod as a properly installed program, would have harvested more nasties. In other words if Avira finds stuff after running Nod32, probably gaps in Nod32's cleaning capability is what you are seeing and not a difference in definition coverage.

Nevertheless Avira has a good offer and it is indeed among the best. I've been with Nod exactly 2 years and soon I'm going to renew my license: I've never been infected with anything. <-QUOTE}

What I have found from using Nod32 to clean up badly infected systems is that Nod32 will detect things that it cannot remove. If it is followed by SAV/NAV these items will be removed. If that is followed by KAV, the quarantined files from SAV will be removed, and so on.

Then you can try to fix the Windows firewall which is usually permanently disabled, and windows update which is likely to be broken. What really needs to be done is a complete restore from the manufacturer's system disks, but the same kids who mess up their computers beyond hope also manage to lose those disks.

[Straight Shooter]

Well, I guess it's no longer free anymore, or is there a new link?

[combo]

http://www1.avira.com/en/evaluate/chip.php

for 90 days.

[mercurie]

OR this suite package....

http://www.avira.com/en/evaluate/vnu.php

Time must be running out. Better hurry up.

[kenshi]

{QUOTE-> Well, I guess it's no longer free anymore, or is there a new link? <-QUOTE}

I got mine last night for 6 months free

[Diver]

Just installed my 6 month trial. No FP's on the first scan. Looks promising on the battery life issue.

For Vista Windows Firewall users using outbound filtering allow:
update.exe
avguard.exe
avmailc.exe
avesvc.exe
At least that is what the Avira FAQ says, but in several different places.

[rpsgc]

{QUOTE-> The page cannot be found!

The requested URL cannot be found on this server or the page content is not supported anymore!

If you want to report this error, please, send an e-mail to the following address
webmaster@avira.com <-QUOTE}

:'( sniff

[Thug21]

I still see the links on this page as up. Which are you referring to?

[mercurie]

PC2 has been in standby for a few days....I brought it up and attempted to down load update manually 4 times; each time it timed out and failed. There was a suggestion in the report that it was going to another server, yet I saw not a change in what it was connecting to.

When I had free version I could actually see the numbers changing and eventually, most of the time I could get it from one of the servers.

Hmmm...>:( looks like free was better at getting updates then the Premium! If the update problems continue there is absolutely no way I will pay for this AV. I don't care how good it's cleaning and detections are. :thumbd:

EDIT: When I put AVira updater in OutPost always trust this app. I was able to get my update. Funny I did not have this issue earlier. I will monitor this carefully and report back if there are anymore issues. :-\

[argus tuft]

That does seem odd. I think I'm about as far away as you can get from their servers, (Australia) and it updates, or tells me there are none, instantaneously.
A welcome change from the free version, I must say :)

[Arup]

No update issues here, absolutely none, update works each and every time and I do manual updates almost 3 times a day.

[Kerodo]

I also update every 4 hours in the Suite here with none of the connectivity issues I saw in the free version of the AV. So far, a good experience for me...

[GES/POR]

{QUOTE-> OR this suite package....

http://www.avira.com/en/evaluate/vnu.php

Time must be running out. Better hurry up. <-QUOTE}

Thanks, even though im on a long vacation i took your advice right away on the suite.

[Kerodo]

The Suite is doing well here after several days, I am very satisfied so far. Will more than likely buy it when the trial ends...

[acr1965]

Quick question- I am running Vista and I see that the Avira suite does not include a HIPS component. Is one needed or normally used? I don't think there are many HIPS for Vista but what I have currently has IDS (KIS trial). Any suggestions?

[bellgamin]

SSM is a good HIPS that runs on Vista. SSM + Avira would be a nice combo, but why not keep the KIS?

[pykko]

it seems the offer is no longer available. :(

[De Hollander]

{QUOTE-> Funny thing.......just last week I bought a licensce for Avira Personal Premium AV for 20,= euro. Then I read the post about the 6 month free license offer and I really felt p... off. I mailed Avira and asked for a refund and stated, that I don't think this is a good way to do business.
They refunded the next day! They also could have extended my license with 6months, but they never talked about that! <-QUOTE}


Nice. So it is possible to get a refund from the moment the free trial was available. But where do you draw the line, One,two,four weeks :shifty:

[De Hollander]

{QUOTE-> it seems the offer is no longer available. :( <-QUOTE}

http://www1.avira.com/en/evaluate/chip.php

Only 90 days ;D ;D

[Straight Shooter]

I just installed the 3 month version, and actually it's very very light! I'm amazed... Will mostly buy it.. I just hope I can get a REALLY good deal on this as a 3 user license...

[trjam]

It is worth every penny.;)

[Big Apple]

{QUOTE-> http://www1.avira.com/en/evaluate/chip.php

Only 90 days ;D ;D <-QUOTE}

I think it's only fair to the buyers, not to offer a license for 6 month's and I'm happy they disabled that offer!

[Beavenburt]

This sent my Firefox CPU usage through the roof. I promptly went back to Avast and no such problem. It's a shame, I really like Avira and feel well protected by it. However, nothing matches up to Avast on my system.

[Kerodo]

{QUOTE-> This sent my Firefox CPU usage through the roof. I promptly went back to Avast and no such problem. It's a shame, I really like Avira and feel well protected by it. However, nothing matches up to Avast on my system. <-QUOTE}
I suspect that's more likely some kind of Firefox issue than any Avira issue. The Avira Premium doesn't even have an http scanner, so there's probably something else going on there.... no such probs here with it and Firefox...

[Straight Shooter]

{QUOTE-> I suspect that's more likely some kind of Firefox issue than any Avira issue. The Avira Premium doesn't even have an http scanner, so there's probably something else going on there.... no such probs here with it and Firefox... <-QUOTE}
I have to agree.. I run Firefox too and I am now using the Security Suite. This is actually much lighter on my system than Avast (just the av) was, and my computer runs almost like there's no av at all..

If I want a 3 user 1 year license, does anyone know about how much that will be? I think it's around $110!

Can't nothing be done about that?
Jim

[Kerodo]

{QUOTE-> I have to agree.. I run Firefox too and I am now using the Security Suite. This is actually much lighter on my system than Avast (just the av) was, and my computer runs almost like there's no av at all..

If I want a 3 user 1 year license, does anyone know about how much that will be? I think it's around $110!

Can't nothing be done about that?
Jim <-QUOTE}
You should probably check with Avira on that, and see if they'll give you a break. I am giving a purchase of the Suite serious consideration myself..... just a single user license though..

[SteveS335]

{QUOTE-> If I want a 3 user 1 year license, does anyone know about how much that will be? I think it's around $110!

Can't nothing be done about that?
Jim <-QUOTE}

Hello Jim,

It works out about $80 for three users, one year - Look here (https://avira.cleverbridge.com/30/?scope=checkout&id=m5DyYGBvu8).

Steve

[Diver]

{QUOTE-> Quick question- I am running Vista and I see that the Avira suite does not include a HIPS component. Is one needed or normally used? I don't think there are many HIPS for Vista but what I have currently has IDS (KIS trial). Any suggestions? <-QUOTE}


IMO you don't need HIPS on Vista. Leave UAC enabled and read the prompts before you give permission. The main problem with either UAC or HIPS is understanding when a program is asking for permission to do something it should not need if it is legit. If you are installing some applet and UAC says it needs permission to install a driver, say no. You probably have malware.

[mercurie]

{QUOTE->

EDIT: When I put AVira updater in OutPost always trust this app. I was able to get my update. Funny I did not have this issue earlier. I will monitor this carefully and report back if there are anymore issues. :-\ <-QUOTE}

Just to clear this up putting the Update.exe as Trusted Application instead of partial allow seems to have solved my update issue. I have seen no more update problems. :thumb:

[JohnnyBravo]

Thanks for the info
I have been using Avira Premium ( previous 6 months free key)
and now , I have switched to Security Suite
and still dont know if that was the right decision
I ve been updateing a few times already and it is still saying update not performed ??? ( Search engine 17.09.2007 and Virus def. file 13.09.2007)
One more question :)
How to configure WebGuard ?

[Jarmo P]

I just renewed my premium AV from AntiVir, well last week I think from the offer.
It is a good AV and has worked for me very well past six months.

Security suites are not a thing for me, but I guess Avira's is ok.
Hope you get some answers though this thread is about only AV. It is not too much sidestep to hurt my or anyones eyes I think.

Jarmo

[newAntiVir]

thanks for posting about this. it's great to be able to try this out for 6 months. just one question. i've had it on for a few days and it's running fine, but, i'm wondering if i can turn off automatic updates. i can't seem to find an option for setting manual update only or even update frequency. can it be changed or is it always automatic update on its own schedule?

[JohnnyBravo]

Go to Scheduler and deactivate daily update

[Leo2005]

{QUOTE->
I ve been updateing a few times already and it is still saying update not performed ??? ( Search engine 17.09.2007 and Virus def. file 13.09.2007)
One more question :) <-QUOTE} well in that case would be better to ask in our forum. will be easier there.{QUOTE->
How to configure WebGuard ? <-QUOTE}move to the configuration (expert mode) > webguard

[mercurie]

JohnnyBravo,
I have a similar issue. I had a scheduled system scan this A.M. and the status still reads "NOT PERFORMED" Reports shows it. Scheduler shows it. ??? That is strange. :blink: Anyone know how to fix and is this a known issue. :-\

[Thug21]

As far as I know, the "system scan" alert displayed in the control center is not happy unless you start a scan from there. It's a bug.

[maddawgz]

{QUOTE-> I think it's only fair to the buyers, not to offer a license for 6 month's and I'm happy they disabled that offer! <-QUOTE}

what bout if we got in on the 6months is it still valid? not sure if should run Antivir preimium or AVG suite both work fine although the suite avg is a little more resources although i have 2gig so no issue really , which has the better AS module, avg finds cookies too seem's to do a good job descions ahhhhhh MD :-\

[JerryM]

Does the time start now or when installed?
Jerry

[Kerodo]

I think it starts when you get the key....

[Mele20]

Yes, the time starts when you get the key.

[Graystoke]

{QUOTE-> As far as I know, the "system scan" alert displayed in the control center is not happy unless you start a scan from there. It's a bug. <-QUOTE}

Thug21 is correct. The alert won't go away unless you start the system scan from the control center. I found out the hard way. :)

[JohnnyBravo]

{QUOTE-> Thanks for the info
I have been using Avira Premium ( previous 6 months free key)
and now , I have switched to Security Suite
and still dont know if that was the right decision
I ve been updateing a few times already and it is still saying update not performed ??? ( Search engine 17.09.2007 and Virus def. file 13.09.2007)
One more question :)
How to configure WebGuard ? <-QUOTE}
OK, until I register to Avira Forum
here is the Report file
I have been using Avira Premium for 6 months , and with the same internet connection never had problem with update

[De Hollander]

Are you behind a Proxy server perhaps.
30.09.2007 08:14:12 - There was a problem updating from the specified server: Invalid proxy: proxy1.bg.wi:3128

[Leo2005]

{QUOTE-> As far as I know, the "system scan" alert displayed in the control center is not happy unless you start a scan from there. It's a bug. <-QUOTE}well no it's not really a bug.
the icon becomes green when you perform a scan via the button in the controlcenter or by planend scan. there should be a special profile called system scan.

but avira will rework the controlcenter interface so we will see what will come in the next release.

@ JohnnyBravo
you're sure about this proxy? proxy1.bg.wi:3128

please move to the configuration (expert mode) > miscellaneous > update and check the entries there.

[Thug21]

Thanks for the info, Leo. :)

[JohnnyBravo]

{QUOTE-> Are you behind a Proxy server perhaps.
30.09.2007 08:14:12 - There was a problem updating from the specified server: Invalid proxy: proxy1.bg.wi:3128 <-QUOTE}
Yes I am
but that was not an issue a few days ago , when I was using Avira Premium

[De Hollander]

And the entries are correct under update\proxy.

[Straight Shooter]

{QUOTE-> Hello Jim,

It works out about $80 for three users, one year - Look here (https://avira.cleverbridge.com/30/?scope=checkout&id=m5DyYGBvu8).

Steve <-QUOTE}Well, that's better and thanks for pointing it out. I'll test Avira Suite on my wife's system tonight. It should run great...

Jim

[JohnnyBravo]

I have changed connection settings
to use Windows systems settings
and now it is working

[mercurie]

Thanks to all who answered my question on the scan issue...I'll fix it the hard way....;D :thumb:

[omen35]

{QUOTE-> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"avgnt"="C:\Program Files\AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium\avgnt.exe\" /min /nosplash <-QUOTE}

Hello everyone,
I change the value in registry to turn off splash screen,
now i want to restore the splash screen(turn on) and the system tray icon but i don't remember the default registry value to restore it.
Please help with it. Thanks!

OK i fix it, the default value for turn on is: "C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium\avgnt.exe" /min
value for turn off is: "C:\Program Files\AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium\avgnt.exe" /nosplash

[FRug]

Just remove the /nosplash

[omen35]

{QUOTE-> Just remove the /nosplash <-QUOTE}

FRug Thanx for your replay but i do what you say but the splash screen and systen tray icon remain turn off. Please help me!

[theshadow247]

does enyone know if the 6.month offer is still valid?i just clicked on the link and the page cannot be found.is there other links to the offer?

[pykko]

no, it is not available anymore.

[theshadow247]

thanks.pykko