Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium for 6 months

Mine just updated after my last post, so I guess it's just a little less frequent on weekends perhaps...

 

I have seen at least one other major vendor frequently skip Sunday updates.

 

I have the scheduler set to check for updates every 6 hrs., and it appears that the definition file has been updated today.

 

This is because there has been a problem with the PREMIUM servers TWICE recently. VDF #182 started the problem. It passed the QA but then wasn't permitted online and the #183 never got in the list at all and from then on until #194 we couldn't download them and then finally could get one but not the next. I went more than 48 hours with no updates but they were on the server and I update hourly and I could connect but would be told there were no updates where there were! It is now all fixed. Given the holiday timing of this problem Avira got it fixed as quickly as they could but I still have to observe since this was the second recent Premium update server problem that Avira's achilles heel seems to be updating problems for all versions not just free.

The GUI is confusing and misleading on whether or not you are up to date as you have to expand what is there to see what VDF you have and the date is misleading too as it claimed I was updated to a date that was WRONG. I have filed a bug report for the beta on this and since ver. 8 will have a new GUI that we beta testers are eagerly awaiting to test, I think this will get fixed for ver. 8.

You can set Avira, by making a new job, to update every hour or however you wish. Avira has an average of 5 updates every 24 hours. You can also set the update to invisible. Avira does update on the weekends ...sometimes 3-4 updates but we just got over New Year's and it was during New Year's weekend and through the 5th when the Premium servers had a problem. We did have updates on New Year's eve, but we could not download them and the problems continued until last night. There's a long discussion in the forum about it. Avira believes in transparency regarding the updating process so you can track the progress of any update.

http://forum.avira.com/thread.php?threadid=31749

http://www.avira.de/en/threats/section/vdf_info/index.html

Something else you might want to consider when deciding whether to get the Suite is that Parental Control and IM protection will be added soon. There are other additions planned soon for the Suite that will not be in the Premium version.

 

Regarding updates, I just installed Avira PE Premium on Vista Business and I can't get the updater to start. The program appeared to install without problems and the services are running. I've tried running the updater "As Administrator", but no joy. I also run Threatfire and PC Tools Firewall Plus, but I'm not getting any warnings from them. Any suggestions?

 

HERE you'll find all the details concerning Avira's definition updates: date, number of viruses added, etc.
They usually have 6 updates per day and in week-ends only one update most often on Sunday night. (When dangeours and high-spreading threats appear they have more updates in the week-end also)

 

i know, thanks pykko

but in all honesty, i aint really interested

 

Did you check the logs of your FW?
Thinking maybe your FW is blocking the updater from starting by not allowing it internet.
Just a thought.

 

I lurked in the Avira forum and discovered that the problem is caused for Vista users by a missing registry key. Creating the key solves the problem. If anyone needs more information about this mention it in this thread and I'll post the details.

 

I just installed the 6 month trial yesterday. Is this the norm for memory usage? This is via Process Explorer (Private Bytes).
avguard.exe - 62,308k
sched.exe - 4,924k
avmailc.exe - 2,500k
avgnt.exe - 6,196k
avesvc.exe - 38,792k

 

a missing registry

I know that is a typo but it is sure funny!

 

What is avesvc.exe? I don't have it. I don't have avmailc.exe but that is because I didn't install the mail module. The others seem high, but I use Task Manager and if I look at virtual memory usage (or peak memory usage) those look about right but at memory usage they are way too high especially avguard.exe. This is on XP Pro SP2.

 

I don't have those 2 either.

 

Pretty strange you don't have avesvc.exe. It's a part of Avira... I have it, but I don't know precisely what is its meaning.

 

avesvc.exe is a process belonging to Avirar which protects your computer against Internet-bound threats such as spyware and trojans which can be distributed through e-mail or attack directly to the computer allowing unauthorized access to your computer. This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated.

 

That's ridiculous for avguard.exe, mine is very low usually. Try checking it again, perhaps it was scanning something when you looked, causing a temporary spike in ram usage...

 

Yeah, that was a good one. I went back and corrected it

 

I only have the guard running. No interface , scheduler or anything else and it takes up 6MB (private Working Set). I just looked again and it's dropped down to 236kb.

 

Ahh...that is why I am not familar with avesvc.exe/. I never use an AV's mail scanner.

 

avguard.exe - 7,272k
sched.exe - 2,360k
avmailc.exe - 2,224k
avgnt.exe - 1,808k
avesvc.exe - 928k

 

This is how it looks on my system, however I couldn't care less about how much memory it uses as I have plenty. CPU is what I'm worried about and there's nothing bogging down my system in Antivir So all is well.

 

Hello,

I'm new here. Came across this post and have been using AOL Active Virus Shield. Since my license is up in a month or so. I figure what the heck. I might as well give this Avira a shot with the free license for 6 months. So far I have left everything on default and doing a system scan as I type. I wanted to know. Are the default settings okay to leave? Or can someone suggest optimal settings for this program? Running xp home edition. So far it has found 2 things. It asked me what to do and I told it to quarantine it.

 

See this post for optimal settings.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1154435&postcount=20

 

Hey thanks for your response. Being a complete noob with this program. I googled for some pics showing me what your telling me. I did come across a thread over at the Avira forums and seen your name. Someone had posted pics. Now are these settings the same as your settings within that post you linked me to.

http://forum.avira.com/thread.php?threadid=31380&sid=51e154d8e2265d41d0c8a81b82e48174

 

Pretty much the same. artefact0 shows Avira set to alert if it has not updated for two days (the third picture). I would change that to alert after one day. I would also change, in the second picture, under archives. If your computer is older then perhaps leave that like in artefact0's picture but if you have a newer computer change it.