Avira AntiVir 9 released!

That's inaccurate - SOME anti-spyware may have problems, but products like SUPERAntiSpyware have NO PROBLEM working the Avira.

 

Thank-you for your answer on this.I'm going to try this on my son's computer

 

yep, from personal experience, i can tell u SAS and Avira work well together, not issues.

 

does somebody if there are issues with comodo firewall?

 

ther shuldnt be, ther wasnt back in v8 when i used them.

 

Offtopic: Nick, could you have a look at: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=236449

Maybe you could tell me what went wrong with active protection.

 

I'm using v9 with CIS and there are no problems up to now.There were none with v8 so I'm not expecting any either.

 

CIS is too slow on my computer when coexist with avira 9. Whe CIS is unistalled, my computer is fast again.

 

what is CIS?

 

Now that the free AntiVir as anti-spyware, what are the advantages of buying Premium? I don't use the WebGuard, as I'm waiting for them to improve its browsing impact.

BTW: I bought Premium instead of renewing the Suite, and at least I'm supporting Avira.

 

no none at all here on 2 boxes

 

Comodo Internet Security, but I only installed the firewall part together with Avira.

 

I have slowdown with Avira 9 Premium and Outpost. Had to uninstall Outpost.

 

I have Antivir 9 on three of my machines along with Comodo firewall with defense+ and they all work fast and stable. I am extremely happy with that combo.

 

I was wondering if any speed, stability differences from default to extended I-Frame (Drive-by protection)? I noticed that there were some updates maybe for the WebGuard. I had a couple today, but the definition number is the same as yesterday.

 

does version 9 of avira free includes the antispyware module built in?thanks

 

Yes, Avira 9 Free has antispyware....

 

I keep getting Discart TCP traffic from different IP's, what does that mean? Also what can I add with AVira to increase the layers of security

 

I am running both and no problems at all

 

Thanks for that confirmation Nick. I thought as much anyway.

Furthermore, SAS just scrape up a very bad malware from one of my other units i hadn't worked with for quite awhile and apparently was left on it during a research.

SAS identified and removed it and the rest in the registry i was able to clean up with RegistryCrawler. A highly proficient anti-spyware indeed and a welcome tandem to team with AVIRA 9. You might say the best of both worlds because no AV of mine (NOD/Avira) picked up to this potential disruption to my system but a SAS scan certainly did. I was getting serious errors of missing files. ARGH!

Fact Report Concluded (and with relief)

 

I agree with trjam's response... "the reality is, you dont need it with this version. I mean if you want to slow your PC down with another app that is fine, but no, you dont need it. Avira will give you now, almost 100 percent protection and for some, that is 100 percent. Plain and simple."

That is excellent advice.

From Steve Sstrat335, Avira forum Moderator:

http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&postID=753203#post753203

 

Now that we literally have it from the horse's mouth, there shouldn't be any doubts. Avira catches all major Spyware so I just fail to see the reason to run any other except for on demand scan.

 

Another Mod on that same thread, Barrie, adds...

As for the people who state that they run SAS and Avira together and all is well, Steve adds...

 

Can you offer some proof to that? As in applying a table load of malwares to test Avira's AS capabilities more wide ranged then say a SAS or even MBAM?

I'm just trying to side on caution here, you could always use the more popular AS's as On-Demand, you don't have to go resident with them i think. It's a no brainer that resources would surely be taxed more.

On the other hand, can we genuinely ATM without real proof really justify that an AV company (ANY) who is been years in tracking and identifying variant viruses become overnight on the same level or above to those AS's like MBAM and especially SAS who is been tracking and formulating variant detections and removals for years?

To take absolutely nothing away from Avira it's my personal concensus that their AS is relatively if not brand new and it might take some time yet for them to reach the point where AS companies have been at for years.

EASTER

 

Your statement in the last paragraph begs the question and your premise is that Avira's AS is not up to par with other vendors. I think that it is up to par with other vendors- and I can see why some on this board that are promoting their specific Anti-Spyware programs are concerned. I agree with Arup, there is absolutely no need to run another resident AS along with Avira. But of course, if you don't trust Avira to do the job, you can always run any AS on-demand.