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And it wont, if you use some good old common sense.

 

Ans that's the case with almost every piece of security/av/malware software that someone uses.

 

Common sense is especially good with PlaceboAV

 

The biggest problem with AVs or any other software issue is user error. That does not get addressed that much in this forum, since common sense and non-paranoia often seem to be in short supply. Use a top-ranked AV and add some common sense- and you will be protected and well served.

 

The thing that most impresses me about AntiVir is the speed at which it has become a consistent leader. I remember not too long ago when it was an 'also ran' A/V with folks making fun of Luke Filewalker! The fact that the more knowledgeable posters here at Wilders have come to expect the numbers that it achieves speaks volumes. Nicely done Avira!

 

You are right- it just works well. In fact, the test scores at various sites may have made Avira a target for criticism- it works too well for many. I have never had a problem except some issues with WebGuard which I simply did not install that module when installing the suite. Light as a feather on my laptop.

 

Read -> Nod -> Dismiss

Nice to see Avira at the top again - but I will just use what I have always used, with a pinch of common sense.

 

Is the test bed also full of rootkits and vundo variants (as much as possible) ?

 

I'm very happy with Avira... glad too see it's still on the top

 

I agree,along with a good AV like Avira, common sense and some Self control Is a great combo.My genereal rule Is apps need to earn there way on my machine.I dont open emails from any one other then what Is a must need basis.I do not explore the known dark side for any reason not matter how tempting It may be.

 

The best part is Avira manages to do it with the least system impact and drama than the other AVs out on the market.

 

Years ago, at about that time from the oldest reports of AV-C (2004) I had a very bad experience with Avira.

Downloaded a file and scanned it with Avira... nothing.
Moved to another PC and scanned it with Kaspersky... pig squeal.

Now my big mistake was, that I trusted Avira because I thought it was a FP by KAV.
This was the last time for years that I trusted Avira.

But things have changed, Kaspersky prefers to slow down even Chkdsk and is incompatible with most of the other security products, the glory days are definitively long gone.

Now I tested a few AVs and at the end I decided to use Avira again, only the Guard and the Scanner of Avira Premium.
It's light, has a decent detection rate and doesn't conflict with my other security software.
That's all I expect from an AV.

Cheers

 

I'm sick of this stupid thing. Why do you blame so much kaspersky for that? It's only a small slowdown, plus that chkdsk is a tool that users may run like once a month (or more probably when they have some harddisk problems), is it so a big deal a 5 min slowdown
Besides this, this issue IS NOT PRESENT in Kaspersky 2009 products.

 

I ran kaspersky for the trial with No Issues at all For me.

 

I know there is a love fest here when it comes to Avira, so I'm almost afraid to say anything bad about it. I'm must be the only person who has had any problems with Avira.

Every time I've tried to run a rootkit scan with Avira IS, it never makes it through to the end. It will stop at 24%, 60%, 84%, etc, etc. It's very frustrating. The strangest thing about this is, it did this on my old computer, and now on my brand new 2 month old computer.

I thought Avira didn't like my computer, but now I'm convinced, it's personal. Avira just doesn't like me.

 

Don't be sad Graystoke. Just do like me and lots of other people, Use something else


Cheers

 

*Queue sad music*

I wonder how you expect KAV/KIS to run along side, Norton Internet Security for example....

Chkdsk issue is long gone and it is old news....to tell you the truth nobody cares anymore...because it's fixed and it was no big deal in the first place.... and those that do have some........issues....


The "glory days" haven't started yet mate, you haven't seen the half of it

 

I love the new Antivir 8 , im using firefox 3 and it caught a bogie downloading Bye Avg 8

 

Norton
Please take a look here https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1244982&postcount=15

I have three PCs running with this problem and I know, that it's fixed with KAV/KIS 2009.
But it's present on my systems as a reminder for very dubious and irreversible manipulations of a so called security software.
Who known which dirty tricks done next?

Cheers

 

If I remember correctly, try running the rootkit scan by it self.
When it's tied into the full system scan it does cause your problem.
There was a thread about this issue running on the AVira forums awhile back.

 

I've tried running it by itself, but that didn't work for me either.

Yeah, I'm quite happy with what I'm using now. I just hate accepting defeat.

 

http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208279498
(It is written for Kaspersky 7 series but work on 2009 series as well)

Also, you will need to disable (or not to install) PD in KAV to work as expected (without issues), two behavior blockers are not good thing to have installed together...

 

it is reversible,without a format!

 

And that's it... you have to find what common program is running and conflicting with avira on your both machines.
Or should i say instead, don't do it and stick with KIS better

 

I'm using something other than KIS right now, but there's always the possibility I will return to it again.