Avira Antivir, Update, Frequency

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by GES/POR, Mar 10, 2009.

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  1. GES/POR

    GES/POR Registered Member

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    Hiya,

    Back in the day it used to update 2/3 times a day wich i thought of as very frequent. Nowadays things are changed?

    Look here: http://www.avira.com/en/threats/section/vdfhistory/index.html

    9 large updates for today alone so far, is this common - correct?

    Boy n i thought A2 was going nuts on updates.
     
  2. aniku

    aniku Registered Member

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    it seem true, and this has going on some days now =)

    keep up the god work Avira:thumb:
     
  3. gery

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    holy cow
    is this true? yep i like that too since i had a chance to jump to this IS and i feel that it is working just right
     
  4. jmonge

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    a-square updates like 3 times a day here:) almost 3 millions def,i am a milionar:D
     
  5. jmonge

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    maybe more :) a-square is updating again now:D
     
  6. jmonge

    jmonge Registered Member

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    it is correct aprox every 1 to 5 seconds malware comes out:D
     
  7. vijayind

    vijayind Registered Member

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    Atleast twice a day has become a norm now, almost every major security vendor does it. And they just keep increasing .... I remember when I use to manually update some of my PCs with complete AV db of around 2-3MB size. Now if you download manually the DB from most AV vendors the size is almost 10 times more !!
     
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  8. elapsed

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    Heuristics anyone? :/
     
  9. Blackcat

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    Some useful information here on update frequencies.
     
  10. TonyW

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    They also need to be updated on a regular basis to keep up with new trends, and to correct false positives.
     
  11. firzen771

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    im glad to see Avira keeping up the good work :D
     
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