Avira Antivirus

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by chaos16, Nov 17, 2007.

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  1. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    Re: Avria Antivirus



    i dont think IBK will be very happy about this, but he can speak for himself :)

    *hands up for a whipping?*

    http://www.av-comparatives.org/
     
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  2. tec505

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    @ugly

    o_O where 've you find that?:eek:
    This is NOT official!

    @C.S.J
    you 're right IBK will not be happy of that.

    Mike
     
    tec505, Nov 20, 2007
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  3. ugly

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    It is very official.;)
    You can find it as "Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 (proactive test) June 2007" if you scroll down in "Comparatives" page.
    I don't see a single reason for IBK to be unhappy.o_O
    I respect his work and I trust those results.:thumb:

    Edit : Ronjor , deleting my screenshot is not fair.
    We can find in this forum hundreds of screenshots with tests , comparatives , etc , from different sites. Are you going to delete all of them ,or those are not copyrighted ?
     
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  4. tec505

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    I found It. I hadn't seen this test before. Good KAV perfomance.

    Mike :cool:
     
    tec505, Nov 20, 2007
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  5. zfactor

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    i wish kav didnt add to the file system.. i tried it on one of my old boxes and i like it as a whole.. i wil lnot install it on my main box for that reason though
     
    zfactor, Nov 20, 2007
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  6. IBK

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    @ugly: its av-c site policy - i sent you a pm ;).
     
    IBK, Nov 20, 2007
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  7. vlk

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    Re: Avria Antivirus

    Arup, what happened, I thought you always liked avast...:D
     
    vlk, Nov 21, 2007
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  8. Arup

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    Re: Avria Antivirus


    vlk,

    I still do.........that was sarcasm.....:)
     
    Arup, Nov 21, 2007
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  9. QBgreen

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    Re: Avria Antivirus

    If you're testing PE Premium, you've obviously overlooked the "Scheduler" tab. You can have it update every 15 minutes if you choose to.

    Per CPU usage, what else would you be doing on your machine (or would want to be doing) while scanning files?

    As for it being cheap, there is nothing cheap about a 99.45% detection rate.
     
    QBgreen, Nov 22, 2007
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  10. SteveBlanchard

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    Re: Avria Antivirus

    A few things need inproving on Avira (not virus detection), It is not user friendly enough and needs a facelift; Why does it say the "do system scan now" if the scan has just completed? The 15 minute scheduler must be default, not an option.

    Many people don't leave machines on 24/7 so a scan IS going to happen in the evening when you are working on it.
     
    SteveBlanchard, Nov 22, 2007
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  11. 19monty64

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    Click the scheduler tab and you can set updates and scans any time you want and as frequently as you want...
     
    19monty64, Nov 22, 2007
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  12. Mele20

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    Re: Avria Antivirus

    After clicking on Scheduler, click on the fartherest left icon (insert new job) and you can have Avira check every hour. Since Avir updates on the average of five times a day, I think checking once an hour is more than sufficient. You can set the job to be silent also if you want.
     
    Mele20, Nov 22, 2007
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  13. Brian N

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    Cool, free version is making me crazy with that huge popup :rolleyes:
    3 months trial here I come!
     
    Brian N, Nov 22, 2007
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  14. Kerodo

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    You can easily get rid of "that huge popup" in the free version, just search this forum for past posts on avnotify.exe and so on, the cure depends on the OS involved. But any HIPS that let's you block executables will easily stop avnotify.exe from running and that's what generates the popup.
     
    Kerodo, Nov 22, 2007
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    Sportscubs1272, Nov 24, 2007
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  16. Arup

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    Oh man, that would make a certain someone very happy. Its still an excellent and consistent show.
     
    Arup, Nov 24, 2007
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  17. wdh2313

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    Actually it's 2nd because webwasher and g-data is using multiple engines from other av's. I would consider avira 2nd and bitdefender 1st. Also webwasher uses avira's engine as one. :)
     
    wdh2313, Nov 24, 2007
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  18. Arup

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    Agreed............
     
    Arup, Nov 25, 2007
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  19. jlo

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    Re: Avria Antivirus


    Hi,

    I am not so sure this is true now with Kasperky V7 latest heuristic module (I have seen on Virus Total eg Heur.downloader etc) as I think there heuristics has much improved.

    Cheers

    Jlo
     
    jlo, Nov 25, 2007
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  20. solcroft

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    Re: Avria Antivirus

    Yep. That, and people are always forgetting the PDM...
     
    solcroft, Nov 25, 2007
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  21. DVD+R

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    Reading some posts here I've come to the conclusion some people just like to criticise and have no Idea what they are talking about :cautious:

    Ermm:

    ~removed innapropriate comment....Bubba~
     
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  22. Arup

    Arup Guest

    I fully agree with you:)
     
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  23. trjam

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    nice to come home.;)
     
    trjam, Nov 30, 2007
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  24. JasSolo

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    trjam you as well leaving F-Secure?, is there a pattern here? :D


    Cheers
     
    JasSolo, Nov 30, 2007
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  25. athan26

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    Avira anti-Virus Personal Edition Classic is not totally remove the virus for example the vbscript Avira detect the script virus and delete but after an hours detect it again unlike in Kaspersky once delete the script virus and the script virus cant pop up again or detect again because its deleted :)
     
    athan26, Nov 30, 2007
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