Avira?

it is normal!

all av's have files they cant scan because they are in use or windows system files that cant be accessed. read posts about locked files in nod32,kaspersky and other av forums and you will see same thing...

lodore

 

Ditto

+ In my case the schedular service also failed to start on startup (from the following day).

Shame, it ran really light on my system.

 

I'm using Avira Premium Security Suite. Before that, I used AntiVir PE Premium. I understand kr4ey's concern about AntiVir/Avira not scanning all files. When I first started using AntiVir and now Avira, the full system scan always starts at the 62% completion mark. The total file count is well below what other AVs scanned on this computer. I was told that I shouldn't worry about the scan starting at the 62% completion mark. That this was normal. I still have my doubts about that, since the files scanned count seems so low, but if the experts say this is normal, then I guess I should believe them.

 

"Avira doesn't scan all files?" <---this is how rumors start!

As mentioned by 1 or 2 other posters...AV's cannot scan files belonging to applications that are in use or "locked" system files. Try scanning with antivir in safe mode and you will see more files being scanned.

As for the other problems mentioned with the guard...I've been using the free version for 2 yrs now and have never had a problem. It has worked well on my system and behaves well with the 15 other security apps that I have installed. That is not to say that it will work well on yours. It all depends on your system and security setup. But for most it will work fine.

Just thought it would be good to stress this again as it needs to be fully understood.

Best Regards,
Toby

 

There setings that can be changed to scan all files I think.

 

Yes it can....I think Avira should change the default settings to scan all files instead of scanning smart extensions...this will at least end some of the confusion.

Best Regards,
Toby

 

The default setting is for smart extensions only unless you change it. There are several programs that predefine default settings for a program which may not be the user preference. Guess that means you have to read everything for each program.

 

If you mean system reboot, that is not necessary. Just open the Windows Task Manager, end avgnt.exe and avguard.exe processes, double click these processes in C:\Program Files\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic (or Premium) folder and deactivate/activate AntiVir Guard behind the AntiVir icon in the system tray, that's it.

Best regards,
Firefighter!

 

Smart extensions is the default, because it offers the best balance between performance and paranoid security. Smart extension means, all files in the extension list will be scanned, plus all files that are recognized as having a specific file type by looking at the contents of the file itself. As an example it will scan every file with an exe extension, and every file that (no matter what extension it has) which contains the MZ Exe magic. The same goes for many other file formats. Some other AVs simply do that in silence without any option for the user.

I think the task icon problem has been fixed in the Internet Security package, but not in the premium/free versions, because these need to be QAed separately. I'm not sure whether they'll do a hotfix (our of order update) for a non critical bug, or will wait for the next scheduled update.

 

Thanks for the info. I must say, however, that is about as much trouble as rebooting. Probably is some faster.
I do plan to try Avira again, as I liked it except for the couple of annoying problems.

Regards,
Jerry

 

I set to all files
I also set Heuristic to High
Is it OK ?

 

yup thats fine.

i just made the options for what it done with files automatic with first option repair second option quarantine on my sisters laptop and will use same options on my desktop pc soon.

lodore

 

Avira v7 has been out less than a year...I think we should give them a little more time to fully perfect this program...in one of my other threads, I pointed out a problem that I am experiencing with Avira but I hope that it will eventually be fixed...anyhow I will continue to use this great free AV.

Regards,
Toby