AV Comparitves February 2008 Results

[Guest]

[Info-Sec]

False.

True, they are the same engine, and the admin on av comparatives confirmed its the same exact engine (with out the antispyware)

[Matty_R]

The thing is Avira Antivir is German,which normally means outstanding performance,reliabiliy and ergonomics.Bit like the BMW/MERC of AV`s

Matty

[ultragunner]

True, they are the same engine, and the admin on av comparatives confirmed its the same exact engine (with out the antispyware)

Have you noticed they tested the premium version instead of the classic version. The classic version is not proven & tested.

[andyman35]

Have you noticed they tested the premium version instead of the classic version. The classic version is not proven & tested.

That's incorrect that the free version is untested,the classic version was used in this particular test:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ru_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.anti-malware.ru%2findex.phtml%3fpart%3dtests%26test%3dpolymorphic

If you're saying that the classic version has an inferior AV capability apart from the lack of an e-mail scanner, perhaps you could show where this has been documented,since the Avira site doesn't mention this.

Having said that in my opinion the premium version should be purchased if finances allow,since the developers of this great product should be rewarded.

[Info-Sec]

Have you noticed they tested the premium version instead of the classic version. The classic version is not proven & tested.

Yes they test the paid version, but the admin of av comparatives himself said the free has the same detection rate as the paid version.

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