Avira AntiVir promotion-6 months free premium licence!

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[Vettetech]

Avira always comes out on top of any av test. AV Comparatives gave it a 99.7 where has Avast was 97.6.

[Rafel]

Avira always comes out on top of any av test. AV Comparatives gave it a 99.7 where has Avast was 97.6.

And...?
Maybe Avira is better than AVAST, i don't know, i have got no problems. But i have got a safe surfing, downloading and install of programs. I don't know why, but AVAST is more friendly and comfotable for my taste. In my language, is lighter than Avira, i prefer Avast interface.I think isn't only detection rate. I repeat, is my opinion.
If you and others prefer AVIRA, isntall and enjoy a 6 months full licence for free.
I've got friends don't like CPW, they prefer their FW's, and i respect their opinions.

[Ragwing]

Sounds good, but free edition is fine for me, as I only use the on-demand function, and got another solution for spyware. But maybe get it just for the program to say it's premium...

Cheers,
Ragwing

[salmonela]

Some screenshots of new v.8 would be nice to see here 

[MorphOS REBOL]

Well, install it and you don't need a screenshot..

Yes, now it's a bit more in Vista style.... Well I don't mind, it's more beautiful than before, even if I don't intend to use Vista as an OS...

The free AVIRA version does offer enough protection, just combine it with a great free AS (for example ST) and a great free T scanner (emsisoft a squared free with beta updates atm) and a great FW (everyone here knows what FW we're talkin 'bout)...

Cheers
The REBOL

[salmonela]

Well, install it and you don't need a screenshot..

Well I don't have intention to install it, but still, screenshots would be nice 
Anyone...

[Matty_R]

Just for you Salmonela,

Been using for a few hours only prob so far is tray icon

Matty

[MorphOS REBOL]

No tray icon?

It does show and respond as it always did...here at least...

Cheers to riggers, though.

[MorphOS REBOL]

Avira 8 free in German:

[Matty_R]

Got it working by going into Avira folder and running avgnt.exe

Don`t know what will happen after re boot.Anyways what does Hilfsdienst mean?I`ve got it as action for module.

Regards

Matty

ps The Webguard scanner does only scans http(port 80) not https(port443)

[sded]

Looks like a nice clean interface.  And WebGuard is an almost essential addition-will it scan other http ports like 8080?  Couldn't find much detail on their site for the new product, so a few questions to the regular users to compare to Avast!:

1.  Can it scan encrypted email, even using a proxy? (gmail for example)
2.  Are the updates transparent to the user and frequent?
3.  Is there a helpful, well supported forum by the company?  (not just user to user, abandoned by the company tech staff)
4.  Is there a spinning icon so one can see that things are happening when they shouldn't be?  ( I have actually found runaway processes that way, not viruses )  Or vice versa?
5.  How does the free version compare?
6.  Does it scan for spyware, trojans , rootkits where appropriate?  (email, webguard, on-access, on-demand)
7.  Is it fast in Vista?  Really just qualitative, enough slowdown to be noticeable/annoying

I can't get myself or others very excited about a few % difference in detection tests, but these kind of things are what users want to know that I deal with.  No matter what the answers, still seems a fine new product to consider.  And the free 6 months is great!

[Rednose]

Thanks, got me a licence too so I can test it later

Greetz, Red.

[Matty_R]

1. No only outgoing SMTP/incoming POP3

2.Yes,a small unobtrusive window appears(top right)

3.Yes the forum is not to bad (plenty of input from Avira staff)

4.Not really,just a visual and acoustic alert if anything is found

5.Only just switched from Classic but Doesn`t seem much differant(aside from the Webshield and Email scanner) oh and i nearly forgot,you get access to the PREMIUM servers  woooooo

6.Yes/yes/yes

7.First reports from forum about a third quicker than V7

First impressions are,seems allright well see how it goes 

Regards
Matty

[salmonela]

Thank you riggers

[sded]

Thanks Matty.  Looks like they are doing all the right things.

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