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

Dont know what will happen after re boot.Anyways what does Hilfsdienst mean?Ive 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 Doesnt 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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