oh OK, i’ll stick with avast 4.8 for now. :■■■■ thx
New engine. Well I think you should wait on updating, and sticking with the proven engine. The new engine may not be as effective.
Avira 8 due for release on 8th April according to Avira.
It will auto-update from 7 and you will no longer be able to use 7(unless you stop updating)
Regards
Matty
And thus the PROPHET OF ALL AGES spoke:
Many eons must pass, but archaic goddess AVIRA will renew herself and rise again … and again… and again.
just like morning rise.
Cheers
The God of eternal Sleep
who stands before the inner circle.
AVIRA is the oldest AV, and it will be the last to ever exist.
No chance for yella “Semantic” and Bros. Inc. packets.
It’s not the dumb masses who decide. It’s you who makes the concrete decision.
Glad to be here again.
Tomorrow it cometh:
AVIRA ANTIVIR DESKTOP SOLUTIONS FOR WINDOWS
The Avira release for Q1-2008 centers round the Avira AntiVir desktop solutions for Windows.
The products that belong to this product family (and the corresponding UNIX products) will be released with new
names. The target group for the respective product can be directly read from its product name:
The Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic becomes the Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus, Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium becomes the Avira AntiVir Premium and the Avira AntiVir Workstation becomes the Avira AntiVir Professional. Only the Avira Premium Security Suite keeps its name.
All Avira AntiVir desktop products for Windows have a new user interface. A new, vertical navigation structure groups the individual modules under a few main categories making it easier to find the way around the program. 3D effects let the actual information come forward more clearly and distinctly.
< br />The new version number 8 of the released products signals that a lot of things have been changed, not only on the surface but also “beneath the hood”.
All Avira AntiVir Desktop products for Windows are released with a new, modularized AV-search engine that speeds up the scan performance by around 20 %. The new engine can be updated by a single file update. The updates are smaller and we are able to protect your system against new threats much quicker.
All Windows desktop products allow a separate update of the product. This product update can be performed independently from the engine and VDF update. As soon as a new product update is available the user will be informed through the taskbar slide-up.
Also new is the integrated failsafe-system that makes sure there is always a working set of engine and VDF available so that the PC is never without a virus and malware detection solution.
The AntiVir MailGuard now supports SMTP, i.e. the MailGuard now can not only scan incoming but also outgoing emails for infections.
Avira AntiVir Premium and Avira AntiVir Professional are delivered with the integrated WebGuard. WebGuard scans HTTP websites and blocks infected sites automatically. It provides excellent protection against, so called, drive-by downloads. It automatically blocks known phishing and malware websites.
The Avira Premium Security Suite’s new version is more comprehensive and rounded: a new backup module allows easy and quick backup of data using predefined backup profiles. The size and destination of the backup can be individually configured and backups can be performed using the scheduler. The integrated firewall is easier to use and allows permitting signed applications as an option.
All AV 8 products that require a fee now support download and burn a Rescue CD directly from the product. The Rescue CD is based on the Avira AntiVir Rescue System that is updated sev eral times a day which allows the booting of a computer after a crash.
The new version 8 supports the Microsoft Windows Vista SP 1 that has just been released.
AVIRA SECURITY MANAGEMENT CENTER
With the Q1-2008 release Avira continues to optimize the SMC for use in large enterprise security
infrastructures.
The structure of the event database has been unified and enhanced. The SMC event database now defines in which situation the products send which events and how these events are structured. The structure of the event database has been published to allow the creation of individual reports using external reporting tools.
In the new version events are generated language independent, so that the SMC now fulfills the requirements to be used in mixed language networks.
Managing larger security environments can lead to considerable network traffic. Therefore it is now possible to configure the SMC agent to only transmit certain types of events to the SMC server, keeping network traffic to a minimum.
The new “search computer” feature simplifies the administration as it allow s the finding of single PCs or whole groups of PCs. It is possible to get a quick and targeted view of the security situation in certain sections of the network.
AVIRA INTERNET UPDATE MANAGER
The Internet Update Manager is a free-of-charge Avira tool that allows the mirroring of updates for all Avira security products locally. A new version of the Avira Internet Update Manager will be released a couple of weeks after the Q1 release. The new version is based on the Internet Update Manager that’s part of the SMC and offers among other things a powerful webserver to distribute updates. Please note that an update from the old version of the IUM to the new one is not possible.
Avira changed it from today so as not to interfere with Microsoft update tuesday. :-TU
Matty
Gonna see what its like and then get the premium edition,you need a key apparently 
Want my key riggers.LOL.
Delayed until Monday the 14th.
I think I know why they are delaying things. They are checking all serial numbers. I booted up and my Avira said invalid registration number.LOL. ■■■■ warez ■■■■■. Oh well back to NOD32 which I do have a paid subscription for.
Vett :o im shocked.You said it was the best $20 youd spent in a long time.Training to be old bill(policeman) as well.Tut tut
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Matty
Did I say that…I don’t think I did. LOL. I meant NOD32 was the best #20 I spent.
They’re supposedly working out some of the last minute bugs…like Vett’s cracked version.
Yeah Vett, you wouldn’t want to be the first hypocrite police officer - you’d better turn yerself in.
I personally think it’s a victim-less crime…I downloaded a cracked ver. of CFP3 from a warez site and all I had to do was type in my social security number and date of birth. Nobody’s gettin’ hurt there…
Up here in CT there are tons of crooked cops. The past few months about 6 cops from different towns got the boot. I am trying to be a cop. Its a long process. I have an oral board interview on the 15th.
I’ve got an oral board for ya…
(my GF just hit me in the head when she saw me type that)
J/K
(CLY) :■■■■
She’s here, she’s beautiful, she’s over 16, and she’s MINE!
The REBOL
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This may seem crazy, but not only does the Web Guard not slow down my browser - it seems a little faster.
Weird.
Well I went back to NOD32 with web guard for a couple of weeks but now I am using Avira Premium 8 with web guard and Avira is alot quicker. Hey Comofo I popped my head in at Wilders and people are complaining there web speeds are slow. What idiots. Do you really think a top notch av scanner like Avria would make your web speeds slopw down. But over there you have the MOST PARANOID people around. People use 6 layers of protection including Sandboxie then wonder why they have problems. All I need is Avira 8 and Comodo and I am ■■■■ safe. Scan once a week with SAS. I install BOCLean but dumped it cause I don’t care for the 22,000K hit.
Interesting results. Im still going to stick with nod32.
NOD32 is good but every once in awhile it locks up my games. Its been all versions of 3.0. Avira runs 15,000K lighter then NOD32 also. They are both good but I feel safer with Avira.