Avira or AVG

[d4mo]

I'm about to reformat and I was wondering which antivirus you prefer.

 

[MustISO]

Avira

 

[Spicedaddy]

had been using AVG for at least 5 years, switched to Avira a few months ago. It's definitely better.

AVG doesn't catch anything...

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: MustISO
Avira

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: MustISO
Avira

 

[Sam25]

Another +1 for Avira.

 

[state 08]

Avira++

 

[MTDEW]

I recently switched to Avira (free)and have no real complaints, but admit i do miss the email scanning AVG free had.
So im using Avira, but i left AVG on wifes pc in case she opens email attachments when im not looking...LOL

 

[d4mo]

Originally posted by: MTDEW
I recently switched to Avira (free)and have no real complaints, but admit i do miss the email scanning AVG free had.
So im using Avira, but i left AVG on wifes pc in case she opens email attachments when im not looking...LOL

Email scanning is only for email apps though(like thunderbird and outlook)...right? Thats what I assumed and I only use web based email so I never used that feature anyways.

 

[Ryland]

I use Avast because Avira doesn't do pop3 scanning.

 

[lxskllr]

POP3 scanning isn't of much use. A decent AV will catch a virus on execution, it's just a matter of when a virus gets caught.

 

[Danwar]

i hate Avira's pop-up window every time i fire up my pc.

other than that its a great AV.

 

[disports]

Originally posted by: Danwar
i hate Avira's pop-up window every time i fire up my pc.

other than that its a great AV.

there's a way to get rid of that. it's mentioned somewhere in this forum. i love not having the pop up show up!

and avira ftw!

 

[lucasorion]

edit the security options for avnotify.exe, in the avira folder, in advanced permissions for "SYSTEM" set it to "DENY" for "Traverse Folder/Execute File"

 

[zenguy]

Thanks for the Tip.

Obvious, but a little hack I never thought of implementing.

 

[Danwar]

awesome , thanks for the tip.

 

[Chadder007]

Avast.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

Avira here. I just decided to switch after having many different issues with sophos.

 

[MTDEW]

Originally posted by: d4mo

Originally posted by: MTDEW
I recently switched to Avira (free)and have no real complaints, but admit i do miss the email scanning AVG free had.
So im using Avira, but i left AVG on wifes pc in case she opens email attachments when im not looking...LOL

Email scanning is only for email apps though(like thunderbird and outlook)...right? Thats what I assumed and I only use web based email so I never used that feature anyways.

Yes, you are correct.
After using Live mail with Windows 7 for awhile now, im getting kinda used to it, i may stay with it and switch her over from Outlook also when i upgrade hers next time.

 

[Adam8281]

avira

 

[Mide]

Avira +++

 

[Goi]

Is there any difference between the free Antivir Personal and the commercial Antivir Premium? How do they compare with Kaspersky 2009 in terms of coverage and speed/responsiveness?

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: Goi
Is there any difference between the free Antivir Personal and the commercial Antivir Premium?

Yes. One of the big ones is that the commercial version's real-time scanner can be configured to "nuke first, ask questions later," wheras the free version's real-time scanner always asks the user what to do. This is one reason I'd gladly pay $27/year for the Premium version for my parents' computer, because they'd be clueless as to what they ought to do with a malware alert

The commercial version also scans email en route instead of waiting for you to try to open a malicious attachment. IIRC it can arbitrarily pre-nuke suspicious attachments by filetype (and again, it can do this without asking the user, making this another feature that's desirable for my parents' system). It can be configured to scan outbound email.

There's also a separate "Web" module on the commercial version, with its own suite of settings. If you'd like to max out the heuristics only on stuff running in the Web browser, and run medium heuristics for other real-time protection, it can do that.

How do they compare with Kaspersky 2009 in terms of coverage and speed/responsiveness?

Kaspersky has proactive-defense features in addition to signature-based and heuristic defenses, and adds a vulnerability checkup that'll look for exploitable versions of stuff like QuickTime, RealPlayer, Flash Player, Adobe Reader, etc. Kaspersky also allows you to pre-configure what's going to happen to detected malware (I always go for "shoot first, tell me afterwards").

As far as speed/responsiveness, you can download trial versions of Avira's Premium verions and Kaspersky's products and try them out for free if you want.

 

[MadScientist]

I prefer Norton AV 2009 but it's not free. My wife uses Avira's free version on her laptop. Instructions on how to disable Avira's splash and popup screens are available from John's website. Link
Thanks, John

 

[ockky]

Avira ftw