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Let me put it this way: AntiVir is a good free antivirus, but it suffers from some issues avast doesn't. (I felt) AntiVir had a better detection rate than avast (contrary to the reviews you'll read), or is just as good. The interface is nice, the red umbrella icon is pleasing, and the real-time scan is definitely better than avast.
The latest version (v7.06.00.268) is, unfortunately, buggier than the previous one. My MSN Messenger refused to run anymore once I installed AntiVir; the website is agonizingly non-intuitive; it takes ages to run the complete scan, and worse, it alerts you when it finds a virus and refuses to move on until you've specified an action. The last feature alone is enough to turn off many users. What's sad is that I used to be an AntiVir devotee once.
The good:
- Decent detection engine
- Good real-time scanner
- Nice interface
The bad:
- Slow scan speed
The ugly:
- Has serious scan configuration issues
Price: Free
Go to: Avira website
Let me put it this way: AntiVir is a good free antivirus, but it suffers from some issues avast doesn't. (I felt) AntiVir had a better detection rate than avast (contrary to the reviews you'll read), or is just as good. The interface is nice, the red umbrella icon is pleasing, and the real-time scan is definitely better than avast.
The latest version (v7.06.00.268) is, unfortunately, buggier than the previous one. My MSN Messenger refused to run anymore once I installed AntiVir; the website is agonizingly non-intuitive; it takes ages to run the complete scan, and worse, it alerts you when it finds a virus and refuses to move on until you've specified an action. The last feature alone is enough to turn off many users. What's sad is that I used to be an AntiVir devotee once.
The good:
- Decent detection engine
- Good real-time scanner
- Nice interface
The bad:
- Slow scan speed
The ugly:
- Has serious scan configuration issues
Price: Free
Go to: Avira website
5 comments:
slow scan speed??
It's 5x faster than avg free 8!
At the time of this review AVG 8 wasn't out. Besides, AntiVir did take almost forever to complete the scan, which was surprising because from my experience previous versions scanned pretty fast.
You need to go to Configuration on the main GUI-tick Expert Mode box-click the plus sign next to Scan- then select action for concerning files.
You can then set automatic and then choose your primary action from the five listed. The default is interactive, that is why you were being prompted for action.
Hope this helps
Which version are you talking about?
Poor Avira, AVG or Others.
I'm happy with Kaspersky. But Windows Live OneCare is not too bad at all.
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