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Avira Anti-Vir Personal Edition
Free (for personal use) anti-virus software with protection against viruses, worms, trojans and rootkits. Provides real-time protection and automatic updates. Displays adverts when updating, cannot scan network shares, can be used as an on-demand only (not realtime) scanner.
MSRP $0.00
Release date September, 2009
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MSRP $0.00
Released September, 2009
Pros
- Low on resources
- Not annoying
- makes it easy to run Windows without worrying about crappy virus scanners
- updated often
- Free for Windows users (commercial too!)
Cons
- Could use translation to more languages
Avira Anti-Vir Personal Edition
0%
vs.
Microsoft Security Essentials
100%
MSRP $24.99
Released January, 2008
Pros
- Takes up much less resources than most
- Windows Vista 32/64 bit support
- Small installation size
- Free edition available
- Gamer mode
Avira Anti-Vir Personal Edition
0%
vs.
BitDefender AntiVirus 2008
100%
MSRP $0.00
Released January, 2009
Pros
- Free and works well
- works behind the scenes - never gets in the way of users until it is required, unlike other suites
- doesn't sap computer resources like other anti-virus suites
Cons
- A bit too paranoid, detects false viruses on certain files that don't have any Trojans or viruses
- Default behavior requires user interaction for clicking away update notification dialog
- Too many modules included it became confusing
Avira Anti-Vir Personal Edition
0%
vs.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
100%
MSRP $0.00
Released January, 2009
Pros
- Free!
- Realtime protection works well and detection rate is good with relatively few false positives
- Conservative use of system resources
Cons
- Slow
- Works much better as prevention than cure (starting from clean install works better)
- Poor detection/prevention
Avira Anti-Vir Personal Edition
33%
vs.
avast! Home Edition
67%
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Very high virus detection level
- Simple and clean GUI
- Low on resources
- Not annoying (besides ad on update)
Cons
- Annoying Ads window pops up when live updating
- Only free for personal use
- No native 64-bit version
- Update server is very slow
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July 13, 2009
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Very high virus detection level
- Simple and clean GUI
- Fastest performance compared to other free antivirus
- Easy to customize
- Could be updated manually (IVDF) or live
Cons
- Annoying Ads window pops up when live updating
- Free version can't scan network drives
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Friday, 4:02 PM
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Pros
- Very high virus detection level
- Simple and clean GUI
- Fastest performance compared to other free antivirus
- Low on resources
Cons
- Annoying Ads window pops up when live updating
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September 2, 2009
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Pros
- Very high virus detection level
- Simple and clean GUI
Cons
- Does not cooperate very well with other virus packages
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