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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.

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Avira Anti-Vir Personal Edition 9.0
MSRP $0.00
Release date September, 2009
Brand Avira
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Pros & Cons

ProSCORE
4 reviews
65
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3 positive
1 mixed
0 negative

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Pros:
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Very high virus detection level
+4agreedisagree

Simple and clean GUI
+4agreedisagree

Fastest performance compared to other free antivirus
+2agreedisagree

Low on resources
+2agreedisagree

Easy to customize
+1agreedisagree

Could be updated manually (IVDF) or live
+1agreedisagree

Not annoying (besides ad on update)
+1agreedisagree

Cons:
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Annoying Ads window pops up when live updating
+3agreedisagree

Free version can't scan network drives
+1agreedisagree

Only free for personal use
+1agreedisagree

No native 64-bit version
+1agreedisagree

Update server is very slow
+1agreedisagree

Does not cooperate very well with other virus packages
0agreedisagree


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Fugazi

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Friday, 6:42 AM
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ProSCORE
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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

Competitors

Fugazi prefers Microsoft Security Essentials over Avira Anti-Vir Personal Edition
Fugazi prefers Avira Anti-Vir Personal Edition over avast! Home Edition
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rickzmond

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July 13, 2009
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ProSCORE
71
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5 pros
2 cons
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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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WikiWizard

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Friday, 4:02 PM
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ProSCORE
80
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4 pros
1 con
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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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bissap

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September 2, 2009
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ProSCORE
67
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2 pros
1 con

Pros

  • Very high virus detection level
  • Simple and clean GUI

Cons

  • Does not cooperate very well with other virus packages

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