AntiVir Personal Edition 10.0.0.592

Rated 50/50 by Blaxima at Jun 26, 2008

Good to see you gave it a try Dude. I don't download emails and I even disable it in NOD so I wouldn't hold that against Antivir. This is hands down the best free AV and honestly I think this is second to only NOD even though it has even better detection rates than NOD. Both are at the top in detection and both are lighter than the others. The thing I really like about both is that they don't slow my system down. Coming from KAV I noticed the differences immediately in surfing and opening apps. The scan times are also much quicker. I personally have never encounterd a false positive with either one and KAV gave me many. I much prefer the interface of these too in comparison to any of the others especially avast which has one of the worst gui's I've ever seen. Have a look at the latest tests http://www.av-comparativ.../ergebnisse_2008_05.php

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Jun 26, 2008

I don't think agapecpus is correct about it not being able to update. It has a "Start Update" link in the OVERVIEW section. It lists current versions for both the Search Engine and the Virus Definition File. It can be incredibly slow to connect and download those updates though, at least on my system. That said, I can't give it a 5 because unlike the other competitors in the free AV market, it does not do email scanning. However, I like when it flags suspicious or even explicitly known viruses, you can have it present a list of options to choose from each time, which means you can choose to ignore known false positives. Very convenient. Also, I very much like the way Quarantined files are handled. Under the Administration section, when you look at the Quarantine area, there are quite a few ways to handle the files that are contained in there including: Rescan Display Properties Restore to Original Location Restore to Other Location Add Suspicious File to Quarantine Send to Avira Delete File I do wish that the main interface window, and in fact ALL interface windows, could be resized so that it is easier to read the path and file name at a glance instead of being forced to scroll through horizontally. So, all that said, it is a very good product, and if they added email scanning and improved server response time for update downloads, and maybe a few interface tweaks, I think it would easily earn a full 5 rating from me.

Rated 50/50 by normishmael at Jun 30, 2008

Yeah it can be tough to update,the last few days have been bad,but you can always do a manual update. The thing is It is lighter than KAV,and as incredable as it seems, DOES have a better detection rate than NOD-32. (at least for one test). Is equal to NOD-32? I don't thank so,but its not the issue. It does not cost 40 US a year either. Compare it with Avast!AVG,Bit-defender free,COMODO anti-virus,etc,and you see just how much better it is than these turds.

Rated 50/50 by Undesired Username at Jul 1, 2008

I am so SICK of hearing high, undeserved praise for NOD32! AntiVir not the equal of NOD32? That's a compliment. Avira actually adds legitimate malware samples to the database, while Eset only does so if it is proven to affect "enough people". And av-comparatives.org rates AntiVir more highly than NOD32. AVtest.org rates it much more highly than NOD32.

Rated 50/50 by glassdesigns at Jul 3, 2008

As a former AVG user due to their new version 8 I have been trying out the competition. It has taken me awhile to get to this one.(should have started alphabetically) Avira, without a doubt is the best free antivirus out there. I love its low impact on resources. I couldn't believe how much faster my system boots now and I am seeing a 15% drop in memory usage. I have read some complaints that this doesn't do email scans. All I can say to that is, so what. I can't ever remember seeing a virus reported by an email scan by AVG and I used it for years. If you are careful about attachments you have nothing to worry about. I'll take the performance increase over a feature that isn't needed any day of the week. Congrats to the developer of this great app. Wish I could rate it more than 5. Keep it lean like this and I will be with you for along time. PS. It figures this would be the last of the free anti virus programs that I tested. Oh well, at least I won't be thinking there are greener pastures out there by someone else. Try it you'll like it.

Rated 50/50 by Alexander-GG at Jul 7, 2008

I am a former user of avast, but because of increased boot time an system slow down in the last update of avast (4.80) I decided to find an other free alternative. Now I use avira antivir pe and I'm very happy with it. Yes it lacks the mail scanner, but I think it's not a big problem, cause I never had a virus detection in mail and to say honestly, it depends on the user not to open every garbage in the mailbox. I have no idea what people are tolking about the slow update of the avira antivirus. It takes about 9-10 seconds at my PC to update and the database download speed is about 250-300 kb/sec. The only thing, that is really boring and irritating is that pop-up screen at the end of the update. I guess it's payment for a free version. Inspite of this nag screen I rate 5, bacause of high detection rate, low system impact and scan speed.

Rated 50/50 by 1uk3 at Jul 17, 2008

The best free anti-virus - full stop!

Rated 10/50 by hap8192739 at Jul 17, 2008

their update service is so poor that anyother av will do

Rated 50/50 by aruprc at Jul 17, 2008

The best keeps getting better......unsurpassed German technology, at the top of all tests thrown at it consistently and has least impact or issues to the user.

Rated 50/50 by armpit at Jul 17, 2008

Excellent antivirus, much better detection than NOD32. It found several vundo infected files even with an outdated database using heuristics only. After updating avira reports those files by name as various vundo related trojans/malware. NOD32 highly overrated heuristics just lets them pass. It´s a shame that my NOD32 3.0 license still has almost a year to go. I wish i had tried avira first.

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Jul 17, 2008

I'm also a torqued off AVG 7.5 user. Version 8 of that app is not nearly as good as the 7.5 has been. The bloat, bugs and sluggishness have pushed me towards other products. I'm not sure which I like better - Avast or AntiVir - but I'm glad that this free AV app is out there and so frequently updated. Wish it did include email scanning in the free version though. And, I do wish all the interface windows could be resized for easy viewing of files with long paths and such. It's a feature I've come to expect in just about all the Windows apps I use, and not being able to simply grab a side or corner and enlarge the window is somewhat annoying. Also - I do wish that the user was able to quickly specify a file in the "EVENT" dialog be added to the Exceptions list. Perhaps put an "Add To Exceptions" in the right-mouse click context menu. I'll send that off as a feature request.

Rated 50/50 by pctech5189 at Jul 18, 2008

Ive recently installed avira anti vir after i got rid of avast. I decided to try somthing new. Ive had this program a day and love it. I did full scan and found nothing but i like anti vir better. Its super light much lighter then avast, and alot of different settings for advanced users. It looks like ill stay with avira. The update is slow once in a while but doesnt matter really. It has a fast scanner and btw it scans more files then avast.

Rated 30/50 by TC17 at Jul 30, 2008

Why is it all the antivirus programs are crap anymore. This free version of Avira would be ok, but it has the stupid problem of not updating half the time, then I get the constant annoying message from Windows that it needs updating. I didn't even like their bloated pay version of Avira. AVG is bloated now, taking forever to boot up... Avast has the annoying popup while your playing an online game (unless there is a way to turn that off, I dont' know). It seems every new version of any AV program makes it more bloated and slower. Its getting to the point its not worth it anymore.

Rated 40/50 by Anonymous at Aug 2, 2008

I like this program but one ahs to be careful in using the results from "av comparitive tests" because they were using the "Premium" edition.

Rated 40/50 by Anonymous at Aug 2, 2008

I like this program but one ahs to be careful in using the results from "av comparitive tests" because they were using the "Premium" edition.

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Aug 15, 2008

I have chosen this as my replacement for AVG 7.5. I liked AVG tons, but version 8 is just not a very good follow-up, imo. So, even though this program has a daily nag screen when you do an update, I still like it very much. The 8.1.0.331 version downloaded via auto-update and seems to function just as well as the previous release. It does generate a few false positives on things like game trainers, but it has a very good EXCEPTION option in Expert mode for both the SCAN and the GUARD sections, and that is a feature I really appreciate. So far, so good. I hope they keep it lean and clean, because it seems to have about the best detection rate out there, free or paid. I'm glad they have a free version, to be sure.

Rated 30/50 by Skyfrog at Aug 15, 2008

Probably works ok but I absolutely will not use this or recommend it to anyone until the developer gets rid of the stupid nag screen.

Rated 30/50 by Adrian79 at Aug 15, 2008

how is this compared to AVG Free?

Rated 50/50 by glassdesigns at Aug 15, 2008

I started using this program at the beginning of July.(see revue) I am still very happy with it. If you are running XP pro you can disable the nag pop up. Do a google search on how to accomplish this. The developer should remove the nag which will no doubt discourage some people from using this program. If you are using the home version of XP then you are out of luck disabling the nag. At least as far as I know. People looking for a free anti virus don't want to be nagged. If the nag pop up is to remain in the program then it should be reclassified as adware instead of free. I am still rating it a 5 because their is a workaround for the nagging. If there wasn't I would have to lower the rating because of the irritation factor.

Rated 40/50 by therube at Aug 15, 2008

Given the linked file's size, 25,049,240 bytes, I'm going to guess that this is actually 8.1.0.326 & not .331. For whatever reason Avira has been real screwy with version numbers & downloads. Sometimes changing back & forth in the same day even. Their website does show .331 (at least currently), but it looks not to be available (yet?).