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10 out of 14 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 8.1.0.326
"You can not find better protection for free."
Pros: Avira's detection rate surpasses AVG and Avast, uses less resourses, easier to use, and offers top of the line protection. I also like it better than Norton and McAfee, and they are not free.
Cons: Nag screen to purchase.
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 8.1.0.326
"Good detection, mediocre removal."
Pros: Good malware detection.
Light on resources.
Cons: Mediocre removal rate.
Doesn't have any self defense module, can be easily damaged by malware.
Doesn't have spyware or adware detection.
Slow update servers, often busy
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 8.1.0.326
Pros: Tried all of them, and Avira consistently finds stuff the others miss.
Cons: Annoying nag screens; update server often too busy.
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10 out of 11 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 8.1.0.326
"Excellent Free NOD32 alternative with easy to track Reports~~"
Pros: -I've been using Antivir PE Classic for my PC since 7.x having learnt the NOD32 2.7 enterprise license from the company I work for won't cover NOD32 3.0 or Eset SS, presuming there will be limited support for the outdated version
-Unbroken chain of Advanced+ adwards from AV-Comparatives for On-Demand scans
-Automatically upgraded to 8.0 and then 8.1 without interference with the stability and integrity of the WinXP registry
-Easy to Schedule weekly scans and cleans
-Comprehensive reports make it easy to track malware alerts and specific updated files during automatic updates
-For more than a year Antivir PE has been getting along very well with Threatfire, Windows Defender and Firewall, IE7, and other XP SP2+ built-in security mechanisms
Cons: -Splash Screen on Windows Start-up
-Nag Screen after definition or programme updates
-Unable to set default action for real-time AV Guard and require a user to choose action from a list
-For these reasons I cannot recommend or install any copy of this excellent product to the Machines of my friends' who asked for my help. Since I am not prepared to advice them via phone or house calls whenever a Nag Screen or a Malware Alert pops out from any of their screens
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 8.1.0.326
"Works very well,and it's free!"
Pros: Does a good job ,but,what do you do about the warnings?
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