A simple menu down the left lets you dig into these three feature areas or return to the Status home page. The product’s main Status screen still displays oversized icons for Security, Privacy, and Performance.
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The VPN and app updater components are likewise integrated. Running an antivirus scan used to launch a separate process in its own window, but that now happens within the main app. That integration continues with the current version. Last time I reviewed this product, it had undergone some serious integration, bringing previously disparate components inside the main application. You’ll also want to click the link that launches a check for updates. After installation, the product offers to run a Smart Scan.
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You get the choice to continue with a free installation or purchase a license that upgrades you to Avira Prime. Once you launch the process, it advises you to take a break for the four or five minutes needed to complete the process. Getting Started With Avira Free SecurityĪvira’s installer is seriously self-sufficient. BullGuard, previously owned by Avira, has been discontinued, with BullGuard users redirected to Norton products. Norton’s recently completed merger with Avast puts Avast, AVG, and Avira all under the Norton umbrella. The company has stated it intends to retain the Avira brand, which makes sense given its mindshare, especially in Europe.
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For those looking for an alternative to the McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro usual suspects, the three-user edition of Sunbelt Software Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware, for example, is just as fast and is also highly rated, but is a much better deal.Note, that Norton acquired Avira at the end of 2020. It's expensive, the company tries a little too hard to promote its other security products, and there are fewer features than are found in competitive products. There is no North American telephone support.ĭespite positive third-party test results, and speedy performance results in our CNET Labs test system, we're not gushing over Avira AntiVir Personal 8. Telephone support is only offered in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (and a few other select European countries), starting at 1.99 euros per minute. There is e-mail support however, there isn't an online chat service. There's a robust community forum, a so-so online knowledge base, and a fairly extensive downloadable document to support its paid product. Another trusted testing site, did test AntiVir in January 2008 and gave it a 99.6 accuracy rating (the highest among the 30 products tested).Īvira offers a wide variety of technical support options. Our second source of independent antivirus testing,, did not test Antivir.
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The latest test results from, gave AntiVir Personal Edition Premium 7 an Advanced rating (highest) for On Demand protection and Advanced Plus (highest) for heuristic protection, blocking 97 percent of the malicious code used in the test. In terms of protecting your PC, we refer readers to two leading independent antivirus testing organizations.
To find out how we test antivirus software, visit CNET Labs' How we test: Antivirus software page. And in boot speed, AntiVir Personal Edition 8 came in with a fast 30 seconds. On a test scanning a single folder with compressed and media files, AntiVir Personal Edition 8 completed it in at a lightning fast 150 seconds.
On the CNET Microsoft Office test, AntiVir Personal Edition Premium 8 finished in 1,373 seconds-one of the faster times. On the CNET iTunes test, AntiVir Personal Edition 8 came in just three seconds faster than the test system at 271 seconds. Also, there is no personal firewall, common in some antivirus products these days.ĪntiVir Personal Edition 8 scored well in CNET Labs' performance tests and in third-party, independent antivirus testing using live viruses, although it did not always take the top position. For example, Sunbelt Software Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware includes several system utilities in its price. Missing (even in the premium edition) are various extras we see elsewhere. There's also a Scheduler within AntiVir that lets you set automatic virus scans or perform updates, as opposed to using the one in Windows.
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