AntiVir Personal 8.1.00.295 (Freeware Antivirus)

Zenphic · 17th Apr 2008, 09:22 AM

A new version of the freeware antivirus Avira has been released recently. It's a pretty good software whose had good ratings in detection and it uses very little RAM ~15 MB.

Worth checking out if you're using AVG or Avast free.

Homepage: Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus

Download: Download AntiVir Personal 8.1.00.295 - FileHippo.com

The only downside to the software is that it comes with a nagscreen when updating. There's an easy work-around to this though:

Disable the Avira Antivir PE Classic avnotify nag screen

Mac Daddy · 17th Apr 2008, 09:42 AM

This has always worked well for freeware

The_YongGrand · 17th Apr 2008, 10:56 AM

Cool beans! I'm using this one and it's very good!

Also, thanks for the disabling the nag screen!

Zenphic · 18th Apr 2008, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

Cool beans! I'm using this one and it's very good!

Also, thanks for the disabling the nag screen!

heheh, I really hate that nag screen. Seems kinda "wrong" for an antivirus software to actually incorporate nagging stuff in their software.

JMMD · 19th Apr 2008, 04:31 AM

Thanks, I'll give it a try.
I've been using AVG for about a year and it seems to work great. Who knows if it misses anything. I also run a few anti-spyware and the Kaspersky stand-alone scanner.

Lacus · 19th Apr 2008, 04:41 AM

Hmm, i wonder can 2 antivirus work at the same time? (AVG and this)

Mac Daddy · 19th Apr 2008, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Lacus

Hmm, i wonder can 2 antivirus work at the same time? (AVG and this)

I would not suggest it ...

Zenphic · 19th Apr 2008, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lacus

Hmm, i wonder can 2 antivirus work at the same time? (AVG and this)

It's usually not recommended to have two antivirus' with their resident (real-time) scanners activated. They might conflict with each other and give a crazy ride.

You could have two antivirus installed at the same time though for on-demand scans, but only use one as resident scanner.

17th Apr 2008, 09:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zenphic Active Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 961 Reputation: 331 Rep Power: 6	AntiVir Personal 8.1.00.295 (Freeware Antivirus) A new version of the freeware antivirus Avira has been released recently. It's a pretty good software whose had good ratings in detection and it uses very little RAM ~15 MB. Worth checking out if you're using AVG or Avast free. Homepage: Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus Download: Download AntiVir Personal 8.1.00.295 - FileHippo.com The only downside to the software is that it comes with a nagscreen when updating. There's an easy work-around to this though: Disable the Avira Antivir PE Classic avnotify nag screen

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