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Revision as of 21:33, 5 December 2008
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| Developer(s) | Avira GmbH |
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| Stable release | V8.02.00.42
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| Operating system | Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris |
| Type | Antivirus |
| License | Proprietary (Freeware, Commercial) |
| Website | www.avira.com |
Avira security software refers to a range of antivirus and internet security software for the Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris computing platforms by Avira. These applications are based on the AntiVir antivirus engine also known as "Luke Filewalker", first launched in 1988.
Version 8.0 of all mainstream Avira products was released on April 14, 2008 and sports a faster scanning engine and a redefined GUI. Additionally, on October 17, 2008 a big update to the search engine was released, which increased scanning speed by 20%.[1] Avira GmbH periodically "cleans out" the virus definition files, by replacing specific signatures with generic ones, which result in a general increase in performance and scanning speed. The last Database Clean-out was made on October 27, 2008, which caused problems to Antivir Personal users when updating because of its large size (15 MB and because of Antivir Personal's slow servers). For that reason Avira GmbH added an additional 6 GB of bandwidth to the Antivir Personal Servers.[2]
Mainstream software
Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus
Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus is a freeware antivirus product for personal use only. Like most antivirus software, it scans disks for viruses and runs as a background process, checking each opened and closed file. It can also detect and possibly remove rootkits.[3] The product performs Internet updates (daily by default) in which it opens a window, with an advertisement suggesting the user to purchase Avira AntiVir Premium.
Avira AntiVir Premium
Avira AntiVir Premium provides professional protection against viruses and malware, worms, Trojans, adware[3], spyware[3] and phishing[3].
With real-time on-access scanning, profile-based on-demand scans and scheduling of full system scanning and updates it offers premium protection. It includes a POP3 based MailScanner that scans emails before they are stored on your machine.
Avira Premium Security Suite
Complete Security Suite with virus scanner, Anti-Adware, Anti-spyware, Anti-Dialer, email protection (POP3), Personal Firewall, Antispam, proactive Anti-phishing, Anti-Bot, RescueCD, Function for Data BackUp, WebGuard and more.
Reviews
AV-Comparatives[4] has awarded in May Avira AntiVir Premium with the highest distinction, the ‘Advanced Plus Award***’. This large-scale comparative test saw the German IT security expert achieve an excellent score for its proactive detection performance. In the “Speed” category Avira managed with its extremely low error rate to get onto the winner’s podium. In the first part of the test in February 2008 Avira AntiVir Premium also achieved excellent results. In January 2008, Avira AntiVir was given a rating of 6.5 out of 8 in tests for detection and removal of rootkits and 71% for proactive virus detection by Anti-Malware Test Lab; both scores qualified for "gold" status, the highest award. [5] Avira got the highest Malware Detection rate, along with G-DATA Antivirus, 98%, and was one of the 5 products which got a 90% or higher spyware detection rate in the latest Av-Test Test.[6] Avira currently has the highest signature and proactive detection rates in all major Independent Antivirus Tests.
See also
References
- ^ http://www.avira.com/en/company_news/avira_speeds_up_its_virus_scanner.html
- ^ http://www.avira.com/en/company_news/avira_clears_out_recognition_files.html
- ^ a b c d "Avira Products". Avira GmbH. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ^ AV-Comparatives
- ^ Anti-Malware Test Lab
- ^ http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02