[dba-Tech] Avira

Hi Rocky

Exactly our experience too. 
I can add that it is a bit sensitive to some uninstall exe where it pops a false positive now an then with a sound that blows you off the chair. And the free version sometimes pops a gigantic promo window which you quickly learn to click away.

/gustav

>>> john at winhaven.net 07-04-2009 06:25 >>>
I Rocky,
I use it on people that want free AV. I think it's better than AVG or Avast
which are the other two big free AVs. Avira offers a number of things that
are quite impressive for a free AV. It includes anti-malware and an
anti-rootkit capability that work quite well. I compared its overall
resource use against Vipre, which is currently the lowest resource consumer
for full protection and it is about 3 times higher. That is still in the
pack though compared to other AVs. If someone won't spend the $30 for Vipre,
I recommend it.

HTH
John B

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Subject: [dba-Tech] Avira

Anybody know anything about Avira anti-virus software?