PC Tips Tweaks and Maintenance

Avira AntiVir is a great and easy to use security program. It offers reliable virus protection:

I have used it to successfully detect and remove many different viruses that were either completely ignored by big name antivirus products or the big name products were unable to remove.

Using Avira Antivir you get:

1. High recognition of viruses, keyloggers, Trojans, backdoor programs, worms, etc. and low false positives.

2. Automatic incremental updates of signatures, engine and entire software. Avira updates more often than any other antivirus company I have tested. In fact, one time I found a new virus on a system. I successfully disabled it, compressed, encrypted and password protected it so no one would open it accidentally. I then sent it to various security companies for analysis. Avira contacted me within 2 hours to thank me and inform me a new definition would be available within 24 hours – they had it in just under 18. The others took days and one even said not to send them a virus again! Without virus submission you get no where fast… take a guess at which company that was and how long they took to get a definition for the virus leaving all their users open to the threat…

3. Great real time protection, with Virus Guard monitoring.

4. An easy install and configuration.

5. Virus protection against known and unknown threats, using an advanced heuristic system.

6. A scheduler you can set to make automatic virus scans and updates on your system.

7. Forum and phone support.

8. XP 32 and 64 bit, Vista 32 and 64 bit, Mobile (PC and phone) AND Linux/Unix support. It has versions for users of all types from home to big business servers and networks.

9. Rootkit detection and removal.

10. Scans on individual files and folders is easy with the right-click menu addition.

11. Files can even be dragged and dropped into the AntiVir console for quick scanning.

12. Adware/spyware detection and removal.

13. A really great feature of AntiVir is it can be used in Safe Mode, a definite plus for removing stubborn infections or cleaning a system that might otherwise be unable to boot into Windows normal mode.

14. The comprehensive reporting options provide great details.

15. It uses only a small footprint – this is fantastic, not having your security hog all your resources.

For most people it comes down to this: it uses fewer resources and detects and removes more malware/viruses/etc than the big name bloatware hogs.

Check out Avira Antivir PE Premium and Avira Premium Security Suite, decide which is best for you. Of course if money is an issue, you can always get Avira Antivir Personal Free.

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