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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 8.1.0.331
"Switched from AVG to Avira and so glad!"
Pros: My latest version of AVG was failing to download it's updates and consuming 90+% of CPU usage in the process. I researched and tested others but Avira was the easiest, and most reliable yet. Avira is as solid as AVG 7.5! I'm sold on Avira now.
Cons: It downloads it's updates as AVG does, but has a big Ad screen which pops up only once at the beginning. AVG also has an annoying notifier popping down on the bottom. To expect no visible ad somewhere would really make me wonder! NO REAL CONS !!
Summary: If your system is NOT downloading upgrades from AVG and you find yourself having to manually select it. If your system is experiencing slow downs and you are tired of using AVG because it used to rock. Try this, I'm slowly changing all my computers over to it. Some top 10 free Antivirus rating web sites place this above AVG...don't believe me...research it and try them.
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What about scanning emails? I'm running NIS 2008 now but it just about brings my computer to a halt. Checking out other anti-virus programs, AVG, Avira, etc but looks like they don't scan emails.
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The pros and cons about this Avira antivirus was very inforative and helpful to swith over.The pop ups to be limited or minimised
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