No AV programs are perfect, free or otherwise. If there was one, we'd probably all buy it and that would be that.

AV programs have to be used in conjunction with a bunch of other stuff, such as Malware AntiBytes, SuperAntiSpyware, Spyware Doctor, Dr Web Cure-It, ThreatFire, etc.

It's a pity that there isn't a single piece of software that does "everything" from one interface.

Relying on one AV program, so far, is not really enough.

One additional option is to install and run a program called Sandboxie. This sandboxes your browser, (whichever one you use). Everything you do using your browser is "contained" in a sandbox. If you really want to put those files you've just downloaded onto your hard-drive, you tell it to do so. After you're done, any other stuff still in your sandboxed browser is deleted forever. Or you can keep it, too, if you want.

Avira is a great piece of software. I've used it for many years without any problems. It's probably the "best" freeware one around. (I've tried all the others.)

But, it's silly to rely on just one product for all your security needs. Unfortunately.

Maybe one of these days, some company will put all the excellent anti-spyware, anti-crapware, anti-malware, anti-scareware, root-kit detectors, etc, that are available in the one place!

Hopefully on top of a good AV program, like Avira.

TOP nr 1 antivir but slow updates

I've use it on different types of machines and OS. Unfortunatelly it skips some viruses or trojans and has sometime difficulties with updating.

for new users it is the best

doing good job

Excellent performance, low footprint. I've been using it for years without any problem. Best freeware AV out there imho.

it is very useful

I think it is a very good checker and remover(when it finds something). Support is difficult, but for a free offering ... it gives a lot of protection.

my computer is infected with virus and spyware called trojan so i download the avira antivir antivirus, after i've install the antivirus,,the virus is still in my computer and the system of my computer is low.what will i do..?and the windows defender still pop-up on my desktop..

good this anti virus.thanks

This is the top-rated free anti-virus program, and a slick little honey it is. However, the rocket-scientist reviewers fail to mention a few ugly habits it has...
1] periodically update servers die, for anywhere from a day to a week, 2] when it doesn't work its icon changes to that of a closed umbrella [cute huh?]. And every now and then it decides to die, and there's nothing you can do, besides uninstall and reinstall it [groan!]. And if you get impatient with all this, and uninstall it you may well find it won't. [Google "can't uninstall Avira" for a chorus of the damned.]
This happened to me. Here's Avira's solution: http://www.avira.com/en/support/kbdetails.php?id=135. How's that for a fun way to spend an afternoon!? [Welcome to Avira hell].
This can be more than inconvenient. Other antivirus programs, like AVG, sense the corpse of AVITR on your hard drive, and will refuse to install until you remove it. But you can't. So YOU'RE STUCK WITHOUT A WORKING ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM!!
Desperate- i found a workaround: redownload Avira and choose the repair option.
I was lucky- it worked at just the same time the update servers came back to life.
For now.
My point: be VERY sure you want this program because it's the Iraq of anti-virus programs [no easy exit strategy!].

Avira GmbH you need also to make this software a lot lighter and faster for scanning viruses. hope you take our comment onboard for the next free edition or update

very good piece of software but needs a fix on detecting many false positives. Had a couple of files that it detected as trojans but are actually false positives (I did cross check with other AV scanners and researched about the files).

I'd give it a medium score as months had already passed and still no fix for the false positives it detected.

I have been a user of Avira AntiVir software for at least 4 years and I highly recommend using their program. This program has saved me many hours of
reformatting system drive, due to malicious programming code.

avira version 9.0.0.407...yes, i love this antivirus! thanks,avira! you are the best!

Is dificult to acess and install

It will not INSTALL! Says it needs more files.

I use their FREE edition....and it is the best I've ever used...something was attacking my PC just today and it blocked it...and shut my system down! It is amazing! I booted up into Safe Mode....used Anti-Malware Bytes and removed the bugs!! Those 2 together offer the BEST protection without emptying your pocketbook....

very good: thank you

Thanks to the creators for solving my virus probs

My avira FREE with LATEST definition update had totally failed from protecting my pc from high risk Trojan, backdoor attacked.

sorry, bye to avira !

now using others AV company. hope it won;t happen again.

HOW TO REMOVE POP-UP IN AVIRA

1.Open the control panel through Start > Control Panel.
2.Go to Administrative Tools > Local security policy.
3.Click on Software Restriction Policy > Action > Create new restriction policy.
4.Right-click, and go to additional rules > new path rule.
5.Click Browse and navigate to C:\\Program Files\\Avira\\AntiVir Desktop\\ and double-click avnotify.exe.
6.Set the security level to Disallowed.
7.Click apply and OK.


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enjoy

Excellent software, can't wait for the free 2010 avira antivirus personal update

Dear Avira

I've tried twice downloading your free antivirus, but haven't succeeded in making it work.Perhaps I'm not doing it right, but....

Thanks

Bill

The best free Anti Virus out there by far. And i have tried them all (Mcafae Paid version, Avast Home free, AVG 8 free, Norton Paid version and others found on free download sites.
Avira give you an easy to use interface and scanner and gives you real time protection against more threats than any of the aforementioned programs. It simply does what it says on the box.
The only snag is the pop-up after every definitions update which is simply advertising the paid version. but hey, they have to pay bills too.
You just click the red cross in the top right corner and its gone until next update.
Also there is a virus definition update pack available for free on this site which you can do a manual update with to give you further protection against ever growing threats.
A fantastic product that works well on Vista as well as XP.
A must have for the everyday home user.

The best antivirus i tried.Simple and fast.

This freeware av scanner has one of the highest antivirus detection rates out there. Easy to use, works very well without bogging down computer. Only slight complaint, there is a popup for upselling you paid version at every definition update. But, hey, they have to pay bills too, still an excellent program, a must have for Windows.

the best antivirus around :)

Fairly good and easy to use.

The Avira Antivir 9.0 Is a Very fine version and solveing the virus problem

The Avira Antivir Personal-Free Antivirus is very good software. It has been helping me to protect my computure from virus.

This has to bee the best free Anti virus program on the planet.
Easy to use for a novice and offers rock solid protection for the average user, plus if you check the internet there is an easy way to prevent the nag screen appearing when it updates. Set up and forget, free protection for life.

AV-COMPARATIVES = 99.7% DETECTION RATING = EXCELLENT.

Unable to complete download. The message: "unknown publisher"
"digital signature not valid"
Please advise.

Hi!Everyone i like Avira alot i'm so disapointed that my pc is too slow it's amd semprom le 1150 at 2000 and he blocks himself and i can't do any of my things what i like at Avira it has some kin of detection like the Kaspersky 2006 and he really knows what to do with it. the good thing this isn't an antivirus hogg program that wastes precious memory and resources . About the Avira Premium Security i would like to say that after all even the product is german,i've been thinking how it would that avira uses some interesting grea tproducts like zone alarm ,agnitum or trend micro.Why because even the gdata has two engines Bitdefender and avast.So it would not be an bad iddea who uses powerfull pc 's too use s agrea t security product with two or three engines.Once Again Thak You Avira for protecting my pc.

I would highly recommend this software especially as a free download its on of the best out there..

JR Kavanagh

Doesn't bog down your system. Nor does it leave a ton of crap behind when uninstalled as i experienced when i removed the old version using Revo uninstaller before i installed this version.

Only ever got a couple of detections when checking a few less then trustworthy files and one website warning in my time using it.
Updates often and never had a problem with it.

For some reason my country having many idiots who making virus that majors anti virus couldn't detects. Avira could detects many new virus as suspicious, quarantined and send to Avira. in the next update virus already detected perfectly. free hourly update, full deep scan, active system guard, low system resources what more do you expect from this great free AV ?

I use BitDefender on my other hard drive. I like BitDefender. I copied that hard drive to another and scanned it with Avir. It found a lot of stuff. Avir is said to hae high rate detection. What's the possibility that it can ruin my other programs? So far, I like it. It it easy to use and I never had problem with the updates. I hope it becomes a freeby for a looooong time. Keep it up

i find this software quite good as compare to other but it should be maintain for a longer time ,
best wishes from me

i instaled this software very exlent perfomance

Dear Sir or Madam,
I use your avira antivir personal-free 900394, but it can't get updateed. Every time I try to, I am told that an internal error occurs. I wonder what the internal error means and how can it be removed in order to update the antivir. Thank you.
Sincerely yours

thank you avira,you are the best!

I want to know that why should we need the update of any antivirus?

very bad, very stupid anti virus . please don"t use this anti virus. my name is ashish . from dehradun. this anti virus is very rough, poor , belive me. i don't have word to say any more. idiotic anti virus. poor,poor,poor,poor,poor,poor,poor. my nick name is chotu, when i used this anti virus my compouter get disturbed, so plz i request u to plz don't use this poor , rascel, bloody, non sense anti virus. THANK U. It's my pleasure.

when i tried to run it, window pops up keeps saying some files corrupt and to download fresh copy- cnet site had same problem - any suggestions?

Have used norton, AVG, kaspersky, NOD32, mcafee, and avast.
avira in my opinion is by far the best yet. has found and removed all threats so far it has found threats that the others including NOD32 did not. it auto updates itself. nice feature is you can set for auto qarantine or to ask you what to do. i do not notice any system slow down when using it or running it. suggest you use "expert" mode when configuring. i recommend that you try, you won't be disappointed.

I am using avira antivirus in my Nokia N70 Mobile & it is very good in use & trusted antivirus.

I've been using Avira for about 5 years now. Thay are quicker to update their databases than even Norton! I cannot for the life of me figure out why people actually PAY for this kind of software. Money wasted if you ask me. I think in the 5 years I have gotten 2 false positives maybe? Real-time monitoring, scanner that goes as deep as you want it to, easy configuration and scheduling - what more can you ask? Completely recommend!

Alvira works on Windows 7 RC, which is still a work in progress. Others, like Norton insist on charging for a product that I may not be able to use very long or at all.
Installation went easily and the size, resource usage and intrusiveness are all kept to a refreshing small footprint. I do not know if Alvira captures enough threats to keep me safe, but only time will tell. I would recommend it.

finally its waste and i dont feel it to be better than kaspersky

2009.05.08 Fri 5:04a [PHT]

I've suffered for so many years with Symantec's overly-bloated & 'heavy' NAV and other products by this Company, knowing full well they were not the best, but too afraid to use other Antivirus software--except for Avast & Nod32. The former--which I truly loved--began showing too many false positives once too often. The latter, truly compatible on my machine, is not free as most everyone knows, and here in Manila, much too expensive to purchase for just a year's use.

AntiVir has through those many years of 'NAV torture' been on my "watch list." Unfortunately, I read a lot of reviews on various sites/users which said this program was a MemHog and quite slow albeit less 'heavy' than Norton, they said.

It came to the point I dreaded calling on NAV to scan anything. It took a full 45-50secs just to see the App appear. A complete OS scan, took over 3 hours. Ridiculous, considering I've just about 52,000 files!! Avast took a little over an hour--if it didn't hang before it reached 45mins :(

A few hours ago I finally decided to take action and boldly proceeded to download and install Avira's latest free v 9.0.0.394.

NO REGRETS!!! :D

This is a GREAT and STABLE PROGRAM .. so very light, relatively fast on my 2002 XP Pro, SP2, IntelPent3, 725MHz, 120Mb RAM, and easy to configure ... the one-time Ad popup after an update? No problem..I can live with that. It's worth it just to know (and feel) my machine is no longer weighed-down--literaly, with NAV ;)

Thanks ever so much to the people at Avira and Softpedia for providing this nifty FREE Antivirus for all of us who need good, free, software like this one to keep our machines safe from all those 'baddies' out there!

Having second thoughts about using this product? Think no more my friend. Install now .. You'll be awfully glad you did!!
...............

NAV2008, who's Lic to expire is still in August this year, remains on my PC yet. The poor fellow doesn't know he's scheduled for uninstall in a wee, short while .. Good-Bye forever my sluggish friend .. I only wish I could say I'm gonna miss you :)

well not only taking 2 hours to scan but it only found 2 problemsand didnt even fix them so dont buy the premium or any other it might work to protect but not too destroy

First off only a fool would use Internet Explorer by choice. You know it's funny it's always Internet Explorer and AVG users who get the most malware on their PC. Well maybe that is because Internet Explorer and AVG have the lowest security out there? Internet Explorer is the highest security risk (Proven), AVG the lowest detection rate (Also Proven) with the highest false positives. Now logic and common sense would dictate if Internet Explorer and AVG users have the most problems then just maybe it's AVG and Internet Explorer that are the problems. I guarantee you that if you leave Internet Explorer for Firefox and leave AVG for Antivir, these current problems will go away.

Has high detection rate, better than AVG and Avast, for the price cannot beat value. Only drawback is the popup when updating, but a small price to pay for the best virus scanner that is freeware!

(Please ignore above pre-filled ratings). I can't seem to download and install this program and I've tried all three or four sources. I get it, (hopefully, since no way to confirm file size anticipated). Then I run what I get and a DOS window opens and closes for a second and that's IT! Several times! :(

The best free antivirus! light-fast-outstanding!

Downloaded the setup program from Avira's site. Did not install it as after leaving their site I noticed that my Yahoo tabs in Internet Explorer were changed without my knowledge or cosent. Specifically Avira hijacked Yahoo's logo and replaced it with their own umbrella. Avira has not been any help at all in helping me restore my browser to its original configuration. I contacted Yahoo to let them know their logo is being hijacked. I will not use any software that makes changes to my system without any warning or option not to make those changes.

it is the best free antivirus software ihave used.

is super avira free,also no slow pc and fast update's but no have webguard i think!,what about avast free 4.8 vs avira 9? any idea who better?

very good

It's a great product and of course fit enough to compete with Kaspersky Antivirus due to its detection rate and efficiency. Regardless of pop-ups after updating, it little bit slow downs the computer when performing full scan. But it doesn't matter since it provides an adequate protection.

Best suited for home users..

it is wonder full software in minimum cost. i use it & save my computer from viruses . now my pc have good speed . it leaves with out virus.

I use it as a private person,
it is - an excellent antivirus!
It is much more better than many fee-paying counterparts.
Avira GmbH, thank you very much!

I'am very satisfied with Avira Antivirus. Thanks

Wondering if someone could tell me why I keep getting an error message saying a newer version of windows is required when I try to install this. I have a fully updated XP service pack 3!

i have used this program for years and i still do. i always suggest it to my friends and family. i hope it remains to its good standard.

It is a good software. Try to increase compatibility with operating systems

Avira AntiVir is a great, almost unrivalled in detection. But it is really weak in removals and curing already infected systems. For this purpose, Dr.Web CureIt or Kaspersky Removal Tool ought to be utilised. Though Avira is a great resident shield.

its a great antivirus .i simply have no probs with my p.c .The daily update are good though the scanning could be a little faster

THE BEST FREE ANTIVIRUS !!!

High detection rate.
Light.
Daily updates.
Detects not only viruses, but also rootkits, keyloggers, spywares, etc.
High customizable.
Scans e-mails, memory, boot sectors, removable media, compressed files, internet, LAN, etc.
Easy to use.

I use this product for a very long time, for me and my office computers. It is a great products (consider it's free, but powerfull). It even run well in my 733mhz 256 ram Win XP Pro computer. I'm no joke coz I'm a sysadmin.

EASY, SIMPLE TO USE, AUTO UPDATE FILE, AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY, DETECT VIRUS EASY!!!!

hi! you!
i has the problem,could you answer to ,
how to update definition date ?
i hope you tell me ?
thank you for answer !

Very poor software which won't deteck any virus even a worm and if it does it wont even delete it.

An outstanding program. Installs easily, scans are quick and reliable and it uses very little system resources (i.e. there is no system slowdown). However, even if you tell it not to automatically update, it tries to automatically update anyway (not a big deal). and I don't mind the screen that offers the paid versions because I know that the program has just updated.

In all honesty, I wish that those who offer this program would consider having people donate like Winzip and other freeware does. I don't want to purchase the premium etc versions, but I really feel that the creators of this program should be compensated for their fine product!

I love this Avira, The software is free and it doesnt slow down your computer when you have a scan for viruses. LOVE IT!! 5/5

It's a great product. It works fine for me. This is one of the best AV software even amongst the paid applications.

I tried one of the earlier versions of this product... didn't turn out so great. It has this annoying tendency to beep very loudly whenever it spots a "virus", and that little window is just begging to be seen. I can't download a thing without hearing that beep. I have to credit it on its capability for finding viruses that no other software can, but it can get really annoying. Does this new version also have that annoying tendency?

If you're smart, you'll choose Avira. That's all I can say. =]

The fact that it's an anti-virus and an anti-spyware rolled into one very easy to use and powerful program makes this simply one of the best anti-viruses there is, comparable only to Nod, Kasparsky and AVG (and Nod and Kasparsky only have trial versions and paid versions). It is so easy to use, and goes well with Comodo and Malbite's Anti-Malware

i love avira antivirus

Questo tipo di antivirus mette in comune la potenza del software e la facilita di utilizzo . e buono come antivirus perche non richiede troppe opzioni la scansione e rapida e approfondita, all'avvio non "pesa" tanto sulla memoria , che dire un software all'avaguardia per le minacce informatiche.
un ostacolo difficile da superare.

Out of the free antivirus programs out there, this is simply the best. very good detection rate by its guard, and my favorite in any antivirus program, it uses LESS system/memory resources, which AVG seems to bloat theirs.
my only problem with the free version is the nagging popup ad window (avnotify.exe), but i simply blocked it to run via Comodo Firewall (Defense+), so it's no big deal anymore.

I like it very much. i think its better than comercial programs! Compared id to NOD32 and F-secure (using my own collection of programs and games cracks that are full of viruses and trojans) and it hs a better detection rate than both of them. And it doesnt use much resources too. Relatively fast scan. Really great.
It is easy to use I like it

since i discovered avira antivirus it has being my choice. Right now i am about to download again. I cant just stop using it because it serves my purpose. And i have invited some of my friends to also enjoy the facility so keep it up!

One of the best 3 antivirus programs in the market today.Probably with the best detection rates.The real time Guard does an excellent job and saved me twice.That combination makes it the BEST FREE antivirus,for me at least,since it managed to detect and remove a malware that caused continuous Vista crashes (which Norton , AVG 8 free, Threatfire,and Comodo failed to detect).
The luck of e mail scanner is a disadvantage but a minor one comparing with
the rest excellent elements.

im satisfied with the anti virus protection.

A great antivirus program! Scans your computer very quickly and informs you of every finding. Never ever had problems with that program. Got rid of a trojan other antivirus programs did not find.

What more can you ask for?

This is the best antivirus among paid and free programmes. It's absolutely one of the best antivirus tools for the protection of your computer. It has an excellent detection rate, strong guard and it is extremely light on resources. I also think that Avira has the lowest false detection rates. Every computer should have this software installed and if you have this installed then you will have peace of mind regarding virus threats.

Very good Antivirus. Lights, easy to use, reliable, and powerful database and updates.

90% of what avg finds that others dont arent real. avg is known to have low detection rates. its always avg users and symantec users that find something no one else does. think on that. symantec is well known to be horrible av and avg is known to be worst free av, so wonder why they find something no one else does? false positive that others know to whitelist maybe?

On 10th of OCT. I had a fully updated antivir on my home pc. I was using it for more than 6 months. but all of a sudden I got a virus named ria_sen.exe which could not be detected by Antivir. So disappointing for something I relied on. I installed AVG. It quickly detected this file as autoit virus. My system was going to be crashed and this virus was really fatal. Now I am safe and using AVG. Can't find courage to install new version of Antivir.

It's very light on my computer and I also use Eset Antivirus. Great combination. I recommend both of them.

I use Avira, because of its high detection rates thanks to high heuristic.
As for "missing AS" modul, I use SuperAntispyware Free and PrevxCSI.
There is one "bad thing" in Avira, that it can not delete threat automatic.
A user intervention is needed, that is why I instal AVG Free to my friends.

Related to the adware part, you can disable it like this:
http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm

Suggested requirements are really amazing, I've never seen Win XP running on Pentium 133 Mhz with 20 MB of RAM :)

It is the fastest antivirus I have ever used. It does not slow down your PC. When a PC is slow the cause is often your antivirus: don't change PC, change the antivirus! Try Antivir!

THE BEST FREE ANTIVIRUS !!!

High detection rate.
Light.
Daily updates.
Detects not only viruses, but also rootkits, keyloggers, spywares, etc.
High customizable.
Scans e-mails, memory, boot sectors, removable media, compressed files, internet, LAN, etc.
Easy to use.

Avira Antivir is, IMHO, the best free antivirus on the market today. It's very light and scans very quickily. Several antivirus tests in several sites shows a better detection rate than any other free antivirus, and even better than most comercial and famous antivirus. Just test it and see for yourself...

found more than 60 viruses in my system that AVG and avast did not.. this is not a joke.. :)

The best free AV available currently, lot better than some of the paid versions, after trying and comparing with Symantec corporate, AVG, AVAST etc, though Avira premium is still better, (especially the kind of malware, trojan and root kits faced here locally. So one must have, good firewall (like comodo) good antispy etc.

trying to download for a luddite is very tricky. have been at it for half an hour now. firstly there are so many google ads that its easy to click on one of those when your in a hurry. having established that there are ads everywhere, it is still tricky to work out what is actually the webpage and not advertisement! I had to sit and look at it for half a minute. then when I'd worked out I need to click on Softpedia (why cant each step have the same name??)I found my self back at the previous page!!! so I went round and round a few times. Now something is downloading, but I wont know if it is the Avira until later as it is called Antivir-workstation...???
I have already tried downloading Avira from another source, and that kept failing after it got part way through. as I have slow broadband, this means nursing it all the way, so very frustrating when it fails...Just failed at 68% but have had time to read the reviews and some suggest it appears great cos of many false positives and another that it uses a lot of processing power.

maybe I'll try some freeware (rather than adware)?

So I cannot assess the above features but wanted to let the company know how complicated it is to download your free version to try out!!

It fairly satisfies me. However, I could not be shielded by some other stuff recently. Does it exists a more powerful version?

you cant compare free anti-virus to paid. Kaspersky is gonna offer more than Antivir Free because one is free meaning less features. the paid version of Antivir rates higher then all other anti-virus on the market but the paid version is more complete then the free version. if the free version offered as much as the paid, who would pay for the paid version? no one.

It cannot look inside installer files which is bad for any anti virus software. How can it protect the system if we are not forwarned about malicious softwares, the purpose of AV software.

To devs make your AV know ever type of archiver and installer there is. Let the av check in them to scan for virus. Let the AV progess many level deep for rar files such as.

aa.rar/bb.rar/pop/cc.rar/file.ar yes i see these type of packed archives often.

On a scan i do not care if it takes more time. I just need to know the pc is clean of any virus.

I will keep a slow eye on your product. Right now of to look at Kaspersky it is said knows of many archives and installer types, and can scan for viruses in them.

I have used this product for several years and it has never failed me. Updating is easy. Awesome product.

i have come tot know that avira is the best to secure the operating system from any type of virus..so i want to download it

he utilizado varias clases de scanner pero avira es mejor por su manejo y efectividad

- hi! i don`t need write long. This product is the best of all i`ve known. i wish it to be in more lanuages- example in Azerbaijani or in Turkish ;) GOOD LUCKS!

i have been using this for years now.. one of the best... probably the BEST antivirus around... its free and detects the rarest of the rare viruses.. jus load it and forget it...its so simple..gr88 interface...low ram consumption...evrything abt it is awesome..give it atry.. it ROCKS

Excellent software & user friendly program. It runs in the background without any problems & only pops up when it protects you & when it is updating. I have told all my friends about it.

For a free antivirus it is quite good, but there is this annoying ad window which wants to get visible so much that it crashes a lot of games in full window mode.

i use antivir cause antivir is good to protect my computer from virus

I wish it will have the chinese edition and could be more users

I have used Antivir for several years now. It has been very good to me. I have an XP/dial-up and it updates every two weeks. This can be a slow process.

I also have Win95/dial-up and that is really slow. Lately i can\'t get the active guard to work on 95 so it is useless to me there in that way.

From time to time Antivir does have its little glitches which can be frustrating, but up to this time it has done me very well.

This latest not being able to activate the guard on \'95 has caused me to drop it off that machine.

I think it is a very good checker and remover(when it finds something). Support is difficult, but for a free offering ... it gives a lot of protection.

I'm proud to use avira Free edition, the best free antivirus in the world, powerful, very smart, and easy to use.
Always updated, and have capability to delete viruses that others can not heal or even detect !
Thanks.

excelente!! found 2 backdoors
CA did not

Senor Pescado say's Avira Rules and "eat mo' fish"

I love working with the protection of avira antivir because to my own view it is the one that has the pc protection in mind. thanks.

avira anti-virus software is highly effective and i really commend the effort of its developer/ i will rather say that they should keep up the good work

Very nice program. I use all day for my computer security

Generally good but the big miss in it that it does not include an email scanner bcz of that you must be careful when you open your emails
other bad point that it sometimes it does not detect some viruses especially VBS based ones and some trojans so I have to remove some of them manually and use Anti-Maleware to take care of the rest

The FREE version has Excellent protection & is easy to update. I even clean friends HDDs & computers with it & recomend it to all my friends

Avira catches virus b4 it have a chance to infect it, but if it is not able to delete it you'll be constantly be pestered by its pop up warning very two seconds and multiply that by however many virus you have on your pc, and yes, they are acculmulative. You have to manually click on each and every one of them to close them. The virus scan get stuck at 4%. Go figure.

I love this soft

Its very good price, optumum. Thanks!

–kaI consider that Avira antivir classic is adequate
for my personal needs this year Thankyou,

i like this very excellent

It is easy to use I like it

good antivirus

This is very good antivirus software. I use its free trial version. Its really very good antivirus software.

it is free and better than other

Look Softpedia's Definition of Adware

(1) Displays ad banners or other types of advertising material during its runtime
(2) Attempts to change the homepage for web browsers installed on the system
(3) Attempts to change the default search engine for web browsers installed on the system
(4) Offers to download or install software or components (such as browser toolbars) that the program does not require to fully function
(5) At program startup/shutdown , opens web pages featuring advertising or similar income generating content
(6) Creates desktop or start menu shortcuts for items unrelated to the program's functionality

that antivir pop up does none of that stuff. displaying during an update is dif then displaying while a product is running.

dude just cause u dont like the pop-up doesnt make it adware and its not adware defined by softpedia.

1) it doesnt try to install anything else

2) it doesnt run while the product runs only after an update. so you could see it as a notification your product updated while u were away

3) it doesnt display third party advertisements. it only notifies you that there is more protection available, its just like a pop-up telling you that you need to update your product. plus you can disable it in windows registry then it doesnt run at all.

its a bother at times but just cause someone doesnt like something or doesnt want something doesnt make it adware, spyware or a virus. i do believe softpedia should mention the pop-up but i dont believe it should be changed from freeware to adware.

The best free antivirus available. Its performance is better than many paid anti virus software.

This is one of the best if not THE best anti-virus programs out there. The detection rate is on par with - and even beats - some of the bigger names. A little work could be done on the interface though. Last thing, this is NOT freeware. It is adware. An ad is displayed when the definitions are downloaded and updated. This ad can be disabled through Windows, but not the program itself. I love you, Softpedia, but please stop lying to your patrons and label this program for what it really is!

DONT INSTALL WINDOWS VISTA SP1 UNTIL VERSION 8 COMES OUT OR THE UPDATER WONT WORK

it is the best anti virus soft ware

Very good antivirus software.

s**t happened on my comp but this thing is more than i can say its wonderfull good it has helped me so much

This one of the best antivirus freewares in the market and I think it is even better than paid ones. Low on resources, great detection and protection. A very good programme.

Best FREE AV ever made. I used the free one on my laptop and the one you pay on my desktop. Both work great. Using for 3 years and i never had any virus infection. It did find the virus before anything happened.

I it is the only one antivir to detect any type virus in pcs

Excellent in all respect

Just the Best AV.Avira owns.

Best as always............

i love it just cause someone refuses to get even windows xp ((which is like what 6-7 yrs old itself?)) they give a product a low rating for not supporting their even more ancient OS.

all because someone is too cheap to upgrade to even xp, they decide to bash a company because it wont support the ancient OS's anymore. while your at it, why not bash microsoft for not making sps for 2000 anymore? or better yet bash every company for no longer supporting DOS? =P

I use windows millenium (spelling?) who cares, anyway, I cannot believe that from my experience using this system that many of the programs that I used in the past are no longer available for Millenium users! That is ridiculous ! What is the problem with being available to let everyone use your program ! I used this in the past and it worked wonderful, I am very upset that it is not available now !

I first used Avira on my PC after much frustration with Norton and McAfee. Avira seems to quietly do its job in the background and that's much more than can be said about the others. Now I'm switching my daughter over to Avira. Keep up the good work.

I consider that Avira antivir classic is adequate
for my personal needs this year Thankyou,

very, very good.

Very Good,Very Good

AviraPE Classic is the best antivirus free.I'm using it for 2 years now and i haven't any problems.

False positives have proven to be more than occasional in my case -- it's been pretty much constant. Three times a day, or more, Antivir is alerting me about viruses in various files. I found that every one of them was a false positive with Google searches.

I've been using Antivir for two weeks, so I feel that I gave it a fair shot. I was told by another Softpedia reviewer that Antivir was rated higher even than Avast! free edition. I can see why; most people don't think to Google AV scan results unless their antivirus can't remove a reported threat. Avast! never reported a false positive in the year that I used it -- every alert proved genuine with a search. With it's oversensitivity, Antivir gives the illusion that it's more secure than other AVs because it's reporting so many false positives.

I have another complaint as well. Every time it updated a big nag screen to upgrade would pop up over the window I was working in, right in my face. So it's not really even freeware, it's nagware.

I'm going back to Avast! portable ClamWin. I just hope Avast! doesn't follow in their footsteps.

i seriously dont understand why ppl would ever give the best free av anything less than a 4. its better at detecting viruses than most. matter of fact it rated highest at av-comparitives the only down sides really r the fact its not for life and occasional "false positives" but all have fake positives.

7.0 beta is awfully slow. Ealier versions were excellent.
Guard don't use very much CPU and thus keeps files locked for long time. Something is wrong here. Background processing should use CPU minimally but real-time guard should do his work quickly and let other processes to work further.
I liked AntiVir but if they don't repair this beta quickly I should turn to another product (since security is important thing).

I like it very much. i think its better than comercial programs! Compared id to NOD32 and F-secure (using my own collection of programs and games cracks that are full of viruses and trojans) and it hs a better detection rate than both of them. And it doesnt use much resources too. Relatively fast scan. Really great.

With the net becoming more "infested" as time goes by, i now use two different virus scanners. AntiVir being one of them. i really like this scanner. it seem antiquated in terms of GUI and i cant seem to work out how to scan directories only, not the whole drive. Having said that the detection rate seems well above average for a free scanner. TOP MARKS. I heard a rumor you could run this scanner from a USB flash drive, and its true, at least for me. I have 2 computers at home. I just plug the 'AntiVir usb flash drive' in and it scans. I can even update AntiVir from the net from the usb drive. Well worth the download.

Found trojans others could not on first scan. Great program.

I've use it on different types of machines and OS. Unfortunatelly it skips some viruses or trojans and has sometime difficulties with updating.

I decided to try this program on a fresh install of Compaq's version of Windows XP Home edition. Installation and set up went very smooth but then I noticed a very noticable drop in my computers response time. It was even slower than my "emegency standby 233mhz machine." After some serious and frustrating looks into what was going on I concluded that AntiVir is a very serious memory hog. Soooo... if you have 512meg of memory or better this looks like a nice product. Less than that I suggest you look at a different program.

I have used Antivir for several years now. It has been very good to me. I have an XP/dial-up and it updates every two weeks. This can be a slow process.

I also have Win95/dial-up and that is really slow. Lately i can't get the active guard to work on 95 so it is useless to me there in that way.

From time to time Antivir does have its little glitches which can be frustrating, but up to this time it has done me very well.

This latest not being able to activate the guard on '95 has caused me to drop it off that machine.

I think it is a very good checker and remover(when it finds something). Support is difficult, but for a free offering ... it gives a lot of protection.