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kcyw on 16/04/2009 - 11:38 techsupportalert.com (332 clicks)
Last edited 18/08/2009 - 14:08

Thanks to Gizmo for this freebie.

"Avira, in collaboration with PC Advisor magazine, is offering a free six months license to its premium security suite.

Avira is the maker of our top rated free anti-virus program, AntiVir. The suite adds a firewall, anti-phishing defense and a raft of additional security features not found in their anti-virus program. You can see a full comparison here:

http://www.avira.com/en/solutions/home_home_office.html

To get the 6 month license click on the link below and fill in the online registration. Once you submit the form you will receive an email to the address you provided, containing full details how to download and register the product.

https://license.avira.com/en/promotion-8821dtghledngvzkrrqr

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  • moo on 16/04/2009 - 12:10

    Avira is a decent AV, very light on resources and works well.

  • Bayzone on 16/04/2009 - 12:18

    Good Antivirus. Thanks!

  • ESEMCE on 16/04/2009 - 13:07
    +1

    I don't understand why people pay for antivirus.. the free options are pretty good in my experience.
    Free antivirus + smart computing + steering clear of MS products (*less of a problem nowadays) = no problems for me..

  • SirCH on 16/04/2009 - 16:34
    +2

    Very good deal. The reason I bought my antivirus (which is Avira Antivir Premium - 1 step down from this version offered for free) is to support Avira. They also had the Webguard and Mailguard service with it - Webguard has only ever protected me three times (two times were on MySpace)

    So I snapped up this for free! It has the firewall with it, so I can uninstall my other firewall now and just have 1 program :)

  • Foma2 on 16/04/2009 - 18:53

    To scubacoles :
    Avira has a freeware version of antivirus : Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus.

    To kcyw :
    thanks - very good finding. I've just updated my licence for Avira AntiVir Premium till 16/10/2009.
    Also here is a link to 3 month licences (use it later when this one expires)
    https://license.avira.com/en/promotion-6dl7vtc3unbw2mzefr1b?…

    PS Avira is a very good GERMAN product like BMW or Mercedes (I am not a German so I am not biased).

  • dreamscene on 16/04/2009 - 19:07

    I installed it. I now have 2 anti virus, avast and antvir. Feel doubly protected.

  • Foma2 on 16/04/2009 - 20:34
    +2

    Be careful mate, two anti-viruses on the same computer can start fighting with each other any minute providing their auto scanners/guards are on.

  • [Deactivated] on 16/04/2009 - 22:33

    i agree with Foma2. you dont need 2 antivirus at the same time. you can get kaspersky internet security beta version for free anyway and kaspersky is a trusted brand. it is the leading antivirus software out there.

  • murkywater on 16/04/2009 - 22:44

    Thanks for this :)

    Avira is the best anti-virus - BAR NONE! Here is a comparison done by a well respected third party av-comparatives: http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02

    Thats the latest comparison. As you can see if you click the link, avira is the best with detection rates of 99%+, and low false positives.

    @Dreamscene: Having two anti-virus programs is pretty dumb (no offense). You only need 1 good one, and having two can cause conflicts and WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR COMPUTER.

    If you are really paranoid, then what you should do is get superantispyware (free edition), malwarebytes antimalware. Both of these are on demand scanners that will not start up unless you set them up to. They are known to be the best right now. From time to time you can do a scan with them.

    • bigheadache on 17/04/2009 - 11:32

      On demand stats aren't really useful as a judge of antivirus quality. The reason is that if your "on-demand" scan actually detects something, its means that virus has gotten onto your pc already.

      Ideally, the best protection is common sense (like avoiding dodgy websites, not clicking every email attachment from strangers, hardware firewall), and if you choose to use antivirus, then antivirus that has good heuristics (with low false positives) or has a good "proactive" score that will block the nasties before they get on your system.

  • Foma2 on 16/04/2009 - 23:32

    kasperski uses too much pc resources esp. compared to avira.

    • pais on 17/04/2009 - 01:04

      Anyone that's half computer-savvy can generally get away with not running a resident AV program at all - there's generally no reason to.

      Edit: Sorry, not having a dig at this bargain or anything… free software is always a good deal :)

      • ESEMCE on 17/04/2009 - 07:28
        -1

        I don't think it is free software. It's free for a limited period of time.. basically it's a year's free trialware.

        Agree 100% that antivirus is unnecessary. Hence my comment further up about using free antivirus.

      • R3XNebular on 17/04/2009 - 14:44
        +1

        Correct, a decent HIPS and smart surfing habits will keep you away from malware. On the other hand this is one of the top programs available for security suites.
        Www.av-comparatives.org

  • Bayzone on 22/05/2009 - 03:40

    The promotion has expired on 17 May 2009.

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