Re: Avira AntiVir Question

On Sat, 19 May 2007 02:53:46 -0600, Bullseye <bullseye@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Fri, 18 May 2007 14:40:29 -0600, Dale wrote:

MaHaBone wrote:

<dale@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:01bq439ojdtmon2e761pigmh8d7k0nbb2q@xxxxxxxxxx
I've been a Kaspersky user for several years, but the SW is becoming
more expensive for my two WinXP systems.

AOL's Active Virus Shield is powered by Kaspersky engine and is free.
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?
(Opt for NOT downloading the toolbar)

MaHaBone

Since AOL's Kaspersky engine is missing two of Kaspersky's features,
HTTP traffic scanner and "Proactive Protection" (several unique
features), can they really be considered equal? Of course, it looks
like Avira does not have these features either.

dale

I've used both and they are far from equal. AOL AVS is a signature scanner,
and that's about it. Granted, it is probably the best signature scanner of
all the free AV's, but the actual Kaspersky AV's features are not even
comparable to AVS - are way beyond its capabilities. I've also used Avira
and found it to be very 'buggy' and extremely prone to false positives. If
I had to choose between Avira and AOL AVS, AVS is my pick. Right now, I am
using the KIV beta and am very pleased with it. However, like you, I'm not
sure I want to pay seventy bucks for the actual version. Once my beta trial
runs out, I imagine I will go back to AVS, as I really don't care for any
of thte other free AV's.

Thanks for your assessment. I purchased a copy of Avira Antivir
Personal Premium a while back. I've not had any issues with it, other
than my concern that it is so easy to disable. While KAV may miss a
few malwares that Avira finds, I still haven't found anything that is
the overall equal to KAV.

Dale
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