Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.

[sam]

AntiVirus Name: Avira Free 2012
Free or Paid: Free
Price in INR [If Paid]: -
Protection Type: Antivirus & Antispyware

Ratings out of 5.
User Friendly: 4
Detection Rate: 5
Price: 5
Overall: 4.5

Recommend to Use: Yes.
Comments: a bit heavy on the system (i feel 2010 was light). uses ~85Mb memory during scan. use this if you are bored with Avast.

[Tech.Masti]

^^yes, 2012 is quite heavy than 10.2..... but much lighter than Kaspersky 2012..... and independent antivirus labs gave Avira real good ratings.....

[topgear]

AntiVirus Name: Avira Free 2012
Free or Paid: Free
Price in INR [If Paid]: -
Protection Type: Antivirus & Antispyware

Ratings out of 5.
User Friendly: 4
Detection Rate: 5
Price: 5
Overall: 4.5

Recommend to Use: Yes.
Comments: a bit heavy on the system (i feel 2010 was light). uses ~85Mb memory during scan. use this if you are bored with Avast.

thanks for the feedback

still using the fully updated 10.2.0.704 - looks like auto update has not updated it to 12.0.0.849 ( this the version no. of the free 2012 edition - correct me if this is wrong ).

Will manually download and install the 2012 free edition asap

[thetechfreak]

AVG 2012 Free out

Download AVG Free Edition 2012.0.1834 (32-bit) - Technical Details - FileHippo.com


Will be downloading and posting short review in couple of days

[sam]

thanks for the feedback

still using the fully updated 10.2.0.704 - looks like auto update has not updated it to 12.0.0.849 ( this the version no. of the free 2012 edition - correct me if this is wrong ).

filehippo shows this as latest: AntiVir Personal 12.0.0.861

AVG 2012 Free out

look at the size

Will be downloading and posting short review in couple of days

one of the rare guys who use AVG i stopped using (& recommending AVG) more than a year ago. heavy on the system and a lot of ads/banners.

and independent antivirus labs gave Avira real good ratings.....

only complain about Avira is its scanning speed. i felt it to be a bit slower than Avast. or maybe cause display drivers were not installed. it was done in a freshly installed Win7.

[CA50]

Hmm... no avast fan around

[sam]

Hmm... no avast fan around

Avira was installed on my friend's system. i'm on Avast & will be for........ sometime

[CA50]

^ ya avast is simply great, because its free and light on system

[masach315]

One of the best antivirus is 'yourself'
I'm just starting to use bitdefender antivirus pro 2011 which is paid copy but luckily got it for free. Let's see what it is all about.

[nisargshah95]

Hmm... no avast fan around

I used Avast! on Windows XP for quite some years and now it isn't available for Server 2k8. So had to separate from it. As soon as it starts supporting Windows 8, will get it...

[CA50]

^ hold on, let MS release their final version, avast will definitely support that

[topgear]

filehippo shows this as latest: AntiVir Personal 12.0.0.861

look at the size

one of the rare guys who use AVG i stopped using (& recommending AVG) more than a year ago. heavy on the system and a lot of ads/banners.

only complain about Avira is its scanning speed. i felt it to be a bit slower than Avast. or maybe cause display drivers were not installed. it was done in a freshly installed Win7.

^^ thanks for the info - funny thing is the link on Avira's website takes you to cnet's download.com to download the free version and they are still showing they have 12.0.0.849 dated oct 3

even softpedia is showing the latest version as 12.0.0.861 last updated on 25th Oct - so from now on if I have to download Avira's latest free version I'll not use the official website instead will get it from softpedia anyway

[sam]

funny thing is the link on Avira's website takes you to cnet's download.com to download the free version and they are still showing they have 12.0.0.849 dated oct 3

most software sites simply redirect to CNET & CNET doesn't usually update for minor releases. thats why i follow filehippo for regular & softpedia for the rest of my software downloads.

[Skud]

Majorgeeks & FreewareFiles also have regular updated versions.

[sam]

Majorgeeks & FreewareFiles also have regular updated versions.

i don't trust majorgeeks. at times they don't update their server with the new file but site shows updated. it has happened to me numerous times.

[bubusam13]

Using Microsoft Security Essentials from 2 1/2 years. Not even a single virus in my PC. MOD EDIT, I stay online about 18 hours a day. Very good antivirus. Does not slow down PC or internet. You wont even notice there is an antivirus running.

Before I used BitDefender. Very good protection but I used to get fatal errors. Many times need some windows patch and all.

Before Bitdefender, I used Kaspersky.Bloody hell. It should ask be before deleting *.exe files. All *.exe s are not virus. MOD EDIT. How will I learn then. Even it won't let me open some specific websites that I thinks is not qualified for me to view.

[sygeek]

Using Microsoft Security Essentials from 2 1/2 years. Not even a single virus in my PC. MOD EDIT, I stay online about 18 hours a day. Very good antivirus. Does not slow down PC or internet. You wont even notice there is an antivirus running.

True. In my opinion, I don't think anyone needs anything more than MSE for general purposes (exceptional purposes don't include other AVs as well).

[bubusam13]

MOD EDIT I mentioned for educational porpose. Aniwz, okay

[sam]

posting and discussing about cracks & warez and also the source are against forum rules. it doesn't matter if you download for educational purpose or some other use. rules are rules

[meetdilip]

one of the rare guys who use AVG i stopped using (& recommending AVG) more than a year ago. heavy on the system and a lot of ads/banners.

My friend won't leave AVG free, no matter what I say.

Hmm... no avast fan around

I think many, including me

[gopi_vbboy]

which one is good AV for windows 7 (presently USING eset 5)...should have least bloatness

[MegaMind]

^^You already have good one, stick to it...

[bubusam13]

Microsoft Security Essentials if you have original windows. If you don't get original. If you can't make it original. The Windows Genuine Advantage redirects you to a page where you can pay and make your copy of windows genuine. I have heard they even give discounts respecting the fact that you are contributing to stopping piracy.

[d6bmg]

which one is good AV for windows 7 (presently USING eset 5)...should have least bloatness

ESET is very good. Don't worry about your present antivirus.

[sam]

My friend won't leave AVG free, no matter what I say.

AVG detection rate in on par with the other 2 (or say 3) famous free AVs. just it is heavy on the system.

[rajnusker]

ESET is very good. Don't worry about your present antivirus.

Agreed, been using Eset for years. One wouldn't feel the need of any other powerful suites unless he downloads pile of stuff from dodgy sites and connects shitloads of pendrives/usbs each day. lol

[Tech.Masti]

any Quick Heal user here??? want to know their experience...... i know its heavy and very costly.......but don't know why in my town, peoples are crazy about Kaspersky and Quick Heal ........its okay, i have no problem with Kaspersky its recognised all over the world, but Quick Heal ??

please share your experience......

[topgear]

^^ refer to this post
Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.

[Tech.Masti]

ha ha ha ..... i think i missed that post somehow..... BTW thanx for the post link.....

[topgear]

^^ you're welcome