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Avira Anti-Virus users may have been faced with an interesting situation yesterday when the product detected one of its components as being a trojan or a piece of spyware.
“We have had a false positive for the Avira file AESCRIPT.DLL which was detected as TR/Spy.463227,” revealed a statement on their sup... |
27 October 2011
06:19 GMT |
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The philosophy behind the new range of Avira products is “less is more”, and this means improved protection with less complex handling of features and options.The new Avira model includes a redesigned interface and new detection mechanisms. Counter-measures against process termination or component deletio... |
5 October 2011
08:07 GMT |
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Avira has stirred up some controversy among users after deciding to display ads for a third-party registry cleaner within the free version of its antivirus product.Avira AntiVir Personal, the free solution offered by the German security vendor, is one of the most popular anti-malware products on the market today and ... |
14 June 2011
05:56 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a newly identified ZeuS sample is signed with a fake digital certificate allegedly issued to German antivirus vendor Avira.Code signing has been possible since the days of Windows NT, however, adoption of the technology was slow until Windows Vista and Windows 7, where UAC (User Access ... |
21 February 2011
02:59 GMT |
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According to the results of a survey conducted by Avira, two thirds of antivirus users have tested more than one security product during the past twelve months and one in four have turned off their antivirus protection because of performance problems.A number of over 9,000 Avira users from around the world took the s... |
20 December 2010
11:56 GMT |
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Earlier today, Avira users were unable to access Google, CNN and other popular websites, because of bogus detections triggered by the WebGuard component."For a short time this morning (between 7:00 am and 8:45 am MEST), some domains slipped through into our WebGuard filtering system which caused some users to not be ... |
14 October 2010
10:04 GMT |
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Avira reports that the number of PDF documents rigged with malware rose by 50 percent in May compared with the previous month. Data gathered by the company also reveals that .ru was the preferred country code TLD for hosting malware and that .br had the largest number of phishing websites. According to the German an... |
17 June 2010
10:37 GMT |
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This article is also available in Spanish: AVG Free Anti-Virus vs. Avira AntiVir PersonalTalking about a free anti-virus a few years back would have been blasphemy, while today, users have the luxury to be picky about the security brand to entrust the protection of their system to. And even if nowadays there are at ... |
24 April 2010
07:51 GMT |
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Este artículo está también disponible en inglés: Antivirus Freebies: AVG and Avira Hablar de antivirus gratuitos hace unos años hubiera sido una blasfemia, mientras que los usuarios de hoy se permiten el lujo de ser exigentes con las marcas de seguridad a las que quieren encome... |
24 April 2010
07:51 GMT |
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Less than a month ago, Avira released to the market an updated line of security products. The free version is, naturally, the center piece of Avira’s protection fleet, and it is also the target of this exclusive interview with Helmut Büsker, Product Manager at Avira GmbH.The program introduces new features... |
14 April 2010
10:42 GMT |
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This article is also available in Spanish: Antivirus de pago vs. gratuitosTaking care of your system these days seems to be a less complicated task than it used to be a few years back. Now, protection against malware begins the moment you install your operating system. Windows 7 offers some basic security throug... |
2 April 2010
10:57 GMT |
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Este artículo está también disponible en inglés: Antivirus: Free vs. Paid DetectionEl cuidado de tu sistema parece ser una tarea menos complicada de lo que solía ser hace unos años. Hoy en día la protección contra el malware comienza desde el momento en que ins... |
2 April 2010
08:55 GMT |
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Version 10 of Avira AntiVir is currently available for download, and users will be able to access the download links at the bottom of this article. The promise from the German AV company is that the latest iteration of its security solutions brings to the table malware-protection enhancements, as well as improved man... |
23 March 2010
12:56 GMT |
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Avira has just released an updated version of its fleet of security products destined for desktop protection, bringing it to version 10. By far the most popular of the bunch is AntiVir Personal, which is also the most feature-stripped in Avira’s portfolio. It happens to be so popular because it falls under the ... |
23 March 2010
09:46 GMT |
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According to German security vendor Avira, PayPal was the target of over 50% of phishing attacks throughout February. Despite a significant decline over January being observed, PayPal remains the most heavily phished brand. Avira's phishing statistics for February reveal that 52.92% of the total number of uniqu... |
5 March 2010
11:35 GMT |
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If you're going to go out, at least go out with a bang. This seems to be Microsoft's motto for Windows Live OneCare, a security solution that, in the latest comparative tests performed by AV-Comparatives, managed to best almost all rival products, including offerings from Eset, BitDefender, Kaspersky, AVG, ... |
1 June 2009
09:47 GMT |
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The search for the best antivirus of 2008 has advanced one step further, courtesy of security solution testing lab AV-Test.org. All the best available 2008 security suite editions were thrown against in excess of 1.1 million samples of malicious code on an arena of Windows XP SP2. At this point in time, with XP SP3 j... |
13 March 2008
05:58 GMT |
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After Symantec reported that the Windows Update mechanism can be hijacked by hackers in order to compromise computers, Microsoft's security patch infrastructure is yet again targeted by attacks. However, the difference is that this time the threat does not exploit a flaw in the architecture of Microsoft's u... |
8 June 2007
05:45 GMT |
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Although I believe we don't need any evidence that our computers are not safe anymore, another antivirus solution joins the list of the vulnerable applications making our systems opened to attacks. This time, the vulnerable program is Avira AntiVir, a security solution that was designed to fight against viruses,... |
29 May 2007
10:48 GMT |
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