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    Avira Premium 6-month free

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Patrick Y., Apr 7, 2008.

  1. Patrick Y.

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    Patrick Y., Apr 7, 2008
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    Very nice... Repped!
     
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    Hmmm... it seems that the comparison was done with AVG 7.5, not the new 8.0 version.
     
    Patrick Y., Apr 7, 2008
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    I'm currently using Avira free and Threatfire. What do you think of turning off Threatfire while using Avira Premium?
     
    richarddd, Apr 12, 2008
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    No need, keep TF on.
     
    Gintoki, Apr 12, 2008
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    What types of evil does TF address that are not covered by Avira premium?
     
    richarddd, Apr 12, 2008
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    It's a behavioral real time scanner, Avira is an on demand scanner. Although I'm not 100% sure if Avira premium has real time too.
     
    Gintoki, Apr 12, 2008
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    Premium has a "guard" function:

    You will normally want to monitor your system constantly. To this end, use the Guard (= on-access scanner). With this you can scan all files that are copied or opened on the workstation for viruses and unwanted programs "on the fly".
     
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    Then it should be alright to let both of them run, if you start having problems, uninstalling TF would be okay.
     
    Gintoki, Apr 12, 2008
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    Just to be clear, I'm not asking if there is any problem in running both TF and premium, I'm asking if premium alone is likely to be adequate protection.
     
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    Yes i understand, just telling you since Avira has a guard it's okay to turn off TF, but you should only do it if there are problems.
     
    Gintoki, Apr 12, 2008
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    Thanks for anwering
     
    richarddd, Apr 12, 2008
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    Oh yeah Avira 8 is probably going to be released tomorrow as a free upgrade.
     
    Patrick Y., Apr 13, 2008
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