"Free antivirus Avira AntiVir Personal and Avira Free Antivirus: which one to choose?" and wants to get to know this popular antivirus program better, this publication will help with her correct installation and setup. As I wrote, Avira Free Antivirus functionally no different from its previous version AntiVir Personal- user installation procedures are also identical. Therefore, the algorithm outlined below is applicable in both cases, although I recommend using it.

So, the required distribution has been downloaded, what next? First, you should make sure that there are no other anti-virus solutions on the computer, otherwise, uninstall (delete). Secondly, to avoid interference, close all running applications. Third, establish an Internet connection, you will need it to free registration Avira and receiving serial number(key). The hardware requirements set by the developers are not high, but for the sake of decency, I will give them: Pentium 266 MHz and higher / 150 MB on hard drive / 256 MB RAM for Windows XP and 1 GB for Vista / 7.

Important!

When accompanying the installation, which is desirable, with a Pro-type uninstaller, right-click and select the “Install with Revo” mode.

1. Double-click to launch the installer → click " Further". In the following dialog boxes we accept the conditions license agreement and select the installation type (I recommend the " Quick installation "). In the window " WebGuard with Avira SearchFree Toolbar"do not check the box" I accept the Ask.com license agreement and want to install WebGuard with Avira SearchFree Toolbar" → "Further ".

2. In the window " Voluntary registration"enter your personal information and click" Further". If you have activated the "Custom installation" mode, wait for additional dialog boxes selecting the target folder and components. I recommend not changing anything, but pressing " Further".

Important!

If desired, additionally fill in the fields not marked with an asterisk and select “Yes, I want to register to receive the Avira newsletter.”

3. In the windows" Settings assistant"we also don’t touch anything and click sequentially" Further".

4. In the penultimate setting window we leave " Normal old T"to launch the AntiVir Guard module (online scanner mode) → uncheck the box next to the item " P Perform a short system check after installation is complete "→ in the final window click " Ready" .

Antivirus installation Avira to your computer is completed, you can reboot the system and update the signature databases via the Internet (right-click on the scanner’s tray icon and select “ Launching the update"). After the update, I recommend doing the following: through " F8"in the program configuration select" Expert mode "+ scanner on demand" Scanner" and adjust accordingly to the maximum scanning depth (screenshot below). The applet you activated " Search for rootkits"with a full OS scan, it will save time, because there is an additional launch" Search for rootkits and active malware" is no longer required.

Now, if you did not install an antivirus on a “clean” Windows, you can do a full scan - and this should be done periodically, for example, after many hours of Internet surfing.

• When updating signature databases, do not update the product version! Otherwise, "roll back" to a tawdry red Avira Free Antivirus, which I wrote about in the voiced review. To disable the corresponding "reminder" in " Configuration" ("F8") → "Update " → "Product Update "should be activated" Do not update the product ".
• For convenience, the folder with temporary files can be moved to the main directory of the diskC:\ (for the author this is the “TEMP” folder common to all system “garbage”), see in the configuration " General" → "Folders " → "Select manually ".
• For a deeper understanding of the functionality AntiVir Personal and if you have any questions, you can always turn to the detailed Russified reference guide for help (select in the panel " Reference " → "Content"). Or, of course, write in the comments to the post.

As you can see, this antivirus solution from Avira Operations GmbH Co. KG is very ergonomic and does not require special care, with high operating efficiency, which is confirmed by numerous awards from specialized computer publications and Internet portals based on tests and user ratings.

After installing the Avira antivirus, it, like any other antivirus application, such as Avast, should be configured to suit your needs. And although some settings have already been described, I think it makes sense to dwell on the Avira antivirus settings in more detail. The settings window, as usual, opens by clicking the context menu on the program icon and selecting the “Setting up Avira Free Antivirus” option. The default settings window opens on virus database update parameters. Six hours is the minimum value, leave it there. More often you can’t do it anyway, and less often it’s just stupid.

Avira antivirus scanner settings window

What’s nice is that when you move the cursor to a certain position, you can read specific information about this action in the description.

Setting up the "Files" section

This section groups three methods for checking files. The first “All files” can be excluded immediately. As they say, this is for the paranoid and besides scanning for too long, it will not give anything more. The second and third points are basically identical. The only difference is that by selecting the “Editable list...” item, you can add your own extensions to it. That is, both methods have a set list of file extensions. After all, you must admit that any file, including malicious ones, has its own extension. By selecting last option, you can add a new malicious extension you just read on the Internet.

Let's move on to the section additional settings. Here I would definitely advise not to check just one box “Follow links”. The point about ignoring paths and files on network drives I didn’t mention it, if only because I don’t have these same network drives. If you have it, it's up to you to decide. The checkboxes on the remaining points in this section are logical and quite reasonable. I don’t know whether it’s worth touching on the “Scanning process” section. It seems that everything here is clear and without explanation.

Configuring what Avira antivirus does when it detects viruses

Here we are offered two options. In the first option “Interactive”, after scanning you will see a window with a list of detected malicious files. In this case, you will make the decision about each file yourself. Well, if you check the “Automatic” and “Copy to Quarantine” checkboxes, the antivirus will respond according to a predetermined scenario.

Let's move on to the settings of Avira antivirus archives

In this window, the types of archives to be scanned are set. By default, the antivirus already detects almost all known types of archives. If this doesn’t seem enough to you, check the “All archive types” option. The remaining parameters set are, in my opinion, sufficient.

Configuring exceptions from scanner scanning

To add to the list of exceptions, click on the “…” button, specify the path to the file and click on the “Add” button. Interesting point for sure specified path, will exclude from the scan only this located by this path file. Entering only the file name into the list, without specifying the path to it, will exclude all files with that name from scanning. In this case, the location of the file does not matter.

There is no need to change anything in the Heuristics window. These settings are optimal. After this, the scanning settings can be considered configured. Move on to what I think is the most important thing, real-time protection settings. The “annoyance” of the Avira antivirus depends on these settings.

Configure real-time protection

In this window, just like in the main scanner window, you are asked to select which file extensions will be monitored by the antivirus. The difference between editable and base list, similar to the above. In my opinion, checking the “Scanning archives” box does not make much sense. Real-time protection mode also has its own list of exceptions.

Specifying the path and adding to the exclusion list is the same as in the scan settings. But here, in addition to files, you can also add verified processes to the exclusion list.

Setting up heuristics

In the heuristics window, the AHeAD option is enabled by default, the detection level of which you can configure.

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Here, as in the scanner settings, the higher the level of heuristics, the more reliable the protection, but, of course, without a fly in the ointment, the number of false positives will also increase. These internet security settings are optimal by default.

Customizing the General Tab

Open the threat category settings window and add your categories to the default ones. Personally, I added items: programs that are jokes and programs that violate my privacy. I think there is no point in explaining why, everything is already clear. In the same tab, under the “Password” category, you can set your password to access the Avira antivirus settings.

Setting up the Security tab

In this window you can block or enable the autorun function. Protect the host file and the antivirus itself from malicious changes. At this point, the basic settings of the Avira antivirus can be considered complete. Of course, it is impossible to describe all the useful antivirus settings, but in any case, there is a lot of information on the Internet about antivirus settings.

Good day, dear friends, acquaintances and other personalities. Today you will find an article about your favorite antiviruses. Why favorites?

The fact is that, traditionally, very often I am asked a question along the lines of " Which antivirus is the best?". And it would be okay if they just asked questions, but no - they literally torture, and therefore, in Lately, I am increasingly writing articles for you on this topic, which, in fact, is evidenced by materials about: the well-known and good old AVZ from the material ““, loved by many “,”, already remade 30 times and once loved by me “ “, recently mentioned , or the same shareware “Dr.Web“.

Today we are waiting for you with material about Avira antivirus, which is available in both a free and paid interface, and also (at the time of updating the article) received a new interface.

Let's get started.

Installing, configuring and using Avira antivirus.

Actually, traditionally, this antivirus is absolutely free, like almost everything I write about on this site. You can download it If anyone is interested in more visual instructions, then at the end of the article there is a video from our channel.

I must say that Avira has for some time now taken a rather strange path, namely, the most automated installation without user intervention, which, frankly speaking, does not make me happy at all. Previously, it was a more flexible and enjoyable process, and not just one button.

Frankly speaking, after something like this, I was somewhat disappointed in this free antivirus, because the user should always be able to choose the installation location, installation components, and all that other stuff. In general, I am amazed by the tendencies of senseless automation of certain processes without user participation, because it turns out that the authors are not so much following the path of user-friendliness, but consider the user to be a complete idiot who is not able to choose the installation path and/or read the description of the components that he is going to install ( I will write a separate article about this later). However, aside from the lyrics.

After pressing the button " Accept and install", which is shown in the first picture, in fact, the installation process will begin for you (provided that you have not messed around with optimization or someone especially smart has not disabled the necessary services for you), which can be determined by the pop-up tips in the tray (near hours).

Once the antivirus is installed, you can begin configuring it. For this process, you need to right-click on the umbrella icon in the tray and select " Antivirus management":

From the very beginning, let's move on to the settings, because they are the determining nuance of further interaction with the antivirus. As usual, I will briefly go over the key ones, and then let everyone rely on their own feelings, since the nuances there are not critical:

Let's start with the "System Scanner" tab, where you need to check the set of checkboxes shown above in the screenshot. In principle, the above parameters are configured for average search speed, but if you need, you can select "All files" in order to increase the search time (but also its quality) and/or vice versa select " Editable list of extensions" and disable a whole set of checkboxes that are indicated on the right in the screenshot (in order to increase speed, but reduce the quality of checks).

On the tab " General - Threat Categories"(which is higher in the screenshot) I would recommend checking two boxes, namely: " Dialing program for paid numbers " And " Programs that violate the private sphere". The rest is up to your taste, but there may be a fact of unnecessary triggering (it will still occur, but in this case less often).

Well... As for the tab " Internet security". I beg you very much, turn off what the integrated one offers (especially since de facto they offer Windows firewall) and use at least some alternative solution. You can read about these very solutions under the firewalls tag.

However, that’s all for now. Frankly, Avira was tastier earlier, although it still has the right to a place on the market. As I said earlier, we have a video on one of the versions of the antivirus, which may be useful to you in your household:

Where to buy a license for Avira antivirus

If you decide to purchase full version program (not the free one, which is in the article, but an extended full version of the antivirus), it is recommended to do this not in retail stores (which not only add a significant markup, but also add to the final price the cost of the box with the program, its delivery to the store, and the cost of rental store and other “logistics”), and in online stores that:

• Firstly, it is cheaper (not only for the reasons stated above, but also because the software is purchased/sold in wholesale quantities);
• Secondly, it’s convenient, because you don’t have to go anywhere and you can pay with a credit card or an SMS from your phone;
• Thirdly, it is quite safe, because you can get a license immediately ( Fast shipping keys to Email) check and activate, which you can’t do in an offline store.

For my part, I would recommend, simply because the place is proven (in any case, people still buy software for home/offices there) and have existed on the software market since 2004. In general, you can read any marketing on the Internet or on a store’s website; my job is to recommend it.

By the way, if suddenly, for some reason, you know a software store that is cheaper (and most importantly, better!), then contact us through , my team and I will consider your option... and maybe we will offer it to the readers in this text. Thank you!

It's time to move on to the afterword.

Afterword.

Well, that's probably all. I hope that the article will be useful to you and that you will not use a hacked antivirus, but rather honestly use a free solution or buy a license.

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Kaspersky, Dr.web, ESET NOD32, Avast are quite popular anti-virus software products today, in the shadow of which Avira Antivirus - the result of the work of the German developer company Avira looks rather inconspicuous. But not for users of low-power computers and budget laptops. The latter are very familiar with the Avira antivirus product, since it is perhaps one of the few programs that, while sufficiently effective in detecting threats and high performance during scanning, it also has such an irreplaceable quality for weak hardware as minimal consumption of computer resources.

1. Avira – lightweight, powerful, hassle-free antivirus

The secret to Avira's fast scanning speed lies in its multi-threaded technology, which allows the program to scan multiple files simultaneously. So, for example, during the scanning process on a computer with a single-core 2 GHz processor, you can safely view video, work with text editor, surf the web and perform other non-resource-intensive tasks to avoid boredom.

Avira antivirus in real-time computer protection mode works almost unnoticed, which cannot be said, for example, about ESET NOD32, whose services seriously burden the processor. Avira is updated daily and quite quickly, again, which cannot be said about Avast antivirus or AVG, where the user of a low-power computer is practically unable to carry out any actions while updating their databases.

Separately, it is worth noting the ease of installation and removal of Avira antivirus. If, to remove Dr.web, for example, you need to download it on the Internet special utility for uninstallation, and to remove ESET NOD32, it is not always possible to stop its operation through the manager Windows tasks and to do this you have to run in safe mode, then with Avira everything is extremely simple. This antivirus can be installed and uninstalled simply, without any problems. To remove it, just use a regular removal service Windows programs or special software for “competent” uninstallation, available on the Internet in a huge assortment.

2. Functionality of the free version of Avira Free Antivirus

The official website of Avira presents a number of assemblies of the company's antivirus products, designed for both home use, and as solutions for organizations. Let us consider below in more detail the free version of the product - Avira Free Antivirus, intended purely for home use.

What functionality does the free version of Avira antivirus include?

« System Scanner"is a classic scanner that checks local disks and removable media for detection of threats - viruses, spyware and malware, as well as attempts by companies to track user actions for market research. This function has a number of scanning profiles - full and quick system scans, separate scans of local drives and separate removable media, checking running processes, checking for malware.

« Real-Time Protection» is a real-time computer protection feature that blocks threats while the user is working. In other words, the antivirus detects and neutralizes viruses, spyware and malware on the fly.

« Scheduler"is a standard feature of antivirus programs that allows you to schedule an antivirus scan of your computer (scan).

« Updates"is an opportunity manual update antivirus databases, besides them automatic update.

« Quarantine"is a repository of files infected and isolated by the antivirus. If desired, the user can check any of the quarantined files again, delete, restore, and also send for verification to the developer - in service center Avira.

Antispam, firewall, parental control - some antivirus products may contain these functions free version programs. But in the case of Avira, these functions are paid; to enable them, the program must be updated to a paid version in which they will be active. Although for any advanced user it will be obvious that such an investment of money is inappropriate, because there is an anti-spam folder in almost every email service, a firewall is a built-in function in any Windows versions, and for parental controls There are a lot of separate software products and Internet services, including free options.

3. Avira Free Antivirus: settings and features of the program

The main feature of Avira Free Antivirus settings is its simplicity and minimalism. When compared, for example, with complex settings ESET antivirus NOD32, which only a candidate of high-tech sciences can fully understand, then in the situation with Avira everything is much simpler. There are few settings here, they are extremely easy to understand even for novice users.

Settings " System Scanner"allow you to change the preset list of file formats so that the antivirus scans only files of a certain format. For example, if a user is actively working with .doc documents over the network, he can run a scan to check only .doc files on the computer. You can set a priority for scanning, disable the ability to stop the scanning process, and also enable or disable some of the additional settings.

In settings " Updates» The user can change the preset automatic update interval of the program.

« General"—in these settings you can expand the list of threats from which Avira Free Antivirus can potentially protect your computer. To the preinstalled options, you can add protection against applications and games that could put the system at risk, prank programs such as fire or flood on the desktop, etc.

Avira Free Antivirus is an extremely independent software product; user participation is required only in cases of making important decisions or critical errors.

4. Avira Free Antivirus: interface

The intuitive and user-friendly interface of an antivirus software product today is unlikely to surprise users. Since most antiviruses with advanced functionality are paid products, designed for the mass buyer. The Avira Free Antivirus program is designed in a single, laconic style, and its ease of use is ensured, for the most part, by the simplicity of settings and uncluttered functionality. Top Menu The program is completely duplicated by a visualized side menu on the left, from where you can go to the most necessary functions and settings of the program.

5. About Avira Free Antivirus in general

As you can see, Avira Free Antivirus contains standard functionality antivirus program, intended for home computer use. The antivirus will detect any danger in real-time protection mode, and scanning the system or individual computer segments will quarantine infected files. Avira Free Antivirus, naturally, will not surprise the user with any special functionality, especially in the free version. But for the free version of an antivirus program, effectively performing a narrow but specific range of tasks is more than enough.

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