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  1. Posts : 3,028
    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1
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       #31

    Parry said:
    tw33k said:
    If I were you, irrespective of this, I would look around at other vendor's websites. There are better products available
    Yeah, after going through What's the Best Anti-virus?
    I too was a bit unsure of Avira & wanted to go for Avast. Is that what you are trying to point?
    I would choose Avast over Avira yes.
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  2. Posts : 67
    XP Pro SP3 | Vista Home Premium x86 | Windows 7 Pro x86
       #32

    tw33k said:
    I would choose Avast over Avira yes.
    Thanks! :)
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  3. Posts : 3,028
    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1
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       #33

    My pleasure
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  4. Posts : 1
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       #34

    avira premium security suite picked it up
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  5. Posts : 2,737
    Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
       #35

    VIPRE did not catch it but so far in my testing it does not catch anything. This is the most USELESS AV software I have ever used.

    McAfee 8.7i wouldn't even let me save it, it was screaming before I could do much of anything.

    Tally: McAfee v8.7i = YES
    Vipre = NO

    Edit: VIPRE also has bad support. Never reply to issues and are arrogant about their software telling me that it is impossible it works perfectly. 3 different test machines can't be wrong.
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  6. Posts : 304
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #36

    smarteyeball said:
    Avast 5 didn't pick it up immediately since I live vicariously without a resident scanner enabled, but it did pick it up when manually scanned.
    Same, but my real-time protection is enabled! But when i tried to download the antivirus test file Avast 5 immediately stopped me downloading it.:)
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  7. Posts : 3,028
    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1
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       #37

    Like I said before about Avira, maybe Vipre knows it isn't a real virus and ignores it. However, I don't think that this inspires much confidence
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  8. Posts : 2,737
    Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
       #38

    tw33k said:
    Like I said before about Avira, maybe Vipre knows it isn't a real virus and ignores it. However, I don't think that this inspires much confidence
    Agreed, however I have done many other tests, posted in other Threads where VIPRE has failed. At this point I will not recommend it and would tell people to completely avoid it. On a special test machine the machine has become infected 8 times so far with VIPRE installed. Installing another AV and disabling VIPRE will clean up the machine. Lay down a fresh image and start all over with another AV and everything is caught, so far only VIPRE is failing all the tests we have thrown at it.
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  9. Posts : 67
    XP Pro SP3 | Vista Home Premium x86 | Windows 7 Pro x86
       #39

    Uninstalled Avira & installed Avast, still it did'nt detect the file.
    Saved it twice, once on the desktop & then in the documents but nothing.

    Yeah, but on manual scanning the file it did say 'Threat Detected!'.
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  10. Nem
    Posts : 375
    Win7 Home Premium x64 SP1, Archlinux x86_64. Elementary Luna
       #40

    Gotta love avast for stopping the download and aborting the connection. :)
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