Avira Antivirus advice

alanwjones

I have just removed AVG from my pc because of updating problems, and have installed AVIRA as it seems to be favoured here, Does Avira update automatically ?

Livingthedream

Yes, you will get a pop up box with a progress bar when it auto updates

alanwjones

Thanks for that, Alan.

alanrowell

It will also give you a window every day giving you the opportunity to upgrade - for a fee.

Just close it.

aliEnRIK

if you havnt already, use the REMOVAL TOOL to make sure theres no remnants left ~
32 bit AVG removal tool
http://www.avg.com/download-tools

Eagle15

In Avira if you want to update more than once a day you can use Administration > Scheduler to set-up multiple update jobs. I use this so that I can get updates at specific times that I know I will be logged-on.

alanwjones

aliEnRIK wrote: »

if you havnt already, use the REMOVAL TOOL to make sure theres no remnants left ~
32 bit AVG removal tool
http://www.avg.com/download-tools

Thanks for that used the removal tool & Crap Cleaner Before installing Avira.

marrittm

also if the nag screen pop up window asking you to purchase full version is annoying you then follow instructions from this site.

http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm

depending on what operating system you run you may need to do instructions in safe mode as the administrator, i managed to do 1 in full mode running XP but other would only work in safe mode hope this helps.