Ditch AVG for Avast?

aliEnRIK

Pretty much, yes

bribrian

bribrian wrote: »

Should i download this first, disconnect from the internet, remove AVG using the tool & then install Avira.......?

Done this & now scanning with Avira, is it ok to now bin avgremover.exe & avgremover.log......? thanks...

aliEnRIK

yeah ~ go for it

bribrian

Cheers RIK & sorry to the OP for jumping in on their thread...

Avira caught 2 EXP/ASF.GetCodec.Gen (whatever they are) which AVG didn't know was there so thumbs up............:beer:

Iconic

bribrian wrote: »

Avira caught 2 EXP/ASF.GetCodec.Gen (whatever they are) which AVG didn't know was there so thumbs up............:beer:

'EXP/ASF.GetCodec.Gen is a detection for multimedia files that contain a special command to download new codecs. Normally, codecs are required to play video or audio formats. This mechanism got hijacked by malware, which simply downloads Trojans instead of a real new codec. ASF, WMA and WMV files are affected, a recent Trojan converts MP3 files into the ASF file format and adds a command to download malicious code. The Wimad Trojan family also uses this method.'

http://www.avira.com/en/threats/section/fulldetails/id_vir/4350/exp_asf.getcodec.gen.html

fearn

:ohi can anyone help me please i downloaded avira and a trialpay message came by email do i need this or am i protected by avira thanks fearn

aliEnRIK

fearn wrote: »

:ohi can anyone help me please i downloaded avira and a trialpay message came by email do i need this or am i protected by avira thanks fearn

Are you absolutely SURE you downloaded Avira?

If so then it looks like you downloaded the full suite on trial

Download AVIRA FREE (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION')
http://www.filehippo.com/download_antivir/

fearn

thank you aliEnRIK from fearn

Charity_Dalek

I was looking at the free vesion of Avira, but if you view the spec it appears to not have email scanning functionality.

http://www.avira.com/en/solutions/home_home_office.html

Am I right or wrong?

gaming_guy

Charity_Dalek wrote: »

I was looking at the free vesion of Avira, but if you view the spec it appears to not have email scanning functionality.

http://www.avira.com/en/solutions/home_home_office.html

Am I right or wrong?

save the file to the desktop and scan it with avira.