Posts Tagged ‘Antivirus’
3 Free Months of Avira Premium Security Suite
Last Updated on Sunday, 2 January 2011 09:50 Written by DarkKnightH20 Sunday, 31 January 2010 01:30
My favorite antivirus is Avira. The interface is simple, it doesn’t use too much resources, and it has a high detection rate. The security suite not only includes the antivirus, but also their firewall, which works pretty well. Normally, you can get a free 1 month license to beta test their security suite. However, they ocassionally give out 3 month licenses (and even 6 month licenses sometimes). To get a free 3 month license go Here. To download the actual security suite trial, which is around 34MB, click Here.
Edit: Looks like the old method of getting these 3 month licenses has died. No worries though, as there is a new way! Sign up for a license from this Avira promotion page (it’s in Russian). Use Google translator to guide you if you’re having a hard time.
Anti-Virus Effect on Computer’s Performance Comparison
Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 December 2009 06:24 Written by DarkKnightH20 Friday, 1 January 2010 12:00
Having anti-malware scanners is very important. However, it may not be worth it if the scanner itself make your computer ridiculously slow…The following virus scanners were tested to see which gave the lowest impact on system performance:
Avast! Free 5.0, AVG Anti-Virus 9.0, AVIRA AntiVir Premium 9.0, BitDefender Antivirus 2010, eScan Antivirus 10, ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 2010, G Data Antivirus 2010, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010, Kingsoft Antivirus 9 Plus, McAfee VirusScan Plus 2010, Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0, Normal Antivirus & Anti-Spyware 7.30, Sophos Anti-Virus 9.0.1, Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2010, and TrustPort Antivirus 2010.
The top five virus scanners that least impacted systems were: AVIRA, Kingsoft, F-Secure, Sophos, and Kaspersky. For a list of all the results, as well as a bunch of information on the testing, check out this PDF.
Tags: Antivirus, comparison, computer, Security, Software | Posted under Security | 2 Comments
Free 3 Months of Avira Premium Antivirus
Last Updated on Sunday, 2 January 2011 10:03 Written by DarkKnightH20 Sunday, 18 October 2009 04:17
It’s very simple! Use this web proxy and…Sign up Here. The proxy is required because this offer is for a select region. The page is open for registration though. If you get an error message about your region, then make sure to disable cookies and so forth via the proxy. When you complete registration, a key will be available for download. Download the key AND Avira Premium Antivirus. Links for both will be given through the URL sent to your email address — so use a VALID email address. The download page for Avira Premium can also be reached Here. I have no clue how long these keys will be available so act fast.
Edit: This method is dead. Check for new ones at Free 3 Month Avira Premium Security Trial page.