Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic is a relatively easy to use antivirus program, designed to offer reliable free of charge virus protection to home-users only.

Avira offers: 1. Extensive Malware Recognition of viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, worms, etc. 2. Automatic incremental updates of antivirus signatures, engine and entire software. 3. Permanent virus protection, with Virus Guard real time monitoring. 4. Install and configuration in just a couple of steps, setup to protect your PC in minutes. 5. Virus protection against known and unknown threats, using an advanced heuristic system. 6. Scheduler where you can set the scanner to make automatic virus scans or updates on your system. 7. Forum and phone support, Knowledge Base with virus descriptions available on web site. 8. Vista Support. 9. Rootkit Detection and Removal.

Note that Avira does not protect against spam mail; you can use Spamihilator for that. Note also that a nag screen pops up after each update, but you can disable it.

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