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[Solaris]

Mark, you could post the above one on 'chat'. Lets try to keep the antivirus/antispyware discussion on-topic.

[Raymond]

Again, I'd like to inform everyone here that this forum will be upgraded to vBulletin very soon and that time you can PM users, insert your own poll and etc.

[Solaris]

Looking forward to the vbulletin upgrade.

[NinjaRicer]

Question! Should I switch from BitDefender to Avira? I hear Avira detections are extremely good, and that it's somewhat light. Now, BitDefender detects a lot of...ummm....certain programs that activate products for free, and I'm not sure about Avira. So, should there be a switch?

[prashanthpai]

BitDefender shareware version is better than avira (i haven't tried either of them). If you are using the free version of bitdefender, then switch over to avira.

http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
And I don't believe in that.

Have a look at these:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/

[brayden]

Avira does detect very good and i heard it is very light but i havn't heard much about BitDefender

[NinjaRicer]

Wow, Avira detects a lot more stuff than BitDefender on AV-Comparitives. I use BitDefender Shareware. I'm talking about Avira Premium vs. BitDefender shareware.

[Raymond]

I tried BitDefender shareware before and it is pretty good in detection. However, one thing I don't like about it is it auto deletes all my "dangerous" files such as keygenerators, patches and etc...

[thebazman]

Avira is alot better than BitDefender in detection and in footprint

[fletch]

Works well before downloading anything you are not sure about,


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