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Originally Posted by Taz

One downside is the daily 'nag' screen that pops up asking you to upgrade to the paid-for version! Ironically this might actually work as I will be shelling out to get the paid-for version just to get rid of the nag-screen...

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...you should seriously consider the pay for version, it's a good product. Certainly one that should be on your candidate list with the other usual suspects.

Originally Posted by Taz

Been running with Avira Antivir for a couple of weeks now. IMO, a better AV product than AVG (seems less intrusive). Definitely a smaller footprint. Avira Antivir wins in my opinion.

The thing with AntiVir is it's handling of general malware infections, both detection and removal, it's actually competent, whereas the other free ones aren't too clever at all.
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