Freeware antivirus that provides effective protection against computer viruses AntiVir Personal Edition is a software that helps

you protect and monitor your P C. AntiVir software is a reliable free antivirus solution, that constantly and rapi dly scans your computer for malicious programs (such as viruses, Trojans, backdo or programs, hoaxes, worms, dialers etc.), monitoring every action executed by t he user or by the operating system and being able to react promptly when a malic ious program is detected. Protects your computer against dangerous viruses, worms, Trojans and costly dial ers. Avira AntiVir Personal gives you the following functions: Control Center for monitoring, administering and controlling the entire program Central configuration with user-friendly standard and advanced options and conte xt-sensitive help Scanner (On-Demand Scan) with profile-controlled and configurable search for all known types of virus and malware Integration into the Windows Vista User Account Control allows you to carry out tasks requiring administrator rights Guard (On-Access Scan) for continuous monitoring of all file access attempts Integrated quarantine management to isolate and process suspicious files Rootkit protection for detecting hidden malware installed in your computer syste m (rootkits) (Only for 32-bit systems) Direct access to detailed information on the detected viruses and malware via th e Internet Simple and quick updates to the program, virus definitions, and search engine th rough Single File Update and incremental VDF updates via a webserver on the Inte rnet Integrated Scheduler to plan one-off or recurring tasks, such as updates or test runs Very high rates of virus and malware detection using innovative search technolog ies (search engines) and heuristic search processes Detection of all common archive types, including detection of nested archives an d smart extensions High-performance multithreading function (simultaneous high-speed scanning of mu ltiple files) NOTE: Avira AntiVir Personal is free for personal use only Here are some key features of "Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus": Protection against viruses, worms and Trojans Protection against expensive dialers Detects and deletes rootkits Raised scan speed Redesigned visual appearance

Requirements: At least 100 MB of free hard disk memory space (more if using Quarantine for tem porary storage) At least 192 MB RAM under Windows 2000/XP At least 512 MB RAM under Windows Vista For installation: Administrator rights For all installations: Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher

Limitations: Not for Commercial or Business use What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ] Quarantine manager: the number of columns has been reduced Quarantine manager: send files using HTTP System tray tool: display the status of modules on mouse-over Last system scan: individual configuration of the alert message Renaming "Win32 Heuristic" to "AHeAD" in the configuration panel Support for netbooks (screen resolution) Configuration panel: new button "Default Values". This button allows you to rest ore the configuration to the predefined default values New installation folder and registry keys for all products: "C:Program FilesAvir aAntiVir Desktop" and "HKLMSoftwareAviraAntiVir Desktop".Now there are no differ ences between the products AntiVir Personal, AntiVir Premium and Premium Securit y Suite any longer Configuration wizard after setup Process protection for GUI processes File and folder protection for AntiVir files and folders Registry protection for AntiVir keys Scanning of locked files Scanner: combined display of malware detections and one-click removal...