Anti Virus

Another vote for Avira Antivirus here. Free and full of win. Oh and to the people moaning about the popup's / splashscreen.


.: Disable the Avira Antivir PE Classic avnotify nag screen :.

Windows 2000:

1. Click Start, and then click Run
2. In the Open box, type gpedit.msc, and then click OK
3. Expand User Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, and then expand System
4. In the right pane, double-click Don't run specified Windows applications
5. Click Enabled, and then click Show
6. Click Add, and then type the executable file name of the program that you want to restrict users from running. (For example, type avnotify.exe)
7. Click OK, click OK, and then click OK (NOTE: If domain-level policy settings are defined, they may override this local policy setting.)
8. Quit Group Policy Object Editor
9. Restart the computer

Windows XP Home and Pro:

1. Boot into Safe Mode (tap F8 repeatedly after you restart the computer)
2. Log in using the Administrator account
3. Go to C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\avnotify.exe
4. Right-click avnotify.exe-> properties-> security-> advanced
5. Under the Permissions tab click on SYSTEM under Permission entries:
6. Edit-> Traverse Folder / Execute File-> deny-> ok ->apply-> yes -> ok-> ok
7. Reboot the computer into Normal Mode (start-> shutdown-> restart)

Windows XP Pro & Vista Business/Ultimate (using Local Security Policy)

1. Start-> Control Panel
2. Administrative tools-> Local security policy
3. Click on Software Restriction Policy-> Action (at the top)-> create new restriction policies
4. Right-click additional rules (on the right side)-> new path rule
5. Click Browse and navigate to C:\Program Files\(Avira)\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\ and double-click avnotify.exe-> set the security level to Disallowed-> apply-> ok

Windows Vista Home Premium

1. Go to C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\avnotify.exe
2. Right-click avnotify.exe-> properties-> security->
3. Under the group or username SYSTEM click edit
4. Put a checkmark under the DENY column for "read and execute"


Notes: Sub Classic for Premium if needed, and if you’re using the Premium Security Suite the default path is C:\Program Files\Avira\Premium Security Suite\


.: Disable the splash screen :.

1. Open regedit and navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
2. double-click avgnt and add /nosplash to the end of the path (ex. /min /nosplash)
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Dano said:
No, not at all, I just think that aspect of it becomes very hit and miss with your average pc user.
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Hi Dano, I would actually be very surprised that if a prompt did come out of nowhere, the majority of people would stop and think and then hopefully, click the "right" button. :)
 
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What's the point of having AV and disabling it! Why not just configure it so it offers maximum protection but minimum impact to PC use and gaming?
 
Fire Wizard said:
Hi Dano, I would actually be very surprised that if a prompt did come out of nowhere, the majority of people would stop and think and then hopefully, click the "right" button. :)
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in a perfect world, yes


i can guarantee you, almost all everyday users, would just click 'ok'
 
meh, mostly antivirus is completely useless, its true that most virus infection comes from idiot users. I'd got a Nod free trial on at the moment, tried others, but theres really no AV's I want to buy as they are all irritating on some level.

But before i tried a trial just for the sake of being able to run a scan now and then to be sure a system problem isn't a virus I didn't have AV installed for maybe a year before that on this machine, which was my main gaming machine and did quite a lot of downloading. Shockingly, no virus's anyway :o

Infact, other than the massive virus out, what 5 years ago now that needed an MS patch and did the 30 second reboot thing, which was only a pain in so much as a new install of windows, having to connect to the internet to get a patch for it or dl a virus app would often cause the problem. Even then it was mostly a problem as I was doing hardware testing for review sites and would frequently forget it would happen as I was so used to just installing windows and connecting to do updates. Even then, it did smeg all except be a bit of a nuisance, and EVEN THEN AV didn't stop it at first anyway.

So the one time AV could have prevented me getting virus's, it basically didn't.

The scaremongering behind awful virus outbreaks, i wonder which niche of the software industry benefits financially from it..............
 
I'm using Avira AntiVir Premium at the moment and it's great. I've used many different antivirus programs and I am most impressed with Avira.
It's light on resources, has some of the best detection rates of any AV (AV-Comparatives.org), good support on their forums and it's just £12.

I don't think it's worth the risk of not having an AV. I know virus infections are mostly caused by user stupidity, but not always. My brother put a memory stick into my laptop a few weeks ago and Avira picked up a nasty worm. He had no idea the stick was infected and luckily Avira denied it access before it could do any damage.

I think it's even more important if you often shop online or do online banking.
 
TheKnat said:
I was using avast, but every time it updated itself it would shout out "ANTI VIRUS PROTECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED" and scare the hell out of me. Moved to AntiVir and this has got an annoying pop-up which keeps appearing to try and get you to buy it.
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*Puts on american accent*

VIRUS DAEDABASE UBDAAAAEEEEDED

:D

Avast for me but will try antivir.
 
TheKnat said:
I was using avast, but every time it updated itself it would shout out "ANTI VIRUS PROTECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED" and scare the hell out of me. Moved to AntiVir and this has got an annoying pop-up which keeps appearing to try and get you to buy it.
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turn it off in the preferences then, takes about 5 seconds. (the voice)
 
Kaspersky gets my vote and dosh :)

Seen a few systems protected by AVG (free) recently that got infected. Some of them even had the avg uninstalled by the infection so that it could run freely :(
 
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