Avira premium now free?

Question

ok so i am going to redownload avira and i noticed that premium is now available for free?

So i get premium or stick with free?

also spybot search and destroy or adaware?

Answer 1

Avast and Malwarebytes see below links

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

http://en.community.dell.com/wikis/spyware_virus/how-to-install-and-run-malwarebytes-anti-malware.aspx

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Well

The discussions and rows over which is the best free antivirus seem never-ending. Until recently, I used to recommend the free version of Avira Antivirus, you can download it for free here http://bit.ly/1p33BWK



I reccomend this because the latest version is much better then all the other and will give you a full proction of your pc from all type of virus or spyware.



Best

Answer 4

Stick with Avira free, Avira premium is only a trial version.

http://www.free-av.com/en/products/2/avira_antivir_premium.html

http://www.free-av.com/



Spybot - Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware and not that good. Instead Install and weekly or so update and run a full scan with:



Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware free version

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php



SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition

http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html



How To Remove Malware For Free

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ah3efRdWes&feature=channel_page

Uses only Avira, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, and SUPERAntiSpyware to remove most malware.

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Optional, also install:



"SpywareBlaster" (free) , Update, and Enable all protection

Blocks about 12,000 items



"Spybot Search & Destroy", update and immunize and scan. Immunize blocks about 120,000 items

Disable tea timer and SD Helper:

Mode > Advanced > Tools > Resident > Uncheck "Tea timer" and "SD Helper".

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Good free online scanners; Run a different one each month or so. Rotate through the list.

"BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan"

"ESET Online Scanner"

"Kaspersky Lab Free Virus Scan"

"McAfee FreeScan"

"Panda ActiveScan"

"Symantec Security Check"

"Trend Micro HouseCall"

"Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner"

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If you want to be 100% safe from malware while surfing the web install Sandboxie. Per Sandboxie "Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer. " You can right click on any program icon to run it in Sandboxie. If will automatically set up to use your default browser.



Sandboxie (free)

http://www.sandboxie.com/



In Sandbox settings:

Sandbox Settings > Delete > Invocations > Check "automatically delete contents of sandbox"

(see video below)



Video of Sandboxie. Installation and use, (Part 1 of 3 parts)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GueXMq-Vyi8&feature=channel_page