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Avira AntiVir 9 adds spyware protection to free antivirus suite

by Brad Linder on March 18, 2009 at 11:00 AM

Avira has released an updated version of the company's free AntiVirus application. AntiVir 9 comes in free and paid versions. For the first time, the free version includes anti-spyware and anti-adware tools as well as antivirus protection. It also has a new one-click threat removal option.

Avira AntiVir Premium includes all the features in the free software, plus e-mail scanning, a WebGuard feature for "safe web surfing," and the ability to create a bootable rescue CD. The premium version costs 19.95 Euros or about $26 US.

[via CNet]

Tags: antivir, antivir-9, antivirus, avira, freeware

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Fred ThompsonMar 21st 2009 12:52AM

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Be careful with this. After installing, any right-clicks cause explorer to freeze on my systems. I'm not the only one with this issue. Might be better to wait a little while. I had to uninstall, clean the registry, reboot and reinstall v8.

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