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AntiVir

Introduction

AntiVir created in Germany, offers 3 main anti-virus solutions all which are free. AntiVir runs on Windows Me,98,95 and XP, 2000, NT, OpenBSD?/FreeBSD?/Solaris.

Features

  • Detects and removes more than 150,000 viruses
  • The resident Virus Guard serves to monitor file movements automatically,
  • Scanning and repair of macro viruses
  • Protection against previously unknown macro viruses
  • Safeguard against cost generating dial-up program
  • Protection against trojans, worms, backdoors, hoaxes and other harmful programs
  • Internet-Update Wizard for easy updating
  • Protection against previously unknown boot record viruses and master boot record viruses

Advantages

  • Runs in many environments.
  • Support is free via AntiVir Bulletin Board
  • Internet-Update Wizard for easy updating
  • AntiVir Professional offers products for Workstation, Server, Mailserver, Proxyserver, Mobile technologies.
  • They offer there Virus Definition file for download off there main page.

Disadvantages

  • It's Community-based so the contributions/updates can generally take longer than a dedicated service or solution.

References

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