Avira AntiVir Personal

• Extremely high virus and malware detection via innovative scanning technology (scan engine) including heuristic scanning method

• – Detection of all conventional archive types including detection of nested archives and smart extension detection

• High-performance multithreading function (simultaneous high-speed scanning of multiple files)

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 context-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 system (rootkits) (Only for 32-bit systems)

• Direct access to detailed information on the detected viruses and malware via the Internet

• Simple and quick updates to the program, virus definitions, and search engine through Single File Update and incremental VDF updates via a webserver on the Internet

• Integrated Scheduler to plan one-off or recurring tasks, such as updates or test runs

System requirements

For Avira AntiVir Personal to work perfectly, the computer system must fulfill the
following requirements:
– Computer as from Pentium, at least 266 MHz
– Operating system
– Windows 2000, SP4 and update rollup 1 or
– Windows XP, SP2 (32 or 64 Bit) or
– Windows Vista (32 or 64 Bit, SP 1 recommended)
– At least 100 MB of free hard disk memory space (more if using Quarantine for
temporary storage)
– At least 192 MB RAM under Windows 2000/XP
– At least 512 MB RAM under Windows Vista
– For the installation of Avira AntiVir Personal: Administrator rights
– For all installations: Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
– Internet connection where appropriate (see Installation)