AntiVir Scan Progressing
Antivir Antivirus is a German Antivirus and was one of the original free antivirus programs. The program has alot of advanced features including the ability to set the sensitivity of the company’s unique heuristic protection and a priority startup feature. Free AntiVir also includes free always on protection.
AntiVir Installation:
The program file is only 22 megabytes and downloads quickly. Unfortunately, you have to register to use Free AntiVir and you will be prompted with a form during login. There are a few features that are unique to the installation process. The first is the AHeAD heuristic protection.
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Tags: Ahead heuristic protection·antivir·boot sector scanning·german antivirus·searchable virus definitions
Bitdefender Interface Basic View
BitDefender has recently released Free Antivirus 2009. The software uses the same antivirus engine as the paid Bitdefender version. However, Bitdefender Free only includes on demand scanning and not on access or always on ptotection. We also ran into a few bugs and annoyances upon installation and scanning.
Bitdefender Free Installation:
In order to get bitdefender free, you must first go to the bitdefender website. Unfortunately, you need to register the software with an email address. The download link will be sent to your email address. The program download is approximately 300 kilobytes and the download manager will download the rest of the antivirus program upon installation. After the download is complete, the software requires a mandatory reboot. I think this is interesting considering that the program only includes on demand scanning functionality yet it wants to also install a Windows service (requiring a reboot.)
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Tags: advanced mode·basic mode·bitdefender·deep scan·free antivirus 2009
