Avira’s security suite costs almost as much as the Norton and ZoneAlarm suites, but although its got a good AV engine, the suite is far less polished. Its firewall asks too many questions; its real-time antispyware yammers incessantly and can be annoyingly obtrusive; and its awkward spam protection mismarks valid mail.Does a good job of keeping spyware out of a clean system and reasonably good job of cleaning up infested systems. Firewall resists malware-style attack. Good at virus detec-tion.Real-time antispyware is annoyingly ineffective if malware is running. No easy way to whitelist e-mail correspondents. Firewall pops up numerous program control confirmation queries.
Type: Business, Personal, Professional
Free: No
OS Compatibility: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Fans of Avira’s free AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic antivirus take note: Avira also offers a full security suite. Called Avira AntiVir Premium Security Suite, it includes antivirus, spyware protection, antispam, and a personal firewall. The suite’s not free, though, and it isn’t as polished as Norton Internet Security or ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, despite the fact that it costs about the same.
Price $52.09
