[evilfantasy]

Comparative results and reports are published online during the following months:
March and September: comparative results of on-demand detection of virus/malware
June and December: retrospective/proactive test results

"The Retrospective test report of November has been released. Go to www.av-comparatives.org, click on Comparatives and select the Report Nr. 20 to read the detailed test results.

Many products got lower awards due too many false alarms. Kaspersky took a plunge...

Readers should really read the full report to understand the results.

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

avast! Professional Edition 4.8
AVG Anti-Virus 8.0
AVIRA AntiVir Premium 8.1
BitDefender Antivirus 11
eScan Anti-Virus 9.0
ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus 3.0
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2009
G DATA AntiVirusKit (AVK) 2009
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009
McAfee VirusScan Plus 12.1
Microsoft OneCare 2.5
Norman Antivirus & Anti-Spyware 7.1
Sophos Endpoint Protection 7.5.1
Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 2009
TrustPort Antivirus Workstation 2.8
VBA32 Scanner for Windows 3.12.8.2

[Hybr!d]

The summary from the report;

[evilfantasy]

Nod32 is making a legitimate run at the top spot!

[sjb007]

Its good to see antivir, a free solution alongside it too.

[SocialWarfare]

I've been using Avira for the past 2yrs now, best AV I have ever used

[Hybr!d]

When I used it I found the pop up to buy after every update (so like daily) rather annoying and intrusive.

[SocialWarfare]

Yeah but if you use ZoneAlarm when it tries to popup just disallow it once and its gone for good

[runoades]

Originally Posted by Dave Hybrid

When I used it I found the pop up to buy after every update (so like daily) rather annoying and intrusive.

You can disable the Avira AntiVir avnotify update nag screen :.

Windows 2000:

1. Click Start, and then click Run
2. In the Open box, type gpedit.msc, and then click OK
3. Expand User Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, and then expand System
4. In the right pane, double-click Don't run specified Windows applications
5. Click Enabled, and then click Show
6. Click Add, and then type the executable file name of the program (avnotify.exe) that you want to restrict users from running.
7. Click OK, click OK, and then click OK (NOTE: If domain-level policy settings are defined, they may override this local policy setting.)
8. Quit Group Policy Object Editor
9. Restart the computer

Windows 2000/XP:
(2000 & XP Pro do not require you to boot into safe mode)

1. Boot into Safe Mode (tap F8 repeatedly after you restart the computer)
2. Log in using the Administrator account
3. Go to C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\avnotify.exe
4. Right-click avnotify.exe-> properties-> security-> advanced
5. Under the Permissions tab click on SYSTEM under Permission entries:
6. Edit-> Traverse Folder / Execute File-> deny-> ok ->apply-> yes -> ok-> ok
7. Reboot the computer into Normal Mode (start-> shutdown-> restart)

Windows XP Pro & Vista Business/Ultimate/Enterprise

1. Start-> Control Panel
2. Administrative tools-> Local security policy
3. Click on Software Restriction Policy-> Action (at the top)-> create new restriction policies
4. Right-click additional rules (on the right side)-> new path rule
5. Click Browse and navigate to C:\Program Files\(Avira)\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\ and double-click avnotify.exe
6. Set the security level to Disallowed-> apply-> ok

Windows Vista Home Premium

1. Go to C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\avnotify.exe
2. Right-click avnotify.exe-> properties-> security->
3. Under the group or username SYSTEM click edit
4. Put a checkmark under the DENY column for "read and execute"