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Title: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: Vladimyr on June 14, 2011, 10:37:50 AM

Avira's partnership with Uniblue's questionable "Registry Booster" and "Ask" toolbar has rendered some users speechless - while others are "speaking" quite a lot.  ::)
http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=131604

Count your blessings ladies and gentlemen!

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: CraigB on June 14, 2011, 11:17:52 AM

Glad im with avast ;D

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: SpeedyPC on June 14, 2011, 12:46:05 PM

Quote from: craigb on June 14, 2011, 11:17:52 AM

Glad im with avast ;D

Amen ;) and long live Avast for our true holy grail no one can beat Avast ;D

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: Lisandro on June 14, 2011, 01:19:22 PM

Wow... What a bad movement!
Thanks we're not on Ask companion neither Registry Booster...

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: Asyn on June 14, 2011, 03:40:01 PM

Good for avast!... ;D

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: =SKY= on June 14, 2011, 03:41:03 PM

Seems they make a deal with the devil...

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: HA Nut on June 14, 2011, 05:05:28 PM

I sincerely hope that the principals of Avast never lose sight of the fact that trust in their type of software (meaning AV & AS) is the most important thing of all. Any anti-virus, anti-spyware or anti-malware company crawling in bed with scare-ware, ad-ware and any other sleazy marketing firm gimmick will, IMO, lose far more than they'll make in any incremental income.

Shame on Avira. I hope they suffer what they deserve from these business arrangements. I will do what ever I can to make sure anyone and everyone I run into knows how they can no longer be trusted!

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: Vladimyr on June 14, 2011, 05:55:11 PM

There is absolutely no reason to believe that avast! would ever "partner" in the way Avira seems to have done. But if you've not done so already, may I suggest that the best strategy for making sure that no-one at avast! ever gets as far as even thinking about suggesting such a partnership, is for each of us who appreciate that all we have to put up with in avast! Free is the Google Chrome option, an "Upgrade" button and an ad for AIS in the GUI, to take whatever discount we can get (still 55% at Wilders AFAIK) and become an avast! "partner" yourself. ;)

I can't believe I just wrote that. Do I sound like a fanboy? :-[

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: hayc59 on June 15, 2011, 04:04:16 AM

Much more info..
Wilders Forum
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=301198
BBR Forum
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r25973411-Avira-Partners-with-Scareware-and-Sleazeware-Vendors

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: Dwarden on June 15, 2011, 11:49:58 AM

lol, bye bye Avira ... after AVG another one met the corporate fat fate ...

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: DarkMasters on June 20, 2011, 12:48:08 PM

Well it leaves us with Avast and MSE as the only choice for decent free antivirus software.

Quote from: SpeedyPC on June 14, 2011, 12:46:05 PM

Amen ;) and long live Avast for our true holy grail no one cannot beat Avast ;D

I think you're meant to say that no one can beat Avast, right?

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: SpeedyPC on June 20, 2011, 12:55:38 PM

Quote from: DarkMasters on June 20, 2011, 12:48:08 PM

Well it leaves us with Avast and MSE as the only choice for decent free antivirus software.

Quote from: SpeedyPC on June 14, 2011, 12:46:05 PM

Amen ;) and long live Avast for our true holy grail no one cannot beat Avast ;D

I think you're meant to say that no one can beat Avast, right?

Fixed  ::) :P

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: Paul.2011 on June 21, 2011, 10:51:43 AM

take a look at this topic: https://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=131963

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: Lisandro on June 21, 2011, 01:31:31 PM

Hmmm... No doubt that Avira free became an adware...

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: Asyn on June 21, 2011, 01:39:39 PM

Quote from: Tech on June 21, 2011, 01:31:31 PM

Hmmm... No doubt that Avira free became an adware...

Yep.

http://www.calendarofupdates.com/updates/index.php?app=calendar&module=calendar&cal_id=1&do=showevent&event_id=95954

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Avira-Criticized-for-Recommending-Controversial-Product-205954.shtml

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We have changed the licensing type on our Avira AntiVir Personal listing from "Freeware" to "Ad-supported" as a result of this incident. Avira gave us assurances in the past that it won't display third-party ads through the product citing company ethos.

Since those policies have clearly changed and we want our users to be well informed about what they install, we have updated our listing accordingly. A similar change will be enforced for paid versions of Avira AntiVir if the product's Service Pack 2 (SP2) ships with the rebranded Ask toolbar included.

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: =SKY= on June 25, 2011, 02:05:16 AM

A member of the german Avira-forum created a topic in this forum about Avira's partnership with Ask.
This topic had nearly 1300 views in a few days.

And what was the reaction of Avira? They DELETE this topic!

Lol...  ::)

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: Lisandro on June 25, 2011, 04:52:09 AM

Quote from: ~SKY~ on June 25, 2011, 02:05:16 AM

And what was the reaction of Avira? They DELETE this topic!

Run away... I hate this! They should be mature enough to discuss previously and to recognize the s*it they have done.

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: =SKY= on June 26, 2011, 05:21:36 PM

Quote from: Tech on June 25, 2011, 04:52:09 AM

Run away... I hate this! They should be mature enough to discuss previously and to recognize the s*it they have done.

+1 :-*

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: Asyn on June 30, 2011, 06:38:05 PM

Service Pack for Antivir confuses users
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Service-Pack-for-Antivir-confuses-users-1271030.html

Title: Re: Avira's "partnerships" not universally well-received.
Post by: Lisandro on July 01, 2011, 03:24:25 AM

Quote from: Asyn on June 30, 2011, 06:38:05 PM

Service Pack for Antivir confuses users
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Service-Pack-for-Antivir-confuses-users-1271030.html

I can't believe... Avira is doing s*it one after another...

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The problem occurs when users decline to install the browser toolbar of search engine operator Ask.com