avast/avira

[Jamar379]

may i ask, i have dloaded avast home edition, but i also got avira, i scan my pc and when it finds a virus, avira is showing what to do to the virus, why is that?

is it normal?

need answers right away, please...

[brockey01]

you have two antivirus installd, uninstall avira, because they will fight to take off a virus and when that happen it will do more harm than good.

[Jamar379]

but i am scanning now, is it ok if i delete avira after the scan?

[brockey01]

your using avira to scan? while avast is installed? correct,

stop the avira scan, uninstall then reboot and scan with avast once avast 5.0 comes out i think it will be better than avira.

[scythe944]

Basically, the problem is that you should NEVER have two A/V programs installed at once.  It's up to your personal preference as to which one that is, but only install one.

I prefer Avast, hence why I am here.  If you like Avira better, that's fine too.  Just be sure that there is only one installed (not just RUNNING, I mean installed!).

[Jamar379]

is the avast 5.0 be available this year?
is that a home or pro edition?

[scythe944]

Avast 5 will be available in the next few months.  They will have a paid and a free version available when the real release comes out.  From what I've read and what I've heard, it should be around October.

The free version *should* come with automatic scheduling, and the paid version *should* come with a software firewall and several other advances.

It of course, will be up to you whether or not you spend the money for increased protection or not.

[Jamar379]

ok, thnx very much for the info and help.

[Mr.Agent]

Also i find Avast! more accurate in exploit detection than Avira. And i did see some false positive of Avira... For sure i alway recommanded Avast! its a really great program and now i will really like his version 5 with his great GUI. Its really amazing you can find some picture on Avast! Blog or just browse the forum

Mr.Agent

[Pondus]

Is it me who can't read or did anyone answer his first question 

[Lisandro]

Is it me who can't read or did anyone answer his first question 

I think it's answered: two antivirus at the same time will conflict.

[Pondus]

i scan my pc and when it finds a virus, avira is showing what to do to the virus, why is that?

is it normal?

Isn`t this the question?
Avira is probably asking what do do, Delet/rename/move to quarantine...
and yes it is normal, some antivirus programs do that but not all, some programs is taking an automatic decision

[Lisandro]

Avira is probably asking what do do, Delet/rename/move to quarantine...

Which is the file name and the virus detected?
Isn't it a conflict with avast?
If it is Avira, why didn't he ask for Avira support team?

[timcan]

i scan my pc and when it finds a virus, avira is showing what to do to the virus, why is that?

is it normal?

Isn`t this the question?
Avira is probably asking what do do, Delet/rename/move to quarantine...
and yes it is normal, some antivirus programs do that but not all, some programs is taking an automatic decision

hi, I'm on your side with this one. antivir can be configured to make automatic decisions concerning scan detections. Jamar379probably isn't aware of how to do this though.

[Pondus]

If it is Avira, why didn't he ask for Avira support team?

Probably because  avast forum is the best, here we help everyone with all kinds of trouble