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Avira AntiVir

Avira AntiVir Personal – Free Antivirus is a free antivirus program, designed for home use, excluding commercial applications. It protects your computer against dangerous viruses, worms, Trojans and costly dialers.

Like most such software, AntiVir scans for malicious software and works as a process in the background. Since version 8 engine is equipped with the ability to detect and remove rootkits, the version 9 effectively detects and removes spyware and components, adware, and phishing.

Avira AntiVir automatically checks and installs updates. It also automatically detects the active connection to the Internet. When you download new virus definitions (.vdf – Virus Definition File) it opens a window advertisement suggesting the user to purchase the paid version – Avira AntiVir Premium. However, it is possible to remove this ad by modifying system settings.

Last stable release is V9.0.0.407, and is available since 2009-08-06.

Features are called:

- AntiVir
- AntiAd/Spyware
- AntiPhishing
- AntiRootkit
- EmailScanner
- WebGuard
- QuickRemoval
- NetbookSupport

BitDefender

BitDefender is an antivirus software by SOFTWIN company.

BitDefender not only protects your computer from viruses, but also has the following functions: firewall, scanner, behavioral, AntiPhishing, encryption, parental controls, antispam and modules for system maintenance and optimization. It also provides the ability to set security policies for large networks.

BitDefender Professional is the third anti-virus programs in the world, which has received ICSA certification for Windows XP and the first award for innovative solutions by the European Commission and Academy. It also holds a certificate approved by all the major centers of anti-virus programs, such as: ICSA Labs, Checkmark, CheckVir, TUV and Virus Bulletin.

BitDefender versions are available for:
- Microsoft Windows 98/NT-SP6/Me/2000-SP4 (32 bit)
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit)
- Linux
- Mac OS X
- mobile systems Symbian, Windows Mobile

The Bitdefender Antivirus 2010 is the last version.

Features:

- More Protection
- More Speed
- Easier to Use
- Improved Parental Control
- Improved Intrusion Detection
- Improved In-Product Technical Support

Clam AntiVirus

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) is a set of antivirus tools, available under the terms of the GNU GPL. ClamAV is designed primarily for integration into servers, especially for mail attachment scanning.

ClamAV is distributed with many operating systems (including commercial operating systems) such as Mac OS X Server Apple. There is also the equivalent of ClamWin for Windows operating systems and KlamAV integration with the KDE desktop environment.

Among other things the set consists of:

- Multi-thread daemon
- Scanner
- Tool for creating your own database and virus signatures
- Library, which allows you to create your own antivirus software based on ClamAV
- Tool to automatically update and free virus database that contains signatures of 514.778 viruses.

ClamAV is not only antivirus program, it is also a range of programs. They represent the contact between ClamAV and services such as the MTA, mua, POP3 server, proxy server, create a graphical interface for ClamAV, and finally enhance the system with such features such as scanning, access (to file).

Last version of ClamAV (0.95.2) is available for Linux, Mac OS, Windows.

Features:

- command-line scanner
- fast, multi-threaded daemon with support for on-access scanning
- on-access scanning (Linux® and FreeBSD®)
- virus database updated multiple times per day (see home page for total number of signatures)
- built-in support for various archive formats, including Zip, RAR, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, OLE2, Cabinet, CHM, BinHex, SIS and others
- built-in support for almost all mail file formats

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