Avira 2012 aka version 12

Anupam · 04. Oct 2011, 01:48 PM

Avira 2012, version 12.0.0.849 has been released.

Anupam · 04. Oct 2011, 01:53 PM

Avira Antivir Personal will now be known as Avira Free Antivirus.

Support for Windows 2000 has been cancelled.

Avira will now support XP SP3 on 32-bit, and XP SP2 on 64-bit.

Several other changes and improvements are there.

Taurus · 04. Oct 2011, 02:47 PM

No thanks Anupam.

wolfstr · 04. Oct 2011, 03:01 PM

Thanks Anupam. Will take it for spin

Here's a website that might of interest. -http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-avira-free-antivirus

Anupam · 04. Oct 2011, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taurus

No thanks Anupam.

It wasn't meant for you anyways

Anupam · 04. Oct 2011, 03:03 PM

Yep wolfstr, I intend to take it for a spin myself, after I have downloaded the hefty 79 MB of it

.

Thanks for posting the download link, I was thinking of posting it too.. since the official link leads to CNET :|

wolfstr · 04. Oct 2011, 03:47 PM

One thing I noticed is that the avguard.exe for 2012 memory usage is down to 24,572k as compared to 82,300k for 2010 upon for the first ten minutes on startup. Also there are no nagging popups for updating or the infamous ask toolbar.

Seems a bit slower on bootup than 2010 but might improve as 2012 gets settled in more.

Anupam · 04. Oct 2011, 04:16 PM

Thanks for some good news wolfstr

.

Have they changed the way in which definitions update? I mean, has the frequency increased, or updating only occurs on boot time? I think that's the one change I would like to see.

torres-no-tan-magnifico · 04. Oct 2011, 05:21 PM

Do you need to uninstall Avira first when updating to 12?

torres-no-tan-magnifico · 04. Oct 2011, 05:48 PM

Decided to take the plunge with the old Avira still installed. However, during installation of Avira 12 it stated that I needed to uninstall my firewall (Comodo) along with Comodo antivrus (which I don't have installed!) and Spyware Blaster.

Unsurprisingly I have decided to leave things how they were and wait until there is more feedback regarding version 12.

04. Oct 2011, 01:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,484	Avira 2012 aka version 12 Avira 2012, version 12.0.0.849 has been released. __________________ Anupam

04. Oct 2011, 01:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,484	Avira Antivir Personal will now be known as Avira Free Antivirus. Support for Windows 2000 has been cancelled. Avira will now support XP SP3 on 32-bit, and XP SP2 on 64-bit. Several other changes and improvements are there. __________________ Anupam

04. Oct 2011, 02:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
Taurus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northeast US Posts: 422	No thanks Anupam. __________________ T

04. Oct 2011, 03:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
wolfstr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The Great White North Posts: 226	Thanks Anupam. Will take it for spin Here's a website that might of interest. -http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-avira-free-antivirus __________________ Sandboxie,Private Firewall and LUA. w0lfstr

04. Oct 2011, 03:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,484	Yep wolfstr, I intend to take it for a spin myself, after I have downloaded the hefty 79 MB of it . Thanks for posting the download link, I was thinking of posting it too.. since the official link leads to CNET :\| __________________ Anupam

04. Oct 2011, 03:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
wolfstr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The Great White North Posts: 226	One thing I noticed is that the avguard.exe for 2012 memory usage is down to 24,572k as compared to 82,300k for 2010 upon for the first ten minutes on startup. Also there are no nagging popups for updating or the infamous ask toolbar. Seems a bit slower on bootup than 2010 but might improve as 2012 gets settled in more. __________________ Sandboxie,Private Firewall and LUA. w0lfstr Last edited by wolfstr; 04. Oct 2011 at 03:48 PM. Reason: had a senior moment lol

04. Oct 2011, 04:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,484	Thanks for some good news wolfstr . Have they changed the way in which definitions update? I mean, has the frequency increased, or updating only occurs on boot time? I think that's the one change I would like to see. __________________ Anupam

04. Oct 2011, 05:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
torres-no-tan-magnifico Copy Editor Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 622	Do you need to uninstall Avira first when updating to 12? __________________ Torres-no-tan-magnifico

04. Oct 2011, 05:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
torres-no-tan-magnifico Copy Editor Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 622	Decided to take the plunge with the old Avira still installed. However, during installation of Avira 12 it stated that I needed to uninstall my firewall (Comodo) along with Comodo antivrus (which I don't have installed!) and Spyware Blaster. Unsurprisingly I have decided to leave things how they were and wait until there is more feedback regarding version 12. __________________ Torres-no-tan-magnifico Last edited by torres-no-tan-magnifico; 04. Oct 2011 at 05:50 PM. Reason: typo error

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