AVIRA ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARE

Avira is a leading anti-virus software company with its headquarters based in Tettnang, Germany. Currently serving 100 million satisfied users worldwide with partnerships located in Europe, Asia, America and also recently Africa.

The company has been around for more than 20 years and has been recognised for its superior detection rates, advanced heuristic analysis and detection (AHeAD), very low system impact, stability and robustness.

Avira has committed researchers in various virus labs that attend to local and global threats.

AV-Comparatives awarded Avira Premium with the highest score, the “Advanced +” distinction, earning it the 2008 Anti-Virus Product of the year award. This large-scale comparative test saw Avira achieve an “excellent” score for its proactive detection performance. In the speed category, Avira made it to the winner’s podium.

In January 2008, Avira was given a rating of 6.5 out of 8 in test for detection and removal of rootkits and 71 % for proactive virus detection by Anti-Malware Test Lab; both scores qualified for “gold” status, the highest award. Avira achieved the highest Malware Detection rate, 98% and was one of five products that achieved a 90 % or higher spyware detection rate in the latest AV-Test.

Avira had the highest signature and proactive detection rates in all major independent anti-virus test.

In April 2009, PC Pro Awarded Avira Premium Security Suite version 9 six out of six stars and placed Avira on its A-list for internet security software.

In August 2009, Avira Personal achieved a 98.9% overall malware detection rate, and was the fastest for both on-demand scans conducted by PC World, who ranked it first on its website.

Avira was among the first companies to receive OESIS OK Gold Certification. This indicates that both antispyware and anti-virus components of Avira has achieved maximum compatibility score with technology solutions like SSL VPN and network access control from Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems, Sonic WALL and others.

Avira is also the world’s first SAP-certified virus protection.

Avira Premium Security Suite version 9 has also received the title of overall-winner award in the November 2009 issue of PC Format.

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