Avira Antivir - better than Avast? + problems with ZA Pro

[isotobin@identicalimagepleez.org]

I just loaded Avira Antivir free and it's hard to tell whether it's better
than Avast. I know some have said that it catches more in tests, but I see
that there's a conflict with Zone Alarm. Avira's guard creates a service
that in turn creates a loopback to port 18350. This causes the Zone Alarm
icon to always reflect internet activity. Is there a fix for this?

[Dave Cohen]

isotobin@identicalimagepleez.org wrote:
> I just loaded Avira Antivir free and it's hard to tell whether it's better
> than Avast. I know some have said that it catches more in tests, but I see
> that there's a conflict with Zone Alarm. Avira's guard creates a service
> that in turn creates a loopback to port 18350. This causes the Zone Alarm
> icon to always reflect internet activity. Is there a fix for this?

Well, we live and learn. I've been running Alvira and ZA for a while and
only after reading your post did I noticed that of which you complain.
Since it never bothered me before and I can't see any cpu activity by
either app when idle and I like both apps I'm just going to ignore it
unless there is a fix which of course I will test. If it really bothers
you, Avast remains a very close 2nd to Avira. I could be happy with
either one.
Dave Cohen

[nosugarintea@yahoo.com]

isotobin@identicalimagepleez.org wrote:
> I just loaded Avira Antivir free and it's hard to tell whether it's better
> than Avast. I know some have said that it catches more in tests, but I see
> that there's a conflict with Zone Alarm. Avira's guard creates a service
> that in turn creates a loopback to port 18350. This causes the Zone Alarm
> icon to always reflect internet activity. Is there a fix for this?


http://sharethefiles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46895

get NOD32 free or avast premium free here or norton or whatever. Im
using the free avira for now.

[isotobin@identicalimagepleez.org]

Dave Cohen <user@example.net> wrote in news:YN2eh.4926$ne3.4670@trndny03:

>
> Well, we live and learn. I've been running Alvira and ZA for a while and
> only after reading your post did I noticed that of which you complain.
> Since it never bothered me before and I can't see any cpu activity by
> either app when idle and I like both apps I'm just going to ignore it
> unless there is a fix which of course I will test. If it really bothers
> you, Avast remains a very close 2nd to Avira. I could be happy with
> either one.
> Dave Cohen
>

Except that if you like to have Zone Alarm "stop all internet activity" by
activating its lock after a period of inactivity, it can't because it
thinks a program is always trying to contact the net through that loopback
port. That's why I'm probably going to reload Avast (although it slows
down page rendering a bit with all its shields).

[nosugarintea@yahoo.com]

Its only my home computer. Never had any problem over 5 yrs.

jayvee@nospam2daysilvousplait.com wrote:
> nosugarintea@yahoo.com wrote in
> news:1165540405.993317.134740@l12g2000cwl.googlegr oups.com:
>
> > isotobin@identicalimagepleez.org wrote:
> >> I just loaded Avira Antivir free and it's hard to tell whether it's
> >> better than Avast. I know some have said that it catches more in
> >> tests, but I see that there's a conflict with Zone Alarm. Avira's
> >> guard creates a service that in turn creates a loopback to port
> >> 18350. This causes the Zone Alarm icon to always reflect internet
> >> activity. Is there a fix for this?
> >
> >
> > http://sharethefiles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46895
> >
> > get NOD32 free or avast premium free here or norton or whatever. Im
> > using the free avira for now.
> >
> >
>
> First of all, keygens can include all kinds of malware, registry strings,
> or trojans in a normal situation. How can you possibly take a chance with
> them when loading the most important program on your hard drive other than
> your firewall, namely your av program. Check those programs in the link
> you provided again and you'll see that all of them might be deemed
> questionable.

[Fenton]

On Dec 9, 2006, nosugarintea@yahoo.com wrote:
> Its only my home computer. Never had any problem over 5 yrs.

Oh, you mean the one where you do your banking and credit card transactions?

[nosugarintea@yahoo.com]

my investing too. oh oh
Fenton wrote:
> On Dec 9, 2006, nosugarintea@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Its only my home computer. Never had any problem over 5 yrs.
>
> Oh, you mean the one where you do your banking and credit card transactions?

[nosugarintea@yahoo.com]

http://freeav.com/antivirus/allinonen.html

take the free version, then
Fenton wrote:
> On Dec 9, 2006, nosugarintea@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Its only my home computer. Never had any problem over 5 yrs.
>
> Oh, you mean the one where you do your banking and credit card transactions?