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Certification, indicating that both the antispyware and antivirus components of several of its security products achieved the maximum compatibility score with widespread network technologies
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database clean-out was made on 27 October 2008, causing problems to the users of the Free edition because of its large size and Avira's slow Free edition servers. Avira responded by reducing the size of the individual update files, delivering less data in each update. Nowadays there are 32 smaller
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Protection Cloud (APC) was first introduced in version 2013. It uses information available via the Internet (cloud computing) to improve detection and affect system performance less. This technology was implemented in all paid 2013 products. APC was initially only used during a manual quick
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vulnerability. A remote attacker could have exploited this vulnerability by crafting an ACE archive and delivering it via a malicious web page or e-mail. A buffer overflow could occur when Avira scanned the malicious archive. That would have allowed the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the
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Avira Prime is compatible with
Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android operating systems and related devices and is available to consumers in 5- and 25-device editions, dubbed "Avira Prime" and "Avira Prime Unlimited" respectively. Subscriptions are in 30-day and 1-year increments.
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Malware Research Center to identify suspicious behavior. The rule sets are supplied by Avira databases. ProActiv sends information on suspicious programs to the Avira databases for logging.
267:. Although founded in 2006, the Avira antivirus application has been under active development since 1986 through its predecessor company H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH. Since 2021, Avira has been owned by American software company NortonLifeLock (now
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Antivirus Security Pro for Android: Premium edition for Android, runs on versions 2.2 and above. Available as an upgrade from within the free application, it provides additional safe browsing, hourly update and free tech
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remote code execution vulnerability. The vulnerability allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Avira
Management Console. Authentication was not required to exploit the vulnerability.
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to implement in complementary products. Strategic and technology partners of Avira include
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that proactively uncover unknown malware, before a special virus signature to combat the damaging element has been created and before a virus guard update has been sent.
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In August 2009, Avira performed at a 98.9% percent overall malware detection rate, and was the fastest for both on-demand scans and on-access scans conducted by
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1820:"Factsheet August 2014 Real-World Protection Test"
843:In 2010, Avira Management Console was hit by the
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2937:Avira Free Android Security
2832:Kaspersky Internet Security
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2383:Fifth Generation Systems
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2207:Norton Internet Security
1706:"Avira AntiVir Personal"
1082:"Avira Antivirus Review"
831:Security vulnerabilities
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19:Not to be confused with
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985:Comparison of firewalls
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2982:McAfee Mobile Security
2977:G Data Mobile Security
2952:Comodo Mobile Security
2408:Peter Norton Computing
2363:Central Point Software
2141:Veritas Volume Manager
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1394:"Avira Official Store"
937:Network Access Control
815:Discontinued platforms
32:Avira (disambiguation)
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2428:Recourse Technologies
2353:Breakthrough Software
2088:Norton System Insight
1852:"Summary Report 2016"
1788:"Summary Report 2012"
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1672:"Summary Report 2008"
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1034:"Avira Contacts Page"
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1982:Avast Secure Browser
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1288:"AVG Antivirus Free"
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2605:G Data CyberDefense
2469:† Demerged in 2016
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2202:Norton ConnectSafe
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1942:Frank E. Dangeard
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