Quote Originally Posted by OMGLOOKAKITTY View Post
I've been using Avira for a year now, do heavy torrenting, never have my firewall up, am totally opening myself up to idiots hacking me now that I say this ... but have yet to have any issues with it at all.

I usually use AVG, but decided to try Avira out on a recommendation from a techie friend and I have to say that for me, I like AVG better, but Avira does a bang up job.
I had Avira on my PC for 2 weeks (in combination with ZoneAlarm Pro firewall) in-between the expiration of BitDefender 2008 and the arrival of the 2009 version.

In that week I had the 'good fortune' of running into a Vundo virus, plus a whole horde of troyans which came in thru the back door...

BitDefender 2009 was the only one, by the way, that could get rid of the Vundo, as it's a tough little bastard. It's also the only A-V (for the moment) that runs without hassles on the new Windows 7 OS...


JJ