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Avira a bit misleading Quilljar 06-26-2009
Posted by Quilljar on June 26, 2009, 6:14 am
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I use Free Avira and so do my clients and several friends, but this week
two of them have told me that they have been asked by Avira to upgrade and
then asked for $39 . This has surpised us all ; and I would like to say
that if true, it is a worrying trend. I have no complaints about the
program, but it should not be a way of frightening unsophisticated users
into upgrading to the paid version.

--
Quilly




Posted by FredW on June 26, 2009, 6:23 am
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>I use Free Avira and so do my clients and several friends, but this week
>two of them have told me that they have been asked by Avira to upgrade and
>then asked for $39 . This has surpised us all ; and I would like to say
>that if true, it is a worrying trend. I have no complaints about the
>program, but it should not be a way of frightening unsophisticated users
>into upgrading to the paid version.

Maybe you should disable the "commercial"?
http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm
(should be slightly modified for Avira version 9.0.0.403)

I am using Avira and I have seen no such "invitation".

--
Fred W. (NL)

Posted by Lil' Abner on June 26, 2009, 11:10 am
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> http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm

In those instructions... for XP Home Edition...
In Safe Mode...
"# Go to C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic
\avnotify.exe
# Right-click avnotify.exe-> properties-> security-> advanced"
I have run across two computers now with XP Home that do not have a
security tab in the properties dialog in Safe Mode.
Also there doesn't seem to be any other administrative fixes that I can
find either in Safe or Normal mode. Anyone else ever run in to this?

--
--- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---

Posted by Larry Sabo on June 26, 2009, 10:12 pm
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>
>> http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm
>
>In those instructions... for XP Home Edition...
>In Safe Mode...
>"# Go to C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic
>\avnotify.exe
># Right-click avnotify.exe-> properties-> security-> advanced"
>I have run across two computers now with XP Home that do not have a
>security tab in the properties dialog in Safe Mode.
>Also there doesn't seem to be any other administrative fixes that I can
>find either in Safe or Normal mode. Anyone else ever run in to this?

Did you try this part...

.: Disable the splash screen :.

1. Open regedit and navigate to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
2. In the right pane double-click avgnt and add /nosplash at the
end of the path (ex. /min /nosplash). Avira changed /nosplash to /ns
for version 9.


I've had to use it for the reason you mention and I think it worked
(forget).

Larry

Posted by Lil' Abner on June 26, 2009, 11:23 pm
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>
>>
>>> http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm
>>
>>In those instructions... for XP Home Edition...
>>In Safe Mode...
>>"# Go to C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic
>>\avnotify.exe
>># Right-click avnotify.exe-> properties-> security-> advanced"
>>I have run across two computers now with XP Home that do not have a
>>security tab in the properties dialog in Safe Mode.
>>Also there doesn't seem to be any other administrative fixes that I can
>>find either in Safe or Normal mode. Anyone else ever run in to this?
>
> Did you try this part...
>
> .: Disable the splash screen :.
>
> 1. Open regedit and navigate to
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
> 2. In the right pane double-click avgnt and add /nosplash at the
> end of the path (ex. /min /nosplash). Avira changed /nosplash to /ns
> for version 9.
>
>
> I've had to use it for the reason you mention and I think it worked
> (forget).

Yep. I'd already done that part. It's the avnotify nag screen I'm trying to
get rid of. Home Edition requires booting in Safe Mode. In explorer if you
right click an exe file and then click on properties, there should be about
5 tabs, one of which is "security". However in the cases I mentioned the
tab was not there.

--
--- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---

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