Can the average PC run the latest, most feature-rich security suite and still perform at full speed? That’s what AV-Comparatives wanted to find out in their latest test. In a comparison of security suites from 17 different manufacturers, the researchers copied large files, packed and unpacked archives, converted video, installed and launched applications and downloaded massive files. Machines equipped with Avira Premium Security Suite performed all of these activities without compromising speed, embarrassing Avira’s bulkier peers yet again!

“A joy to use!” This remark from a member of Virus Bulletin’s lab team sums up the stellar performance that earned Avira AntiVir Server the coveted VB100 Certification in June 2011. Ease of use, superior detection rates and zero false positives: who could ask for anything more?

Another round of congratulations goes to Avira AntiVir Premium for receiving the unbeatable Advanced+ rating from AV-Comparatives in May 2011! Once again, Avira’s proactive detection capabilities outperformed the competition, proving that not even the newest malware can outwit AntiVir Premium!

In the first quarter of 2011, Avira Premium Security Suite underwent rigorous testing to earn the seal of approval from AV-test.org! It’s official: viruses and malware are no match for Avira security.

Excellent detection! This is what Virus Bulletin attests to Avira in 2011. Under Windows XP SP3 Avira AntiVir Personal as well as Avira AntiVir Professional showed outstanding performance and redeemed 100 percent of the WildList viruses. But also the protection from Worms and Bots with more than 99 percent or even the detection rate of 100 percent of the polymorphic viruses - and this all without a single false positive alarm - show: The anti malware protection Made in Germany belongs to the best what one can have! And with a detection rate of 96 percent of yet unknown malware Avira is among the best, too!

For questions you always find suitable answers at about.com. Sometimes about.com asks questions to their readers though, for example about the best malware protection 2011. Clear answer: Avira. With breathtaking 62 % of all votes the free Avira AntiVir Personal took the lead of the "Best Free Antivirus - Readers' Choice Awards" 2011! about.com judges over this result: "Given the stellar protection AntiVir offers, it's no wonder 62% of readers declared Avira AntiVir Personal their favorite free antivirus.

First! The 15,000 participants of the online poll "producer of the year 2010" of the German magazine "PC Games Hardware" voted for Avira in the category "security software". We say thank you!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! To everybody who voted for us in the category "security-software provider" from the online poll "product of the year 2010/2011" of the German PC Magazin and thus lifted us onto the first place. That were more than 30 per cent of 40.000 poll participants!

The users from the biggest japanese download portal Vector voted the most popular software for 2011. And Avira got the Special Award! We would like to thank the voters for this result and for the plenty of nice comments!

In the current issue 3/2011 of the "test" magazine of the independent German test institution "Stiftung Warentest" we scooped two times: Place 1 in the category "free security solutions" went to Avira AntiVir Personal - which left 3 competitors behind.

In the main review of charged Internet Security Suites Avira Premium Security Suite had to compete with 12 other test candidates. In the end our Security Suite landed on place 2 with a result of 2.4 ("Good") - with just 0.1 test points behind the first place!

Nothing changed with the extreme reliability of our products in 2011. Because with the certificate "VB100" we seamlessly tie up to our success series from last year. This time, our anti malware protection for servers was convincing on the Linux operating system Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Especially remarkable was the proactive detection rate with the top value of 93.3 % detected malware! The résumé of the delighted Jury: "Speeds were super-fast and super-light, and detection rates were as excellent as ever".

The Avira Premium Security Suite again achieved the sought-after AV-Test.org certification! Therefor our Security Suite had to undergo intense tests for the whole 4th quarter of 2010 under the Windows Vista SP2 operating system. The experts from AV-Test attested to the Suite outstanding detection of malware and excellent repair - and that as usual with great performance!

Which anti malware solution has shown best performance throughout the whole year 2010? The renowned testing laboraty AV-Comparatives now brings this to light with their Advanced+ award that only the best protection software earns regularly.
Such as Avira - and this as the only anti malware product with just one scan engine! Furthermore we could achieve extra awards in the categories "On-Demand Malware Detection", "Proactive On-Demand Detection", as well as "Whole-Product Dynamic Protection" in silver and in the category "On-Demand Scanning Speed" in gold.
In short: With Avira, one is not just protected completely, but also free in the Internet, without negative impact upon the computer's performance.