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Is Avira Antivirus having problems updating on your system?

December 30, 2009 by Ian Brown No Comments

If you’re having issue with Avira Antivirus updating on your system, you have a couple of options:

1. You can update the virus definitions for Avira manually by following the instructions on this page:

http://www.avira.com/en/support/kbdetails.php?id=95

However, this is a temporary workaround, as you don’t want to have to keep on doing this. You’ll need to go to the Avira forums to find out your specific problem.

2. You can uninstall Avira (make sure you do that FIRST), and then install another very good free antivirus program. Here are the others I would suggest:

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Written by Ian Brown
Ian has been involved with computers since very young. He took his first computer class when he was just 8 years old. He always had an affinity for computers, but never really took it seriously. It was not until he graduated from college and experienced the real world for a while did he realize that computers may be where his talent and passion lie. He has since branched out into Internet marketing and LOVES it. He currently resides in Los Angeles where he services clients ranging from residential to small business to celebrities.