Avira AntiVir Premium is the product of the year

AV-Comparatives.org awards Avira’s solution for home users as the best anti-virus solution of the year 2008

Tettnang, 12 December 2008 – The anti-virus software testing specialists at AV-Comparatives e.V. have chosen Avira AntiVir Premium as the best anti-virus solution of 2008. The demands of the international test center headquartered in Austria are extremely high. All products tested have to prove their above-average detection rate over several periodical tests and special attention is given to proactive detection. The test also requires that there should be virtually no false alarms and that scanning does not affect the computer’s performance. Crashes, system interruptions and annoying software errors are some of the other knock-out criteria for AV-Comparatives. Avira passed all tests with flying colors.

Andreas Clementi, Chairman of AV-Comparatives, and Peter Stelzhammer, vice chairman handed over the award in person. Stelzhammer sums up: “Avira showed very high virus detection in all tests of the globally available virus protection programs, it has good proactive detection performance and scores well with on-demand scanning speed. Avira have also managed to reduce their false alarms”. Clementi further says: “The software has obtained our Advanced Plus-Award throughout the year in nearly all categories and obtains the title “product of the year”. Avira AntiVir Premium has forged ahead with on demand detection”.

"After three years we have reached our target", says Stefan Schiffert, CTO of Avira. "We will not rest on our laurels – in fact the award will boost the motivation of our team to continue working at this high level."

Please read the detailed test results on www.av-comparatives.org.