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How to: Romove the annoing pop-up on free-edition of Avira AntiVir
by Razvan on Mar.04, 2009, under Security, Software, Windows
For years now I have used the free edition of AVG Antivirus, but recently I switched to Avira AntiVir (free edition). I still like AVG, but a number of reports show that it suffers in comparison to AntiVir. While my system has not had a virus in a long time, I decided to give AntiVir a whirl.
I like it, for the most part. However, there are a couple of easy hacks improvements that one can make.
Disable the Annoying Popup
The free edition of Avira AntiVir comes with an nagging popup window that rears its ugly head after each update (usually) every day, begging you to consider upgrading to the premium version. The popup is easy to dismiss, but annoying nonetheless. I understand that Avira needs to make money, but every single day is excessive.
Anyway, here is how to disable it:
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