Publisher - AVIRA GmbH

Avira (formerly H+BEDV) is one of the leading providers of IT-security software solutions for professional use. As one of the pioneers in this area, the German company has repeatedly contributed to the security market since its launch of AntiVir in 1988 with technological innovations and intelligent new solutions to protect all network components and network levels.The first on-access scanner under UNIX, based on an originally developed Open Source project “Dazuko” (file access control), is just one example. Another is the world's first certified malware protection solution for SAP. Or the security products for mobile devices, which achieved market maturity very quickly. The AntiVir scanner has been awarded the VB100% a number of times.Avira is recognized worldwide as a prominent technology pacesetter in the UNIX market, but it also offers an extensive product portfolio for the Windows environment. In addition, Avira is active in the area of IT-security consulting. The core objective is the continuous elimination of security gaps in the area of communication interfaces and sensitive corporate databases. At the same time, Avira pursues a strategy of prevention on a private user level, even before the IT-security risks enter the business cycle. For this reason, the AntiVir Personal Edition Classic can be downloaded from the Internet free of charge. It has more than ten million private users in Germany and worldwide and is therefore one of the most popular and most frequently used software programs ever developed.