I have just bought a new notebook pc and was looking for a FREE antivirus program to install.

I have used AVG free before but since it went to V8 and you had to upgrade I haven’t liked it. It just seems a bit too big and lumpy now. Search Search Search and I found Avira AntiVir.

But the one thing I don’t like, fairly minor I guess, is the “Buy the Pro Version” nag screen that pops up after it updates each day .

Well, here is a little work around hack to stop it popping up.
My PC has Windows Vista Home Premium by the way, please no Apple Macs don’t get viruses comments .

Go to C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\avnotify.exe

Rightclick avnotify.exe and chose Properties then Security

Under the “Group or Username” SYSTEM click Edit

Put a checkmark under the Deny column for “Read and Execute” (one will also check at Read automatically)