Avira Antivirus patched but not fully windows 8 ready

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Avira has rolled out a patch that makes its popular freebie anti-virus software more compatible with Windows 8.

Earlier this month the German firm admitted its products were not yet compatible with Windows 8 after users complained that attempting to run Avira's software on Microsoft's latest operating system results in the infamous Blue Screen of Death.

Avira said its security technology didn't play well with Windows Server 2012 because of a radical redesign in Microsoft's underlying operating system technology.

Travis Witteveen, chief operating officer of Avira, told El Reg that Avira hoped to have compatible products within weeks. He admitted that it was possible that Avira would lose market share to freebie anti-virus competitors, such as AVG, in the meantime.

Software patches released by Avira on Tuesday ought to resolve the BSOD (stability) problems but users might still be confronted with a pop-up that warns that the software is not officially supported by the security firm. Sorin Mustaca, product manager at Avira, said that the security firm plans to release further software updates to iron out remaining problems. "We are working very hard to get our products Windows 8 compatible as soon as possible," he said.

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/16/avira_patches_win8_crash/
 

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RE: Avira Antivirus announce its compatiblity for (Win 8)

As previously announced, we continue to improve the compatibility with Windows 8 of our products.

We are happy to inform you that Avira Free Antivirus is the first Avira product which is Windows 8 certified.

The certification of the other products will follow in the next few weeks.

But don’t worry, all other products for Home and Business work on Windows 8 very well, they are just not yet certified by Microsoft.

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