Avira notifier

[JW The Computer Guy]

If any of you install Avira, have you ever had any calls about the notifier popping up? If so, what do you do about it? I currently install it on all the systems i work on, no calls about it yet for me though.

[Xander]

I don't usually install Avira, but on the systems where I have in the past, I've told them that a daily popup is a pretty good trade for a decent, free AV.

[tom312]

there are a lot of solutions to block the ads. When my coustomers ask me to block it i will do so. Just google for it.

[Xander]

Not sure why you'd do that, Tom. It seems to me that if they want an ad-free version, they can pay for it.
If you like the product and, I assume, the company that makes it, why would you go an extra step to try to deprive them an income that might come from their free-to-consumers version?

Personally, I don't remove the WGA from a pirated version of Windows, and I wouldn't remove the ad from Avira.

[TheBiff]

There is two ways to get around the ads. One is by turning off the service in Group Policy, Google to find out which one because I dont remember off the top of my head. 2nd way is to download NoNotifyAvira. Hope this helps.

[vdub12]

I would just use a different av program.

[SThompson86]

My buddy uses Avira, and he uses some third party tool to block the popups.