Comments on: Make Avira AntiVir (Free Edition) More Usable

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:27:24 +0000

Thanks a lot, That was really helpful even after 2 years xD

By: u64

u64 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:24:10 +0000

No need to change permissions.
(cacls is fun to learn though)

delete avnotify.exe
mkdir avnotify.exe

Tadaaa.

To squeeze a few more Bytes of space without performance penalty,
compact /c avnotify.dll *.cpl *.txt filelist.ini
compact /c luke*.dll updli*.dll updgu*.dll setup.* update.exe
defrag

Also edit the Avira Preferences to your liking
and copy the files to a silent install bat.

copy /y avwin.ini “%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic”
copy /y updjob.avj “%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\jobs”

By: marc

marc — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:38:38 +0000

simple solution… block avnotify.exe in your firewall, click “remember this setting”… and *VIOLA* popup is gone. No fancy regedit, no command prompt, no hassle.

By: trkly

trkly — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:20:06 +0000

The safe mode thing didn’t work for me on my XP Home box. I don’t know why, but my permissions reset when I restarted. (And, frankly, it’s a large inconvenience to have to reboot in Safe mode, then reboot in normal mode to test.)

I tried using cacls, but it doesn’t support setting the execution bit, so I had to download xcacls.vbs from Microsoft.* I installed it in the System32 folder, because that’s where I’ve seen similar commands.

Assuming you installed everything in the default directories, it’s now simply a matter of running the following command for each .

cscript %WINDIR%\system32\xcacls.vbs “C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avnotify.exe” /e /d :X

Note: Leave Administrators alone. I screwed that up last time and couldn’t delete the file without a reformat. Of course, I did that with cacls, so it might be different with xcacls.vbs

*You can also download an xcacls.exe, but I was uncomfortable with that because it hadn’t been updated since the Windows 2000 era.

By: Tiago Sá

Tiago Sá — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:40:29 +0000

I tried the first tip (for XP pro) in my Media Center and so far it’s working pretty well. No need of restarting your PC, F8 and all of that in this case.

By: Jamuko

Jamuko — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:31:25 +0000

Actually, I confirmed that it is perfectly safe to disable avnotify.exe. I did the EICAR test afterwards and Avira caught it within moments, notifying me in a popup window.

By: Jamuko

Jamuko — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:12:09 +0000

Er.. isn’t this the same basic thing that is going on in the original post, though? The tip posted here gives a method to disallow the running of avnotify.exe, and Daniel only posted another method to achieve that.

You may have a possible point here but if your point is valid, then wouldn’t this whole blog post be a bad idea?

By: circuitboardsurfer

circuitboardsurfer — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:39:28 +0000

You can’t always be sure about what these sites say but if it’s true, you want to be safe. The program that manages the ad pop-up may be the same one that tells you if Avira has detected a threat.

By: circuitboardsurfer

circuitboardsurfer — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:30:11 +0000

No. Whatever you do, do NOT do that. “avnotify.exe is a process belonging to Avira Internet Security Suite which protects your computer against Internet-bound threats such as spyware and trojans which can be distributed through e-mail or attack directly to the computer allowing unauthorized access to your computer.\r This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated.\r”

http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/avnotify/

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:35:26 +0000

I like the part about making updates invisible, but there’s a better way to handle the ads. When you run the installer application, after it extracts all the files for installation, do the following:

In the Start->Run box, copy and paste this command:
CMD.EXE /C DEL /F /Q %temp%\RarSFX0\basic\avnotify.*

After that, proceed with the installation as normal and ignore the errors that will popup. Done.