Worm in alleged coupons of McDonald’s and Coca Cola
04 December 2008 – A new scam is trying to persuade Internet users to infect their computers. Virus writers are sending fake coupons by email for Coca Cola and McDonald’s.

Faked email blockings contain Trojan
03 December 2008 – Avira issues a warning about a mass mail that threatens to block emails – and tries to foist a Trojan on the user.

Free Avira AntiVir now available in French
2 December 2008 – The globally popular anti-virus software wards off malware and protects against phishing attacks.

Net videos promote Trojan video player
26 November 2008 – Avira researchers are seeing an increasing number of video file sharing networks on the Internet that try to get the user to download a fake video player.

Avira’s forecast of malware trends for 2009
20 November 2008 – Drive-by-downloads and data theft will continue to increase.

Market entry: Avira goes to Denmark
17 November 2008 – German IT security experts concludes distribution agreement with Liga LinDist.

BBG takes Avira’s virus protection into its portfolio
13 November 2008 – First joint performance at the vendor’s trade fair in Vienna.

Avira survey: Two thirds of people are afraid of data theft when online banking
11 November 2008 – Data scandal in Germany: because of the increasing online criminality, every fourth person avoids online banking.

Avira issues a warning about polymorphous harmful PDFs
5 November 2008 - The virus analysts at the IT security company Avira warn users against enhanced exploit kits that generate polymorphous harmful PDF files.

Avira survey: Internet users favor digital visits to the authorities
5. November 2008 – Avira presents virus protection solutions for public institutions in Berlin at the ‘Moderner Staat’ trade-fair from 4 - 5 November 2008 in hall 2, booth 410.