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Avira Free Antivirus [1]

Last updated by George.J [2] on 12. February 2017 - 03:16

Avira Free Antivirus

A free antivirus with high quality signatures, very fast updates and less false positives.
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Our rating: 

4
Get It: Android [4] | iOS [5] | Mac OS [6] | Windows (Desktop) [7] [8]
License: Free (Private/Educational use)
Website: www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus [9]
Review & Alternatives: Best Free Antivirus Software [10]
Categories: Security & Privacy [11], Antivirus Software [12]
Tags: anti-malware [13], antivirus [14]

Pros & Cons:

  • Pretty light on the system and runs smooth without system slow-downs
  • Clean ad-free GUI, Ad-free installer, No pop-ups or ads
  • High quality signatures, very fast updates, excellent detection on non-zero day threats
  • Deep file scans with very less false positives
  • Avira Protection Cloud makes for an excellent cloud engine
  • Browser safety Add-ons available for major browsers
  • Zero day protection (heuristic & behavioural shield) is very weak. 
  • Ineffective Browser launcher which is a memory hog (can be uninstalled)
  • Painful removal for detected files. Repeated scans from Luke Filewalker increases CPU & RAM usage. 
  • Multiple file exceptions needs to be added (real-time and on-demand)
  • No firewall/sandboxing/web shield technologies

Avira Free Antivirus was reviewed by [15] on based on version 15.0.

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[4] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details
[5] https://itunes.apple.com/app/id692893556
[6] http://www.avira.com/en/free-antivirus-mac
[7] http://www.avira.com/en/free-antivirus-windows
[8] https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/installer_advice.htm
[9] http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
[10] http://best-free-anti-virus-software.htm
[11] https://www.techsupportalert.com/software-finder?field_soft_categories_tid=135
[12] https://www.techsupportalert.com/software-finder?field_soft_categories_tid=914
[13] https://www.techsupportalert.com/software-finder?field_tags_tid=anti-malware
[14] https://www.techsupportalert.com/software-finder?field_tags_tid=antivirus
[15] https://plus.google.com/118396188147577447707