Avira Antivirus
Avira Free Antivirus offers basic protection for your computer against dangerous viruses, worms, spy-ware, trojans and costly dialers.
What is Avira Antivirus?
Avira Free Antivirus offers basic protection for your computer against dangerous viruses, worms, spy-ware, trojans and costly dialers.
Premium version includes MailGuard (POP3 and SMTP) and WebGuard for safe surfing.
Avira is also available on Android and iPhone as 
Avira Mobile Security , with anti-theft functions and other mobile-focused features.
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- Software Updater
- anti-spyware
- antirootkit
- Anti-Virus
- antivirus-security
- anti-trojan
- anti-rootkit
- Anti-Malware
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Core, Development & Services • Antivirus • Running Utilities • How To Set Up Windows For Less Tech-savvy Family MembersRecent user activities on Avira Antivirus
SomeoneSomewhere added Avira Antivirus as alternative(s) to INLYSE Malware.AI- dax0 reviewed Avira AntivirusdaSimply awful, would suggest to stay away. The default Windows Defender is entirely sufficient and is not as invasive as this application. It cannot even be properly uninstalled, which is the reason there are so many guides for it. Just don't install it and safe yourself some headache.
RemovedUser Downvoted a comment on Clam AntiVirus as an alternative to Avira AntivirusClam has a very MAJOR problem. It doesn't scan inside of folders. for instance, it will scan the directory "Music", but if you got your music from Google Play, each album is inside a folder. It will NOT scan the album folders. it will show "0 files scanned". Clam is actually a terrible product, to be honest.
This Antivirus will install bloatware on installation so proceed with caution and high resource usage because of avira on demand file scanner
They released a new version this year that changes everything. wow!
It changed what exactly? Just the GUI or all the unlikeable behavior avira has been criticized over for years, like all the bloatware it forces on you and its slowness?
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Avira is more bloatware than antivirus. It comes packed with junk software that has nothing to do with antivirus protection. It's also laced with ads about the other junk Avira products for purchase.
Simply awful, would suggest to stay away. The default Windows Defender is entirely sufficient and is not as invasive as this application. It cannot even be properly uninstalled, which is the reason there are so many guides for it. Just don't install it and safe yourself some headache.
This used to be recommended, but not any longer.
Installation of Avira now includes Phantom VPN, the Opera browser, and something called "Speedup". These are not optional components. You cannot opt out of installing them. If you install the anti-virus, you get other software packages Avira has partnered with, whether you want them or not.
Given that some of these are questionable at best (Opera browser is now owned by a Chinese consortium that has a very shady reputation with respect to privacy issues), having them installed without the user's consent is unscrupulous. For an antivirus vendor, whose product is security, it's appalling.
Avira's official forums have so many complaints about this that Avira's simply started to delete complaints. I took the hint and uninstalled it.
If you want to see what good alternatives there are, check out AV Comparatives, which has monthly updates.
Quality free antivirus from Germany
A PC tech advised that you stay away from big-name security suites like Avira, Avast, Norton, AVG, etc...they're crap and full of bloatware. He did recommend Webroot Secure Anywhere.