Avira Free Antivirus is an interesting virus protection software,
which will protect your computer from spyware, rootkits, worms,
phishing, hoaxes, malware, and vulnerabilities in general, and that will
detect malicious files too. The novelties of this freeware have been
focused on website verification, tracker blocking and covering social
networks.
The toolbar this software includes has been integrated in our daily
safe browsing by eliminating the annoying pop-up windows and adware.
This tool now includes a website reputation adviser, social network
protection and CallingID technologies. Avira Free Antivirus simplifies
your work checking if everything is correct while you’re surfing the
Net. One of the newest characteristics of its toolbar is the ‘Expert
Market’ feature, which is exclusively accessible from it and where
people can request tech support easier.
The file protection engine is constantly and automatically updating
itself each 6 hours, which makes it a really accurate utility. Besides,
this freeware can be combined with a smartphone app which provides
anti-theft and device tracking options. However, we don’t recommend it
because it doesn’t have a security engine, which means that it won’t
protect you against malware. As a conclusion, Avira Free Antivirus is a
must-have security suite which offers a great amount of options, more
than other similar antiviruses such as BitDefender, Antivir or
Kaspersky.
How to use this software
Avira Free Antivirus offers you several possibilities and options for
keeping your computer protected. Once you run it for the first time,
you will see that there are lots of options in the main interface. Then
in the left column, called PC Protection, you will find the following
features: Real-time Protection, Scan System (which will tell you when
you performed the last scan) and Start Update (which will show you when
the last update took place).
At the end of that column you will see an option to upgrade your
security, listing some tips to be better protected. Inside the ‘System
Scanner’ option you will see several secondary possibilities such as
scanning specific files or including additional settings. In that way
you will know if your system has vulnerabilities, suspicious files,
rootkits, worms, hoaxes, phishing, malware, spyware or any kind of
virus. Besides, Avira Free Antivirus has an internet-update detailed
virus database, due to the fact that hackers are trying to improve and
create new techniques to attack our computers. The right column is
specialized in Internet protection, so you will have options such as
activating your firewall, web and mail protection, safe browsing or even
game mode. In case you find it a bit complicated at the beginning, you
will be given the possibility to contact with a security expert to ask
for some help.
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