Pros

• Avira Antivirus is better than most of the competition at antivirus effectiveness when removing online threats.

• Has many good features like a scanner which works in real-time protecting your PC as viruses attack.

• Updates are available every 2 hours and can be adjusted to every 15 minutes.

Cons

• Doesn’t have a gamer mode, which is essential to prevent interruptions as you play games or watch a movie.

• Some of its technology features overprotect by flagging some files as dangerous when they are harmless.

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Avira antivirus is one of the newest anti-viruses on the market today and, considering the fact that it is free, it is also one of the cheapest.

Avira requires no money in order to start your virus protection and, once you download the software, you are protected for as long as the program is installed.

Avira antivirus is a complete PC protection software that provides you all the necessary tools for a great protection from all types of infections and viruses. With its real-time protection, your computer can never be virus affected. It provides protection from all kinds of the viruses, trojans, spyware and all other types of harmful things. It takes the protection and security of your computer to very high level. And makes sure that you never get affected of anything like this as well as protects you from hackers.

This anti-virus software does the same job as any other (more expensive) anti-virus but it’s free and therefore is a great option for those whore are bit tight on money at the present time. When a virus or other malware is located, you receive a pop-up message on the computer screen that lets you know what the software plans to do about the threat. You can agree to disagree to its suggestion at that point.

The great thing about this anti-virus is that it automatically updates and clears its system without you having to do a single thing. The viruses are kept in the software’s system and they are sent away almost immediately. The software never lets any harm happen to your computer.

This antivirus software is easy to remove if you decide that you no longer need or want its protection and it will not linger on your hard drive to cause you trouble in the future. The program welcomes you to scan Avira with another anti-virus if you’d like, just to prove that not all free anti-viruses will harm your computer.