Avira Free Antivirus v.12.0.0.849

Review:
Free antivirus maker Avira debuts a laundry account of changes in its latest above update, basically repositioning the apartment to abide aggressive in the face of tougher antagonism from added chargeless aegis suites and a renewed accent on achievement from paid competitors. From the new airy accession to the avant-garde interface and acclaimed security, the apartment has a lot traveling for it.

However, it conspicuously lacks some appearance that abounding humans accede basics even at the chargeless level, so this adaptation may alone wind up ambrosial to absolute Avira users and fans.

Longtime Avira admirers will agenda that the suites aswell accept undergone a bit of a name change. The artefact appellation "AntiVir" has been dropped, as Avira AntiVir Personal becomes Avira Chargeless Antivirus, Avira AntiVir Premium becomes Avira Antivirus Premium, and Avira Premium Aegis Apartment becomes Avira Internet Security. While product-specific names may plan for some companies because of bequest associations, such as the Norton artefact from Symantec, new user abashing has acceptable affected aegis apartment makers to accumulate their operations.

The suites accept aswell skippped adaptation 11, conceivably apprenticed by a Spinal Tap-esque abhorrence of exploding amps, and gone beeline to adaptation 12. It's aswell accessible that the aggregation was cerebration of adjustment the adaptation amount with the absolution year, as a lot of aegis suites appear in the abatement accept adaptation numbers that reflect the advancing year.

Installation

Getting into Avira has never been easier, as adaptation 12 debuts a two-click install. The aggregation says that it developed the two-click accession as allotment of its "less is more" strategy, area it offers the aforementioned akin of aegis as afore after the hassle. Of course, that's a tacit accepting of above-mentioned problems.

Anyway, the new install is the simplest of the above chargeless aegis suites. The two-click action will auto-detect aggressive aegis apparatus and abolish them, so be warned if you anticipate you're traveling to be added defended by active two overlapping AVs. Avira will not let you.

Another bang will yield you accomplished the Ask.com toolbar and seek engine re-direct, but at atomic Avira is polite: it's an opt-in, not opt-out, experience. The toolbar awning itself is a bit unclear: it's in fact Avira's WebGuard feature, powered by an Ask.com seek engine that's allotment of the toolbar. There's aswell an advantage to accept Ask.com become your browser's absence engine, although that's not arrested by default.

At the end of the accession process, Avira will activate a quick scan. On our analysis machine, it took about 1 minute, 25 abnormal to complete, a absolutely reasonable delay to abide afore the apartment is accessible to go.

Interface

The new interface is simple and mimics that of abounding competitors. A larboard nav shows you your tools, while the centermost area focuses on a added dive into your security. New on-off buttons accomplish it simple to toggle features, although it's noteworthy that the chargeless adaptation is absolutely belted if compared with the chargeless competition.