Of course, you can still choose to scan any folder you wish.īy default, Avira schedules a weekly quick scan.
Avira offers a dizzying array of choices, among them scanning active processes, removable drives, and the Documents folder.
With most products, a custom scan simply scans the folders you select. The scan window retains the antique appearance and oddball window caption "Luke Filewalker," which makes it seem seriously dated. Sophos Home Free ran a little quicker than the average, and Kaspersky Free completed its scan in 36 minutes. A full scan on my standard clean test system took 90 minutes, not quite twice the current average of 49 minutes but much better than the last time I tested this product. (Opens in a new window) Read Our Qihoo 360 Total Security ReviewĬlicking the Scan menu item gives you the expected choices of full, quick, and custom scans. In truth, Avira doesn't offer a personal firewall it just includes settings to help manage Windows Firewall. If you decide to go for Pro, the list price is $59.88, though it seems to be perpetually discounted to $44.99.Ĭlicking Modules from the menu reveals a list that includes the four components that have status buttons, plus Protection Cloud Plus (a feature that prioritizes analysis of unknown files for Pro users) and Firewall. Four big buttons reflect the status of Real-Time Protection, Ransomware Protection, Web Protection, and Mail Protection all but the first are Pro-only features. A big button to launch a quick scan dominates the center of the window. The application's main window has a white and gray background, with a black-and-white menu at left and a status banner across the top. It successfully blocked access to malware-hosting URLs in our testing, but fell down in our phishing protection test. This product gets excellent scores from the independent labs, and it brings along a collection of related Avira products. Founded in 1986, Avira protects hundreds of millions of users worldwide with its free Avira Antivirus.
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