Avira Free Antivirus 2015 Review

Avira Free AntiVirus (2015) is a reliable program designed to keep your operating system secure and protected. With features like an antivirus scanner that provides complete protection against malware, a browser tracking blocker that prevents ad networks from monitoring your every move online, deal finder, safe browsing that blocks harmful websites before they can even load, and real-time cloud protection, it’s easy to see why it’s one of the most downloaded antivirus programs available.

 

Installation of Avira Free Antivirus is fast and simple to complete. If you don’t already use Avira to keep your OS safe, you’ll be interested to learn that the most recent 2015 update has added the ability to download Dropbox with Avira Free Antivirus, a SafeSearch feature that prevents you from accidentally stumbling upon malicious websites, and Avira Browser Safety. Avira Browser safety is a browser extension available for Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and IE users.

The browser safety feature added in the last update goes above and beyond what you would expect from most free antivirus downloads. Each site you visit is checked and users are provided with a site rating. Additionally, Avira Browser Safety also blocks advertisers and web analytics that can track your online activity, offering one of the most secure “incognito” web searching features available. However, all features can be bypassed, including browser safety, by anyone who’s uninterested in these “extras”.

Other features in the program give users the option to carry out on-demand antivirus scans on any part of an OS whenever their heart desires and use the scheduler to set up regular scans that can run automatically and unsupervised.

Avira Free Antivirus provides users with several unique features such and Avira Browser Safety and their free SocialShild app (which can be downloaded in addition to the antivirus software) for tracking children’s social media activity but it doesn’t skimp on all the things that make good antivirus software good antivirus software.
Avira Free Antivirus also includes constant and rapid protection against backdoor programs, dialers, hoaxes, Trojans, viruses, worms and more.

The software even comes with AntiRootkit protection, AntiPhishing protection, and AntiSpyware. Avira provides their customers with a premier product at no cost and they are rapidly setting themselves apart from the competition.

Avira doesn’t participate in testing by ICSA Labs or West Coast Labs, but that doesn’t stop them from consistently earning high marks. AV-Comparatives, an independent lab, recently gave Avira a perfect mark in their April Real-World Protection Test and a 99.9% effective rating in file detection. You can view the rest of the results by browsing AV-Comparatives charts here. The AV-Test institute, which rates antivirus products on performance, protection, and usability, with a possible six points in each area, recently gave Avira a 17 out of a possible 18-point score.

The Real-World Protection Test score is especially comforting since you’re most likely to come under a malicious malware attack via a compromised or malicious website. This software is available for anyone running Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1.

You can download Avira Free Antivirus from FileHippo here.