Avira Free Antivirus offers effective protection against computer viruses for the individual and private use on a single PC-workstation. It detects and removes viruses and includes an Internet-Update Wizard for easy updating. The built in resident Virus Guard serves to monitor file movements automatically, for example when downloading files from the Internet. Heuristic scanning protects Protection against previously unknown macro viruses.
Reviewing 12.0.0.872 (Dec 31, 2011)
Too bad they removed custom installation of features , scans , etc. in the setup .
As free antivirus it's still a good choice .
Reviewing 12.0.0.872 (Dec 21, 2011)
cannot get rid of advertizing for upgrade. not as fast as Avast, nor as good at updates. You cannot get rid of this program. All files cannot be deleted. You must reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows, to finally delete Avira. Stick with Avast! or a second choice could be Microsoft Security Essentials.
Reviewing 12.0.0.869 (Dec 9, 2011)
If you must use free AV you can do better than this. But Checkout the new Webroot Secure Anywhere, with a 5 meg install & a minuscule memory footprint the likes of Avira are as good as dead.
Reviewing 12.0.0.861 (Nov 24, 2011)
BAD BAD BAD cannot be uninstalled once trial period over. Stopped Windows update from working. They did not respond to email asking how to uninstall after windows uninstall failed.
Reviewing 12.0.0.855 (Oct 17, 2011)
Give up on it when it stopped auto updating,now using Avast a more complete and nice to use A/V.
Still use it the free one. Still don't find any better than this