Avira Free Antivirus

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    "STAY AWAY FROM THIS NAG-WARE"

    June 15, 2012  |   By chefgreg78253

    Pros

    None ....Not one! Not even if I were to attempt to fabricate an optimistic lie, I would end up years later sucking on the wrong end of a shotgun over the guilt I would sustain from knowing I screwed over an un-suspecting computer user when they installed this pop-up infested piece of code.

    Cons

    When the popups are not invading your desktop, it works fine. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IF I PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE THE POPUPS WILL GO AWAY! my response, "go stare into the sun until you go blind".

    Summary

    If you need exercise with the finger you use for your mouse then this is the program for you. If you want a free anti-virus program I highly suggest another provider cause Avira aint it!

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  • Reply by musicman4you on June 15, 2012

    I only get one popup a day when Avira is updating.I click okay and thats it.It is gone.Now hard is it to click on that one popup and takes only one second of my time.Avira is great with high detection rates and the lightest of all the other Free Antivirus programs on your system.

  • Reply by Soaring_Eagles on June 15, 2012

    There is no better and I only get one pop-up a day and I would rather have a pop-up than a virus anyday.

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