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  • 1.0 stars

    "The pop-ups, Oh the pop-ups!"

    July 11, 2012  |   By mdsnrey06

    Pros

    Provides adequate protection with virus scans, but refuses to remember which files to ignore and tries to delete them daily.

    Cons

    Pop-ups trying to get me to buy the full version constantly. I have my laptop hooked up to my entertainment system, and the ads would come up during movies and everything. Finally, I had to stop watching a movie to close an ad twice and just uninstalled Avira completely. There are other free antivirus programs that aren't quite as imposing that I'm trying out.

    Summary

    Didn't get any viruses while using this, but the ads and 'special offer' pop-ups were unbearable.

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