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  • 3.0 stars

    "Number 1 in Free AV by vb100"

    September 21, 2012  |   By ITepb

    Pros

    Best interface so far for Avira.
    No more Luke Filewalker win98ish scan window.

    Cons

    No Web Guard.
    No Persistent Cache check.
    GUI is still kind of ugly in comparison to other free Av.
    Scans still seem slower then Avast.
    The daily popup that you must click on, even if firewall blocked, will interrupt anything you are doing, including full screen games.

    Summary

    Cnet in the first Interface screenshot, Web Protection is white, but in all subsequent screens it is greyed out, as in not available. True it was offered at one time, but since then Avira has removed web protection from their free suite. Leaving AVG or Avast the only real option for total protection.

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