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Avira Antivirus Pro

Comprehensive virus protection for PCs and smartphones

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Avira Antivirus Pro Reviews

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4.5

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70

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  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.6/10

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Pros and cons

It has a beautiful interface, the security of the team is very good, and it has a free option.
I love taking advantage of it as it offers a wide variety of safety measures. Avira has been popular for many years and now became my product of choice.
The user interface is outstanding. Font is large and clear and the software is easy to interact with.
My issue with this software is that it considers any unknown file or link on a website as a possible threat and then blocks it, so it needs an update for this bug.
Well, it's been a while since we changed, but all the complaints are the fewest.
Also, some users have said that the program can be sluggish and slow, which affects the performance of the system as a whole.
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James A.

Consumer Goods, 11-50 employees

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Avira is the most functional!

Reviewed a year ago

I find it to be exceptionally good for what it is! I felt very guarded on my information and other important things. It works as a silent guardian on your PC even blocking you from downloading probably safe files, but I trust it nevertheless.

Pros

I find this software to be very appropriate for my use. I love taking advantage of it as it offers a wide variety of safety measures. Avira has been popular for many years and now became my product of choice.

Cons

It is sometime a bit too persistent with the way it advertise it, and The basic version only offers so much. I would suggest upgrading for the best function you can get.

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Hafizah S.

Telecommunications, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Avira Antivirus review

Reviewed 2 years ago
Pros

Avira Antivirus Pro is a robust antivirus program that helps to safeguard your computer. It protects you from a wide range of malware, viruses, trojans, and other threats 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It also saves you from malicious files that may try to access your system while you're online.

Cons

It is more expensive, though, and it is not always accurate in identifying viruses and possibly malware, and it can occasionally cause the laptop or computer to slow down. Other than that, i am happy with all other feature with this antivirus software.

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Oil & Energy, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Avira antivirus pro is effective in providing protection from viruses.

Reviewed 19 days ago

Overall, I am giving 8 points based on my use since last 1.5 years.

Pros

1. It provides Overall protection against the threats such as viruses, malwares, spams and ransomwares.2. It provides clear information about the current security of my system.3. Fast and effective scanning can be done for all the files in the system.4. It detects & removes the viruses & other threats quickly.5. It is based on real time monitoring, hence it gives the alerts whenever any threats come.

Cons

1. There is absence of firewall in the Avira antivirus pro software.2. Sometimes, My system become slow due to the use of Avira antivirus.

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Mosaad S.

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Good antivirus detector to secure your data

Reviewed 2 months ago

Overall it's quite good.

Pros

It does have a good malware process and detects many threats.

Cons

My issue with this software is that it considers any unknown file or link on a website as a possible threat and then blocks it, so it needs an update for this bug.

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Zakaria B.

Computer Hardware, self-employed

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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is Avira the best antivirus 2022?

Reviewed 4 months ago

overall experience I would say that Avira is a great antivirus with a cheap price .

Pros

Avira is really known antivirus for a long time, I'm using it for my computer security, and it has a really great impact on your computer, your data will be always safe from trojans and bad files, and there are a lot of features like web protections, mails protections, and there is also real-time protection so you will be on touch if anything strange is happening on your device, there is a free VPN included which is a good thing that you will need for your privacy.The thing that I liked more is the prices. The prices are very low I'm not gonna lie. you can try the free version if you want but I would really recommend you get a membership.the software interface looks easy to use, and it's not going to take your PC performance.

Cons

the software is great, I haven't seen something wrong.

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Kent Charles B.

E-Learning, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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University student Avira Antivirus Pro

Reviewed a month ago
Pros

It updates its security timely inorder to keep up to the possible threats

Cons

Notification bar can be annoying sometimes because it looks like a pop ads on a website

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Noli L.

Marketing and Advertising, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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This is solid Antivirus software

Reviewed 12 days ago
Pros

The antivirus is lightweight, which is always a plus for any software that runs in the background all the time.

Cons

Certain pop-up windows and other features can be difficult to turn off.

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Consumer Goods, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Avira makes me feel safe using my computer

Reviewed a month ago

Ever since my computer guy put it on one of my very first computers that I ever bought, I've been a fan.

Pros

I love the fact that it alerts me when I am going to enter a potentially dangerous website.

Cons

The price isn't that bad, but it used to be a lot cheaper. But then so did everything

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Urich N.

Computer Software, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Cool

Reviewed 18 days ago

bon produit, très bien pour une personne qui a peu de données sensibles

Pros

it is a software that has a very fast scanning capacity

Cons

is not persistent enough in Trojan horse style viruses

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Reunaldo P.

Marketing and Advertising, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Avira Antivirus Pro Review

Reviewed a month ago
Pros

I appreciated that Avira Antivirus Pro offers thorough defense against viruses, spyware, ransomware, and other internet threats. Additionally, it offers sophisticated features like real-time defense, a firewall, and risk-free browsing. Also, the user interface is incredibly simple to use, which makes it ideal for new users.

Cons

The price of Avira Antivirus Pro is its main drawback. Even though it is one of the less expensive antivirus applications, it is still more expensive than some of its rivals. Also, some users have said that the program can be sluggish and slow, which affects the performance of the system as a whole.

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Hicham S.

Computer Software, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Should You Get Avira Antivirus Pro? We Weigh the Pros and Cons

Reviewed 5 months ago

Avira Antivirus pro is a great antivirus program for those with a little more money to spend. It's one of the most comprehensive antivirus programs out there and offers both real-time scanning, on-demand scanning, antispam filters, system optimization tools, and more. However, this program is not cheap—it's $60 per year (or $120 for three years), though you can find some deals that lower that cost...

Pros

Avira Antivirus Pro has earned a name as one of the leading antivirus software packages on the market, with over 120 million installations worldwide. But how does it really stack up? We’ve taken an in-depth look at this popular program to uncover its pros and cons.Avira Antivirus Pro is a popular antivirus software with features that are not available on many of its competitors. It comes with real-time...

Cons

While there are many positives to using Avira Antivirus Pro, there are also a few negatives that need to be considered. One of the biggest disadvantages is that it can significantly slow down your computer if you have a lot of other programs running in the background. The other downside is that it does not have an app for Apple devices. Finally, some people don't like how they need to pay every year for this software. However, others find this helpful because it forces them to make sure their security is up-to-date each year. If you don't want to commit to paying annually then these antivirus solutions may not be right for you.

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Jonathan H.

Computer Software, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Great Protection for the Price

Reviewed 2 years ago

In the 14+ years, I've used their software for solid protection and it maintains up-to-date with security protocols.

Pros

Avira uses lower system resources than the competitors and allows easy custom protection.

Cons

The trial has lots of interrupting advertisements.

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Sirri a.

Government Administration, 10,001+ employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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J'utilise Avira Antivirus Pro

Reviewed 7 months ago

Avira Antivirus Pro protège mes appareils des cyberattaques, et des autres infections provenant des connections USB. Ainsi, mon matériel met plus long, et j'économise les dépenses liées à la maintenance.

Pros

J'ai téléchargé et j'utilise facilement Avira Antivirus Pro. Il est compatible avec tous les autres logiciels et applications, garantissant ainsi une stabilité pour mon système d'exploitation.

Cons

Depuis plus de 15 ans que j'utilise Avira, je n'ai jamais eu de souci particulier.

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Graphic Design, self-employed

Used other for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend3/10

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There Are Better Options

Reviewed 2 years ago

Avira works as it should. Unfortunately, the Pro version doesn't offer much besides removing the annoyance of getting popups to get you to upgrade from the Free version. It's true that Avira has a long list of features, but most of them feels like padding to justify the upgrade. Turning them on just because you have them causes Avira to use up much more processing power, nullifying the benefit of being...

Pros

The antivirus itself is pretty lightweight which is always a huge plus for any software that is constantly running in the background.

Cons

The biggest problem with Avira Pro is the fact that the free version gets you pretty much the same thing. However, the Free version is constantly annoying you with popups to get you to upgrade to Pro. Most of the additional features are also locked behind Pro, but they are unnecessary features for me.

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Hithesh T.

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Effective antivirus software tool with strong firewall functionality

Reviewed 2 years ago

Avira Antivirus Pro is perfect antivirus software which provides protection against spam and virus.

Pros

The virus and spam files are detected and can take action on virus and spam files accordingly. Perfect antivirus software provides shield against spam and virus.

Cons

Computer performance will get effected after usage of Avira Antivirus software. In unnecessary pop-ups of Avira antivirus is not comfortable while performing other task.

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Carlos R.

Import and Export, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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It works perfectly but sometimes it's difficult to understand it

Reviewed 9 months ago

Well, it's been a while since we changed, but all the complaints are the fewest. It's a good option.

Pros

It has a beautiful interface, the security of the team is very good, and it has a free option

Cons

Has some pop-ups and stuff like that that can be cumbersome and tricky to disable

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touti r.

Consumer Electronics, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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good

Reviewed 2 years ago

The best antivirus software

Pros

It is an anti-virus program called (the solar program), and this program is one of the oldest and most famous protection and anti-virus programs for its speed in finding and deleting viruses, and it is produced by the German company (Avira), so that it is based on protecting Microsoft's filesystems and is also based on repairing parts Damaged system files.

Cons

The inability of the program to protect the device from newly established malicious websites whose goal is to steal private data. The program sometimes sends false alarms to the user and alerts him to the presence of a virus or malicious program, as the program users considered it a high protection force and others were annoying alerts.

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Ibrahim E.

Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Avira Antivirus Experience

Reviewed 4 months ago

Overall , Very good experience with and extreemly safe for your computer , needs some improvement with notifications and it's delay

Pros

The Most thing i liked with my Avira experience is the ability to detect , quarentiene and imediate delete the files injected with virus which may not be detected by similar apps

Cons

I think that Avira needs to be improoved with it's notifications , some time you face some kind of Lag with te pop-up window which appears from the righ side down the computer's screen , some times it delays and causes some lag for secons specially with HDD storages

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fleury n.

Management Consulting, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Mon Meilleur Antivirus

Reviewed 8 months ago

Avira me met à l’abri des virus, et je fais plus d'économies.

Pros

Les mises à jours et scannes sont faciles à réaliser avec Avira.

Cons

Je n'ai aucune difficulté avec à utiliser Avira.

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Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Avira Antivirus

Reviewed a year ago

In terms of performance, my experience with the program throughout the years has been positive. It is, in my opinion, one of the greatest and most powerful antivirus and spyware programs available.

Pros

Continuous virus detection without user intervention, as the application runs a scan from time to time to detect viruses, and when the user downloads programs from the Internet or files, Avira checks and verifies that they are virus-free.

Cons

The software sometimes sends out false alarms, alerting the user to the presence of a virus or malicious program. These are not accurate notifications. also, the software's interface is old and out-of-date, and accessing all features is tough.

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Micaela G.

Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Discreto ma funzionante

Reviewed a year ago
Pros

Il software nel complesso funziona bene ma ho dei dubbi sul database del riconoscimento dei virus

Cons

Pensavo che la versione a pagamento fosse più efficace nel riconoscimento dei virus

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Massimo M.

Events Services, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Avira un antivirus forte

Reviewed 2 months ago
Pros

La facilità di utilizzo e sicurezza nella protezione dei computers

Cons

La grafica è un po' scarsa, si può migliorare

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Gary S.

Marketing and Advertising, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Avira Antivirus Pro Review

Reviewed 9 months ago
Pros

Good detection rate. I like that you can manually update Avira, in cases that there are problems with the automatic update.

Cons

It takes more resources compared to other antivirus software. Also, it has a high false positive rate than average.

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Charlene M.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Great All Inclusive package.

Reviewed 8 months ago

Avira has been a great asset to our protection. The options available, such as the VPN and Password Manager, are great adds.

Pros

I like that Avira offered a free version as well as the paid version. The additional options with the paid version have been well worth the cost. Being able to protect up to 6 items and keep them all safe is a plus.

Cons

Nothing at this time. The features offered are all good.

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Translation and Localization, self-employed

Used daily for 1-2 years

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The best for me

Reviewed 7 months ago
Pros

the things I like most are the efficiency and ease of use

Cons

there are some malware that slipped through its defenses before