App Review Avira Connect Free AV- being Part 3 of the Qihoo Series

[cruelsister]

 

[yigido]

Poor signature based AV..and poor Avira users who think "I am safe"

This is what Avira calls "Next-Gen Security"

Great video @cruelsister as always!

 

[vinylmeister]

Again @cruelsister, thank you for your time and making this helpful video for us. And, i must mention this, outstanding choice of music. Always a pleasure to watch and listen!

 

[Sundaram999]

Thanks for review, test and shareing!

 

[FrFc1908]

thanks for this illuminating video as always! avira 2017 : more bloat ( launcher - phantom vpn - cleaner and so on ) , still the same ugly gui ( imho ) but almost non excistent protection against zeroday / ransomware. what happened to the days that avira was king of the hill with excellent signatures? as @yigido stated : poor avira users! the devs for sure have to hit the drawingboards again cannot wait for your bd free test @cruelsister!!!

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Thanks @cruelsister for another amazing video. Like others said can't wait for your test of Bitdefender Free.
Would you like to test Emsisoft Anti-Malware 12 witch has a new behaviour blocker when the beta update feed is chosen?
Emsisoft Anti-Malware & Emsisoft Internet Security 12 Beta Test - Emsisoft Anti-Malware & Emsisoft Internet Security Beta

 

[tonibalas]

Ok Avira's 0 day component isn't so good but if you combine it with comodo firewall or an anti-exe like Voodooshield
you will have a decent protection for your system since Avira signatures are still very good.
Thanks for the review @cruelsister

 

[ForgottenSeer 55474]

Thanks for the video it was inlightning

 

[jamescv7]

Avira manage to implement ProAktiv (BB) before but sooner they failed to maintain; now that APC is integrated however seems inconsistent against those massive zero day samples.

No offense but for some people, it may provide comment as 'Overrated'.

 

[Der.Reisende]

Would love to see Avira adding a strong HIPS / BB (like as this one from Q360 TS) and a powerful firewall. Would switch by no second!
Great review as always @cruelsister, thank you for sharing

 

[Brahman]

Ok Avira's 0 day component isn't so good but if you combine it with comodo firewall or an anti-exe like Voodooshield
you will have a decent protection for your system since Avira signatures are still very good.
Thanks for the review @cruelsister

A failure is a failure and for a company like avira its a shame that they still can't protect against ransom-ware. Adding a decent behaviour blocker into the free version is not going to hurt you M/s Avira....come on do it or the game will be over for you.

 

[Solarlynx]

... gone are the days when Avira had decent 0-day detection ...

 

[MiserableHumanBeing]

Nowadays Avira is a silly joke that comes with a lot of bloatware. Not to mention that grotesque UI and the useless launcher. Get real Avira!

 

[omidomi]

Poor signature based AV..and poor Avira users who think "I am safe"

This is what Avira calls "Next-Gen Security"

Great video @cruelsister as always!

+1
Avira really weak in BB

 

[Behold Eck]

Gonna stick the boot in as well,

Apart from the already mentioned bad GUI,no HIPS/BB and bloaty "launchers" etc my main gripe with Avira is it`s insistence on when finding different malwares,starting numerous scans upon scans upon scans until the system resources are swamped and overwhelmed.

Another great video Cruel(to be kind)Sister demonstrating the folly of pure signature based protection.

Regards Eck

 

[insanity]

Bad result for Avira .
Avira probably has one of the best signatures/engines. But I remember watching an Avira review and it seems that Avira behaviour consists in just scanning every single file that is launched which is not effective; it would be better if the developers added some strong behavioural module/HIPS that could really enhance the system protection. (Not to mention that Avira Free can scan at most 4 process at a time)

 

[jamescv7]

@insanity: They knew those suggestions mentioned in Avira Answers however, most of the time its more as issues occur follow by ineffectiveness of protection.