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is Avira "free forever" -- I see 3 paid versions, and free version seems to have more "stuff" than some of paid versions. Does free use Avira cloud & can you turn off vpn, speed booster & identity protection? I'm just seeing new AV-C, and Avira is at or near top, a little better than MS Defender, but not clear at first glance the settings used in Defender... :unsure:
 
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simmerskool said:
is Avira "free forever" -- I see 3 paid versions, and free version seems to have more "stuff" than some of paid versions.
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Yes it is free forever, but to be honest the "stuff" it has is bloat not features.
simmerskool said:
Does free use Avira cloud
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Yes it uses the cloud and the detections starts with "HEUR/" for example "HEUR/APC".
simmerskool said:
can you turn off vpn, speed booster & identity protection?
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You can turn them off in "Autoruns" or similar startup managers, it will not start with the system, but it will still be there in the GUI when you open Avira.
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I'm just seeing new AV-C, and Avira is at or near top, a little better than MS Defender, but not clear at first glance the settings used in Defender
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Yes, it has a good results recently, and I think both Avira and MS Defender good as free solutions these days, @Shadowra please correct if I'm wrong.
 
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One of the issues I did have with Avira is their browser extension (I was using Pro), that was almost impossible to uninstall (as well as with another member here). I would rather use TrafficLight or a different browser extension than Avira's.
 
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One of the issues I did have with Avira is their browser extension (I was using Pro), that was almost impossible to uninstall (as well as with another member here). I would rather use TrafficLight or a different browser extension than Avira's.
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Yes I have seen the same thing with 2 Avira browser extensions. Months later after uninstall, I do something with pc or browser and suddenly Avira ext appears again... but I have been able to remove it from browser at that point.
 
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Jonny Quest said:
One of the issues I did have with Avira is their browser extension (I was using Pro), that was almost impossible to uninstall (as well as with another member here). I would rather use TrafficLight or a different browser extension than Avira's.
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This is not just related to Avira alone, I have this issue when I installed Malwarebytes too, if you choose to install their browser guard extension during the installation process, you will get the same issue if you tried to remove it.
 
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Pat MacKnife said:
Is someone using Avira Free ? I'm waiting for limited mode in avira free, now in settings Notifications its set to smart mode i think, like in avast you can set limited mode which is the opption to disable popups and ads etc.
I don't know if it will come available to the free version.
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Pat MacKnife said:
Well i'm not realy waiting because i use BD , but sometimes when i try avira it just gives too much ads and notifications and it would be nice to set it in limited mode to stop ads.
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Even K from time to time gives ads and promotional stuff.
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Pat MacKnife said:
Is someone using Avira Free ? I'm waiting for limited mode in avira free, now in settings Notifications its set to smart mode i think, like in avast you can set limited mode which is the opption to disable popups and ads etc.
I don't know if it will come available to the free version.
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Well, it is a premium feature currently, I don't think it will be in Avira free, because there are too many features in Avast free that is not in Avira free, not just this feature.
Pat MacKnife said:
Well i'm not realy waiting because i use BD , but sometimes when i try avira it just gives too much ads and notifications and it would be nice to set it in limited mode to stop ads.
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My first try with the new Avira free was nice, it is light, and shows just one add daily, but sadly it shows more ads now, so I removed it.
 
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