The application is free of charge and does not conflict with other anti-malware alternatives available on the system. It is a simple tool that scours the most important parts of the system in search for malware.
The product has two scan modes, with the default one searching through areas most likely for malware to lodge in. A full scan covers all the drives on the system and it takes much longer to complete.
In both cases, all loaded processes are verified, together with their modules.
When first initiated, Avira PC Cleaner checks for updates and downloads the necessary files (if any) to a temporary directory. Also, it will place two icons on the Desktop, one for launching the utility and the other for removing it from the computer.
Sorin Mustaca, security expert at Avira, has told us that malware detection in PC Cleaner relies on threat signatures, generic signature detection, as well as the heuristic technology, capable of uncovering threats that have not yet been classified.
