In the past, Avira made two free products available, a free antivirus and a free security suite. Features Shared With Avira's Free Security

Given that an incoming malicious attachment would get scanned by the real-time antivirus before it could launch, I don’t see this feature adding any value. You can optionally set it to scan outgoing SMTP messages, though I can't picture how a malicious file could escape the real-time antivirus and then get caught by Mail protection. Rather, it scans incoming POP3 and IMAP email for malware. Mail protection sounds like spam filtering, but it isn't. I’ll discuss Web protection and Ransomware protection below. In the free product, only Real-Time protection is enabled. This reveals four toggles for essential security components: Real-Time protection, Web protection, Mail protection, and Ransomware protection. The most obvious difference appears when you click Protection options on the Security page. The main Status page features oversized icons for Security, Privacy, and Performance, along with a big button to run a Smart scan.

Clicking Security, Privacy, or Performance brings up a page of five related components, and those pages look just the same in the two products. Both have a left-rail menu featuring Status, Security, Privacy, and Performance. If you put Avira Antivirus Pro alongside Avira Free Security, you’ll find them nearly identical, except for the window title.

You do pay $59.99 for a year of McAfee, but that gets you protection for all the Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS device in your household. F-Secure Anti-Virus gives you three licenses for the same price. Bitdefender, Webroot, and Emsisoft are all in that price range, as are more than a dozen others. The sweet spot for one-license antivirus subscriptions is just under $40. Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security SoftwareĪvira's pricing is a tad on the high side, with a list price of $44.99 per year for one license, $57.99 for three, and $70.99 for five.

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