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1. #AVIRA FREE SECURITY SUITE UPDATE#
2. #AVIRA FREE SECURITY SUITE UPGRADE#
3. #AVIRA FREE SECURITY SUITE WINDOWS 10#
4. #AVIRA FREE SECURITY SUITE PRO#
5. #AVIRA FREE SECURITY SUITE SOFTWARE#

Depending on your settings, the software will either delete any malicious file it finds or move it to the quarantine. Avira Free Antivirus offers preventative protection for your data and devices, with the antivirus scanner constantly scanning your system for viruses, Trojans, worms, and other malware. The freeware virus protection solution Avira Free Antivirus helps you protect your sensitive data from malware and prevent hackers manipulating and blackmailing you.Īn antivirus app is a kind of doctor for computers, smartphones, and tablets, regularly checking for infections. That’s because even the latest, fully updated operating system and software cannot always reliably prevent cyberattacks. Even though Apple, Microsoft, and tech companies are constantly releasing new security updates, no digital device should be without an antivirus app. Malware and malicious app attacks on computers, smartphones, and tablets are constantly increasing. But this is attracting an ever growing number of cybercriminals. Social media and streaming are booming, and banking is now largely done online.

#AVIRA FREE SECURITY SUITE UPGRADE#

Something went terribly wrong and Avira, if there are really thousands of people affected, is likely to suffer a shit storm – currently I just have a couple of German users – but they reporting, that the upgrade to the new 'security suite' Avira Free Security 2020 is force again and again – and after that, the machines are slowed down.The internet has connected almost all four corners of the globe. Second user confirms this, reaction of the manufacturer is pending. I found this fresh entry in the German Avira support forum.

There is also feedback in the Avira Forum Thanks to all blog readers for their comments on this topic. This is really heavy – especially the auto start of the components including performance losses.

One thing is clear, Avira no longer sells a single license here! No one wants to be blessed with the marketing blessings of an overexcited anti-virus software provider without being asked. Now the unwanted components had to be uninstalled individually in a time-consuming process. Users called and complained about the miserable speed of otherwise lightning-fast intranet applications! The additional software starts itself with all components at Windows startup and leads to automatically started processes and services! On the very strong PCs this has caused enormous performance losses in the intranet. The Avira VPN service, the software updater, an additional security program (whatever else does it in addition), the system speedup (!) and a new ransomware protection, which is integrated in the main software but was partially disabled.

#AVIRA FREE SECURITY SUITE UPDATE#

Now we see that Avira unasked rolls out an update exclusively on the few remaining PCs with Windows 7, which includes a whole bundle of "helpful snake oil" software. Avira was uninstalled before the upgrade and installed again afterwards.

#AVIRA FREE SECURITY SUITE WINDOWS 10#

(Avira has made some serious blunders in the past, but these were ironed out at some point and so the licenses were extended again).Įxcept for very few special PCs, all computers have been converted to Windows 10 in time. Private customer licenses, because they are much cheaper than the business licenses (especially in a bundle for five computers and three years) and a central administration is not needed due to the lack of suitable infrastructure.

#AVIRA FREE SECURITY SUITE PRO#

Spread over a number of small offices, I have a whole range (50+) of PCs with purchased Avira Pro (private customers) licenses. Then I found an email in my inbox from German blog reader Stefan G., who writes the following.Īvira's latest prank – for Windows 7 users! What sense does it make to replace the purchased Avira Antivirus Pro with some Free product? Without any explanation.Īt this point it was already clear to me then, that not a single user was affected. And we don't want Avira Free Security, we just want to continue using the PAID product! Could be an isolated case, but German blog reader Bernhard confirms this case in a follow-up comment, and that's where things don't just get messy anymore. 29.! (wrong or intentional wrong updates!)Ĭhriscrosser have had Avira Free Antivirus installed on his system, but has received a forced 'upgrade' to Avira Free Security suite. Is probably that the last update included an installation file (for Free security) – if this happens again the next days, I will detect that – or they had a real problem with avira on Jan. – until now everything is running normally again… …yesterday, Avira installed the "Avira Free Security" without asking, although I hadn't made any settings or changes to avira (Avira Free Antivirus)…Īfter that I restored a backup from 22.01. German blog reader chriscrosser shared his observations about Avira within this German comment. Users get Avira Free Security suite installed I got the first messages this morning via e-mail and as comments within my German blog.