Avira Free Antivirus is the free – for personal use – version of Avira Antivir Premium; this means there are a few advanced features unavailable, like the virus filter for email or for web browsing, but the program is as powerful and efficient as its big brother. Avira Free Antivirus installs in a few seconds and starts protecting your system in real time right away. It includes all the tools and options you would expect from an antivirus these days, such as different types of scan, support for scheduling, automatic updates, and a quarantine area for suspicious files. On the downside, Avira Free Antivirus 2013 is let down by a somewhat rough interface that feels like it was designed ten years ago and never restyled: simple to use, but too plain. Millions of users trust Avira’s basic protection. Basic protection doesn’t get any easier. It takes just two clicks to install and configure your free antivirus. Our entry-level antivirus eliminates many forms of malware, including worms, rootkits and costly dialers. Avira AntiVir Personal is a comprehensive, easy to use antivirus program, designed to offer reliable free of charge virus protection to home-users, for personal use only, and is not for business or commercial use. Avira AntiVir Personal gives you the following functions: · Control Center for monitoring, administering and controlling the entire program · Central configuration with user-friendly standard and advanced options and context-sensitive help · Scanner (On-Demand Scan) with profile-controlled and configurable search for all known types of virus and malware · Integration into the Windows Vista User Account Control allows you to carry out tasks requiring administrator rights · Guard (On-Access Scan) for continuous monitoring of all file access attempts · Integrated quarantine management to isolate and process suspicious files · Rootkit protection for detecting hidden malware installed in your computer system (rootkits) (Only for 32-bit systems) · Direct access to detailed information on the detected viruses and malware via the Internet · Simple and quick updates to the program, virus definitions, and search engine through Single File Update and incremental VDF updates via a webserver on the Internet · Integrated Scheduler to plan one-off or recurring tasks, such as updates or test runs · Very high rates of virus and malware detection using innovative search technologies (search engines) and heuristic search processes · Detection of all common archive types, including detection of nested archives and smart extensions · High-performance multithreading function (simultaneous high-speed scanning of multiple files)
