I want to know since I am not really sure if I should continue to use it?
Is avira a good antivirus
How good is the free version of Avira
Good free AVs - Kaspersky, Avira, Bitdefender (use one)
Good free firewalls - Comodo, ZoneAlarm (use one)
Good free second opinion scanners - Malwarebytes, Zemana (can use both)
Good free hosts/browser immunization - Spybot, SpywareBlaster (can use both)
Good free browser extensions - uBlock Origin, Ghostery, Malwarebytes Browser Guard, Avira Browser Safety, Emsisoft Browsers Security (can use some or all)
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Avira is garbage now, need alternative that is JUST antivirus.
Kaspersky Security Cloud Free is probably the best free AV at the moment in terms of protection and resource usage.
If you wanted to still use Avira, but without all of its 'extras', you can use the AV-only installer - https://www.avira.com/en/start-download/product/1129/RnZHNUpuemRxeTdRV2hiZ2NGaENQTFQzNy8yRHRwb0UxekZIaktpOG1Rb2JSdG5IK01Xc0wrY0J2dz09
Other good options are Sophos and Bitdefender.
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If anyone has recently used the free version of Avira, please tell me your opinions. PS: it doesn't have web protection. It only has real-time protection. Isn't that ok? Even defender doesn't have web protection.
Edit: why I'm not using defender:
My pc no longer shuts down when fast startup is turned on. It was caused by an update. When I re installed the os the problem disappeared. I don't want windows updates to mess up my pc. So I disabled the update service. I want to keep updates disabled for atleast 3 months so that the problem might get fixed. In the intervening period I want to use another antivirus, because I won't be updating defender.
Good free AVs - Kaspersky, Avira, Bitdefender (use one)
Good free firewalls - Comodo, ZoneAlarm (use one)
Good free second opinion scanners - Malwarebytes, Zemana (can use both)
Good free hosts/browser immunization - Spybot, SpywareBlaster (can use both)
Good free browser extensions - uBlock Origin, Ghostery, Malwarebytes Browser Guard, Avira Browser Safety, Emsisoft Browsers Security (can use some or all)
I run free Avira on a VM that I use a lot. It's been fine for me.