Avira

Forum discussion tagged with Avira.
  1. M

    Can't unistall Avira Launcher

    Hey guys, I've decided that I no longer want Avira antivirus in my PC, so i went ahead and unistalled Avira's one. It went well, and I no longer have it on my PC. The issue is that the Launcher that was installed with it seems impossible to be unistalled. Every time I try to do it, it comes...
  2. N

    Is windows defender plus Malware Bytes (free) good enough

    i used to use avg and just got a new rig. Should i get avira? I stopped with avg on my last rig because it was annoying. But i heard avira is good. I'm always skeptical and ocd about this type of stuff. Any ideas/advice would be much appreciated
  3. Giant Lizard

    Solved! Avira Free Security Suite vs Avira Free Antivirus

    Hi :) I use Avira Free Antivirus and I'm ok with that, but I just discovered they are proposing a complete free Security Suite and I would like to know your opinion about it. Is it useful? I see they offer also a free VPN (but only for 500 MB per month), could be useful? Thank you in advance :)
  4. D

    Is Avira antivirus safe?

    I was on my kindle and I opened a silk browser, typed in the site I wanted to go to, and it took me there for a second, but then there was a pop-up with a screen behind it, and both said "Your system is heavily damaged by Four virus! We detect that your Amazon Fire HD 7 (4th Gen) is 28.1%...
  5. J

    Bitdefender and Windows Defender both active at the same time

    I normally use Avira free AV but it's OnDemand Scanner stopped working. So I decided to uninstall it and switch to Bitdefender free edition. However when I checked, Windows Defender is still active and stating my PC is at risk. I thought it's supposed to turn off when you install a third-party...
  6. Mr Burns

    Avira Free Antivirus keeps blocking the same file over and over again?

    So Avira keeps blocking access to this file whenever I try to run it. I know the file is safe, it's a false positive and I need it to run my software. Whenever I launch the software Avira pops up saying it blocked a particular file and then an error message comes up saying the software won't...
  7. G

    PC Optimizers - Avira vs AVG vs CCleaner

    I wanted to buy one paid version of any PC Optimizer utility. Question in my mind was: which one? To ascertain major brands' efficacy, I ran three tests in identical environment, one by one, without making any changes from start to the end of these three tests, in my Windows 8.1 x64 PC. Here...
  8. W

    Avira Anti-Virus won't scan items! (HELP!)

    I usually right click a flie (folder, exe, rar) and hit the "scan files with avira" button to scan it for anything that could possible harm my Computer. It then would bring up the Avira Scan window and scan the files and give me a report. Now when I r-click and hit "Scan selected files with...