jascatch.blogg.se - Avira antivirus for mac review

SELabs found that it protected against 100% of tested malware samples, but that not all of these were blocked – some were instead neutralised after they’d actually infected the test system. Over at AV Comparatives, it was also in the top flight of performance, with a 99.8% accuracy rating when it came to detecting malicious software and just two false positives. The Avira malware detection engine’s performance has recovered in the latest AV-TEST results, scoring 100% accuracy across the board, with no false positives. Two false positives with AV Comparatives test.

However, its lack of a silent mode or dedicated ransomware protection means that its overall feature set is a little less useful than that of some free rivals.

Password manager Avira offers a free edition of its companion password management serviceĪvira Free Security has a longstanding reputation as a lightweight antivirus suite that will run on almost anything.Īlthough it was bought out by NortonLifeLock, which then merged with Avast to create the Gen Digital parent company, Avira retains its own brand and, most importantly, its own detection engine and research team.