I also analyzed Avira’s third-party lab test results for security, evaluated the company’s privacy policies and spoke to its customer service team about Avira’s security protocols. I found that while ...

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The free Avira Antivirus gets excellent ratings from the independent labs, but in testing its scans were slow, and its browser protection only works with Chrome and Firefox.