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Avira ships free security suite

By Staff Writers on Nov 4, 2016 3:31PM
Avira ships free security suite

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Avira Free Security Suite 2017 is a comprehensive bundle of Avira’s antivirus, anti-phishing, virtual provide network and Windows optimisation tools.

The suite includes four products. Avira Free Antivirus keeps malware at bay, Avira Browser Safety blocks dangerous links, Avira Phantom VPN encrypts web traffic and masks your IP address, and Avira System Speedup optimises your PC’s performance.

Avira fans will know these packages already, but the 2017 editions deliver improved anti-ransomware protection, and they’re all managed and controlled from a revamped Avira Connect launcher.

The suite has some notable issues. The free version of Phantom VPN works well, but has a very tight 500MB per month data limit (1GB if you register), which means it’s only suitable for occasional light use.

Avira System Speedup’s free edition similarly offers a reasonable set of core features – speed, memory and privacy tweaks, as well as online history management – but for boot optimisation, encryption, secure deletion and thorough drive cleaning, you’ll still need the commercial version.

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On the plus side, Avira’s core antivirus engine offers better protection than most commercial products, and Browser Safety is a welcome addition which reduces the chance of encountering malware in the first place.

Ease of use is another advantage. Setup is faster and more straightforward than many stand-alone antivirus products, and individual tools can be managed from Avira Connect, a simple console which lives in your system tray.

And although the new release is called a “suite”, it’s really still just a bundle of individual products, so it’s fully customisable. If you decide you don’t want one of the tools, you can uninstall it in the usual way and keep everything else.

Avira Free Security Suite 2017 is available now for Windows 7 and later.

This article originally appeared at softwarecrew.co.uk

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By Staff Writers
Nov 4 2016
3:31PM
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