It protects you against ransomware, Trojans, spyware, and other kinds of malware. This is how it works: When a suspicious file is detected on any computer running Avira, a fingerprint of that specific file is generated and uploaded anonymously to Avira so that they can scan it and report its status (whether it's safe or dangerous) back to every Avira user so that the program can take appropriate action.Īvira can scan and remove existing threats as well as automatically detect and stop new ones. This scanning method lets Avira's antivirus tool identify and stop threats before they get out of hand.
The main component in Avira's free software suite that makes it stand out is the optional 'in-the-cloud detection' feature called Protection Cloud.
