Avira Prime

Great malware protection, but it struggles to compete with its own free product.

LABS | SECURITY SUITES VS FREE ANTIVIRUS Direct price: 5 devices, $140 | avira.com Avira Prime is the top-tier product from a brand that’s best known for its free antivirus package. It includes the same antivirus and firewall modules as the free version, plus a software updater and a password manager that also appear in Avira Internet Security. Neither of these are products you strictly need, as software can and usually should be trusted to check for its own updates, and you ought to be using a dedicated password manager. Avira Prime also adds Avira’s Phantom VPN. This isn’t a white-label product but the company’s own, and it’s a solid choice, if not in the absolute top flight of VPN providers. Prime also includes a clutch of system optimisation, encryption…

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