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By the end of 2021, Avira phased out some of his commercial offerings, which transition Avira Prime as the main solution for its closing point security. It is basically a suit that includes all independent and paid solutions of the aur, with the promise that all the upcoming solutions will be contained under the major umbrella.
We cannot blame the argument behind this, as most modern security offerings usually bundle everything on the offer in a premium plan that completes businesses and safety-conscious users. With Avira Prime, you get web security for antivirus, antimalware, and mobiles and desktops, an unlimited VPN, an unlimited VPN, an password manager and desktop cleanup tools.
features
Fun with Avira starts with your online Avira account, which you fill while making prime. From there, you download the app and allow it to install it, finalizing the installation by adding Evira browser extensions (chrome, age, firefox or opera). Once done once, you will be congratulated by an familiar UI, as the free version of Avira and Prime shares the same UI. The only difference is that in prime, all features are unlocked and no ups are pop-ups.
Smart scan turns off things, a quick, broad scan that includes privacy, performance, malware, updates and network issues. If you are in a hurry and do not want to scan manual or custom, this option can be easier because it deal with most issues once.
Antivirus and malware protection features are quite good, in which Avira ends at the top of the independent lab test (later more on it). The same can be said about its anti-fisting protection, however, this level of safety is also available with Avira Free, and can struggle to see the need to upgrade an average user in combination with Windows Firewall.
Speaking about the firewall, Prime comes with his own firewall (according to iconic reviewers it is not available for Mac), but as usual the one who comes with Windows is more than enough. Avira further enhances his proposal with a VPN and a password manager. VPN is an unlimited VPN and depending on the number of licenses you purchased, you can connect 25 devices over it. There are about 50 places to choose with more than 1400 servers available. You also get a kilo switch and other advanced options such as auto launch as you connect to Wi-Fi. The speed leaves a lot to be desired, especially if you compare it with the choice of NordVPN.
Password manager adds security analysis for your password, a password generation option as well as auto-filled options through the aforesaid browser extensions. If you struggle with the number of passwords that you are doing, a password manager can make your life easier, but it will be difficult to recommend a solution of Avira on something like 1password.
We cannot blame Avira’s update manager, which can help less experienced users up to date with the most important safety patch. However, if you know how to update, this device is completely useless.
The system speedup given by AVIRA will adjust all your junk files, storage and registry issues as well as adjusting the startup app to speed up your system and will analyze and automatically fix all your junk files, storage and registry issues. This is a solid solution, yet, if compared to the solution of the Norton or BitDefender, the features of Avira and the reasoning behind some characteristics do not simply seem like a premium solution.
Finally, you have an identity supporting component, among other things, dark web monitoring but only when you are customers located in Germany (only for German customers). Other users are simply monitored by their Avira account email address on the dark web, which is showing disappointing with Avira.
On Android, you can get the security of the same level you get on a windows machine. However, if you are in Apple’s ecosystem (MAC, iOS), the feature set is different, which is responsible for the fact that Apple’s products do not require the same safety facilities required by Windows. In our opinion, Apple users can easily leave on Avira and see anywhere else if additional safety features are required.
Price determination
Avira has a simple pricing strategy offering only two options for Prime for Prime, which is distinguished by the number of devices you want to save, either five or 25. If you go for five devices, Prime will have a monthly or € 109.95 for a year or € 203.95. If you need a protected 25 devices, the prices are € 12.95 and € 134.95 or € 134.95 or € 258.95 annually for monthly payment € 134.95 or € 258.95 respectively.
Security
Avira’s latest test was conducted by AV-Test in January/February 2025, where Avira scored a maximum of 6 out 6 runs in all his tests. What was during these tests is that Awira does not affect the performance as other industry standard AVS, and there was no wrong positivity reported during the system scan.
final call
In the context of safety features, Avira Windows works great for users, but its suit provides everything in its suit. The worst, safety facilities are available in free version, so there is no encouragement to go on Prime. The price for us that you are getting, the price seems quite standing and it is difficult to recommend it on a more premium offer coming from your direct contestants like Norton or BitDefnder.
