Avira security software refers to a range of antivirus and internet security software for the Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris computing platforms by the German developer Avira. These applications are based on the AntiVir antivirus engine also known as "Luke Filewalker", first launched in 1988.
On October 17, 2008, a big update to the search engine was released, which increased scanning speed by 20%. Additionally, version 9.0 of all mainstream Avira products were released in March 2009 and sports a faster scanning engine and a refined GUI.
Avira AntiVir Personal — free antivirus avira antivir is a antivirus product for personal use only. Like most antivirus software, it scans disks for viruses and runs as a background process, checking each opened and closed file. It can also detect and possibly remove rootkits. The product performs Internet updates (daily by default) in which it opens a window, with an advertisement suggesting the user to purchase Avira AntiVir Premium. The user can also schedule different types of scans.