Avira 2013 Free Antivirus

Avira has just released its 2013 lineup, including Avira Free Antivirus as well as the commercial alternatives Antvirus Premium, Internet Security and Internet Security Plus. You may have already noticed that the year has been removed as part of the product name.

The interface of Avira Free Antivirus looks like the one on the screenshot below. The light gray items are available in the free version, while the dark gray icons are reserved to the company’s commercial offerings.

One of the new features of the Avira 2013 lineup is the new social networks feature under child protection. This is a parental controls software to monitor children on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+.

To use the feature, you need to create an account with Avira’s Social Network Protection, and then add your childs to the newly registered account and connect the social networking accounts of the childs to the application.

With the Social Networks feature, you can monitor your children‘s activities online. The Social Networks technology checks their social network accounts for comments, photos etc. that may influence your child‘s reputation in a negative way or may indicate that your child is in danger.

The menu on the left side opens a page in the product which contains links to the SocialShield website. The links will open in the default browser of the system.

Android Security is another new feature. It is basically an app that you can install on Android devices to protect those devices from loss and theft.

Download Avira Free Antivirus 2013