#AVIRA ANTIVIRUS FOR PC FREE#
Germany-based Avira knows security: Avira Free Antivirus shares the same core technology as Avira Antivirus Pro, named “2016 Product of the Year” by AV-Comparatives.
#AVIRA ANTIVIRUS FOR PC WINDOWS#
It may sound strange to some, but the built in Windows Defender has increased in effectiveness to about the same extent Norton’s effectiveness has plummeted. You can choose to assume that Norton would monitor your usage and suspend mining while you are working, then again you might assume an antivirus program would not purposefully infect your computer, so you can also expect sluggish performance thanks to this as well. Mining will also cause significantly more wear and tear on your components, which you should also take into account as that laptop you expected to last for years may develop hardware issues long before you would expect. Mining is extremely energy intensive and you will find that your electricity bill will increase thanks to Norton volunteering you to work in the mines the cost to mine can often exceed the amount you make in a day.
#AVIRA ANTIVIRUS FOR PC SOFTWARE#
If you haven’t run into mining before, and those that chose to pay for Norton software may well not have, it might seem to be relatively harmless but that is certainly not the case.
This might not seem bad at first glance, as they give you a dashboard which shows just how much money you could theoretically get if you cashed in the Etherium them made you mind. The problem is that antivirus programs are supposed to prevent you from unwittingly mining cryptcoin for others, not actively recruit you for it. Not only does Norton press gang your system into mining Etherium, they take a 15% cut off the top for doing so, though at least they let you keep the rest whether you know it or not. Previously it was an opt in but it will soon be enabled by default, and just in case you were still willing to offer them even a tiny break for doing so, they’ve now extended this to Avira Antivirus, one of their subsidiaries. Last week, in between CES news blasts, you might have heard that the Norton 360 security software suite now comes with it’s own built in cryptominer to mine Etherium on your computer.
The Antivirus Suite Which Comes With It’s Own Virus