Avira is within the means of rolling out a repair for customers of its antivirus software program, as a latest replace locked up their PCs solely.
Final week, customers complained that updating to the latest model of Avira precipitated their PCs to completely lock up. “I attempted disabling all background apps till solely Avira was left,” a person complained on Reddit, prompting a thread of comparable complaints. “[Two] different folks I do know had the identical problem (each have Avira). Mounted it by going into secure startup and uninstalling Avira.”
That, in a nutshell, was the issue and treatment for affected customers. If the issue affected your PC, the one approach to resolve the problem was to take the few moments afforded to you after booting to your PC and uninstalling the Avira antivirus program.
Based on Heise.de, nonetheless, the bug was no mere Web rumor. Avira’s proprietor, NortonLifeLock (renamed Gen Digital) acknowledged the issue and is rolling out a repair. The corporate allegedly blamed the problem on its firewall and never the antivirus software program itself.
Avira is historically one of many higher antivirus applications, particularly for many who don’t need to pay for a conventional antimalware app or service. Lockups, although, are not any joke. Relaxation assured that should you do undergo from the lockup bug (or simply need to uninstall Avira earlier than the repair is pushed to your machine), Home windows Defender will step in and mechanically take over.
Starting in 2019, the 2 main antivirus teams put Defender’s antimalware capabilities on the similar stage as paid providers, which means that it’s best to be capable to get away with letting Defender guard your PC for no less than the quick time period.