Avira antivirus software for Apple devices (sponsor)

Not only Windows and Android, but also macOS and iOS are permanently threatened by a wide range of malware. A wide variety of malware can get onto Apple devices, from viruses to ransomware and espionage software. In addition, a large amount of data is tapped from third parties through the use of apps and the use of the Internet. Avira promises protection against all of this. Avira virus protection is available for all common operating systems, including and especially for those on Apple devices. Details on the range and information on the effectiveness of antivirus programs on Mac and iPhone can be found below.

Avira antivirus software is available for the Apple Mac, Apple iPhone and Apple iPad. In addition to the virus scanner, additional functions are implemented: VPN, app uninstaller, cookie removal, password manager, caller blocking, device search and more.
Avira antivirus software is available for the Apple Mac, Apple iPhone and Apple iPad. In addition to the virus scanner, additional functions are implemented: VPN, app uninstaller, cookie removal, password manager, caller blocking, device search and more.

Avira Free Antivirus for Mac

The antivirus software, which you can download directly from the provider's website, is free in the basic version and offers a few other features in addition to the detection and removal of malware. There is also an Internet protection system that checks when surfing the net, when shopping online and during payment transactions, whether malicious scripts are being executed, malware downloads are being carried out or data theft is being attempted. For even more privacy, there is also a VPN, i.e. a virtual private network that encrypts data traffic with the Internet as well as your own IP. A password manager is also integrated for the secure storage of access data.

Avira Antivirus for iOS and iPadOS

In addition to the Mac with macOS, Avira also offers an antivirus app for the iPhone and iPad. In order to use the antivirus scan, web protection, privacy and VPN, however, the app must be downloaded from the app store. In addition, only the basic functions are free, a subscription is required for the Pro version. This offers a further feature, among other things, a leak check, thanks to which one is informed if the login data has been stolen. So you know when it's time to set up new passwords again. There is also a device search, caller blocking, a network scanner for WLANs and more.

Apps in the sandbox environment - how does Avira work despite the sandbox?

Avira for macOS on the Apple Mac can loaded directly from the developer page will. This has the advantage that you can easily give the app all the necessary permissions for system scan, cookie cleaning, VPN, uninstalling apps and other functions. It currently looks different on the iPhone, as Apple does not allow sideloading here. The Avira app must therefore be downloaded from the app store, which inevitably puts it in the iOS sandbox. Full system access is not possible from there. However, threats within this area can still be detected. As the? I explain that to you here:

Although every app from the App Store is "trapped" in a sandbox, it still has the ability to view the running processes of iOS. Because each process or app has a unique identifier, known malware can be found by comparing the list of processes to a database of processes launched by malware. In this way, Avira identifies malicious apps and can inform the user about them. The only thing Avira cannot do is delete it, because the app has no access to the files and program codes of other apps.

In addition to this process scan function, VPN, backups, block lists, network scanners and everything else can also be used.

Conclusion on antivirus software for Apple devices

My conclusion to the Avira antivirus software for Apple devices is that it is quite useful due to its many additional functions. Even if you move around the web carefully, don't visit dodgy pages, every email for spam, weird attachments and Phishing checks and also observes all other precautionary measures, Avira is useful. If you don't worry about viruses or other malware on the Apple Mac, you can at least benefit from cookie cleaning, the VPN offer, the password manager, the uninstaller and other features. The same applies to the iOS and iPadOS version for the Apple iPhone and apple ipad.

Note: This article was created in collaboration with Avira.

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6 comments on “Avira antivirus software for Apple devices (sponsor)”

  1. You really don't have to know everything, but if you think you have to blog about Apple products, and especially iOS, and then also want to earn money through a sponsor, then you should at least condescend to it and deal with the to deal with the most rudimentary terms and contexts!
    When I read:
    “The Avira app must therefore be downloaded from the App Store, which inevitably puts it in the sandbox of iOS. Complete system access is not possible from there. However, threats within this range can be detected.”
    Then my hat string goes up!
    In other words it says:
    If Avira loads a virus onto my iOS system via its Avira app, my Avira app recognizes this!
    Do I have to expect Avira to send viruses to my smartphone, and then probably also to my Mac (?), So that the alleged virus scanner gets something to do !?
    The fact is that no virus scanner in the world can do anything on an iOS, iPadOS or sandboxed macOS system, except to find viruses in its own app, because the sandbox reliably prevents the virus scanner from accessing everything else!
    Anyone who tries to sell a virus scanner for iOS is taking advantage of the user's lack of specialist knowledge in order to take advantage of them financially!
    And that's what you present here, and get paid for it!
    Do you really need it that much?!?

    1. Hello Heinz! Sorry for the late reply. I had to reread the topic myself. Yes, of course there is a sandbox on iOS that locks every app in. However, there is a way for the apps (as stated on the Avira website) to see (not to influence!) the running processes of the iPhone. Avira compares these processes with a database that contains processes from known malware apps and that is maintained. In this way, Avira can then inform you about a malicious app - even if it ended up in the App Store through tricks. However, you will then have to delete them yourself, as Avira does not have access to files from other apps. I hope that was explained clearly and shows you that antivirus apps on the iPhone and iPad are not as useless as you think they are. I will correct that again in the post, because that is somewhat unfortunate or inaccurately described. Thank you for your comment - even if the tone was a bit "unfriendly". ;-)

      1. Hi Jens,
        To be honest, I don't know where you want this information from !?
        What you have linked above is not even an antivir app, but a mobile app.
        Avira itself doesn't say a word on the pages that they have a virus scanner or something even remotely similar.
        If what you claim here, that Avira could "see" other apps and draw conclusions for a warning from them, were actually true, then I would have the greatest reservations about even getting close to this app, since data is then spied out here, and be sent “home”.
        Something like that has nothing to look for on an iPhone that you want to hold securely.
        But also the additional functions that are actually described are almost without exception already included in iOS itself, and can be used there comfortably, or at least completely freely available on the Internet (identity theft protection).
        So I don't have to feed an app with my confidential data, always in the necessary hope that it won't be monetized on the one hand and stolen from the company's servers on the other!
        If you really want to provide serious information here, and not just out for the quick money from blogging, then refrain from such recommendations and make yourself really smart about what you are writing here before publishing articles, and apply!

        1. Hello Heinz! Please read what I write carefully... I didn't even claim that the Avira app could "see" other apps. And don't worry, I didn't make up the information, because you can read it yourself on the Avira website, namely here. I am now disengaging from the discussion because I believe it will not lead to anything ...

  2. The page you link here is 7 years old !!
    And you wrote: "However, there is a way for the apps (as stated on the Avira website) to see (not to influence!) the running processes of the iPhone."
    If you are not even able to go back a post and perceive what you yourself wrote there, and at the same time provide the people here with ancient information that you present as up-to-date, then maybe you should be blogging entirely permit!
    I don't understand why a company like Avira pays you money for so much misinformation, after all, that sticks to them when the bloggers they pay for their advertising don't even begin to know what they're blogging about!

    1. In the meantime I have contacted the Avira technicians (they certainly have more expertise on the matter than you or I) and I have to disappoint you: on the one hand the information on the "7 year old page" is still up to date and on the other hand my representation with the scanning of the process IDs also correct. If you want to continue complaining that I'm writing nonsense, you're welcome to do so, but none of your comments will be activated on my blog anymore. Feel free to troll elsewhere...

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