- Dec 18, 2001
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They are concealing it under the guise that you need to install the toolbar to get "Webguard" which was included in the paid version of Avira (without the toolbar) but they are being so kind as to offer "Webguard" to us users for free...as long as we install the toolbar provided by ask.com.
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-searchfree-toolbar
If you choose to decline the installation of the toolbar, it will ask you three more times to install it via a sliding popup in the bottom right corner of your screen. If you deny it three times, it won't pop up again. BUT those of us that use the free Avira software know that an open umbrella in our system tray means Avira is active and working. If you do not install the toolbar, the umbrella will stay closed. :thumbsdown: While that is no big deal for me, as I know it is working, it may be confusing to many that don't know much about computers. So hopefully any of you that provide some support to family, like I do, don't get tons of calls in panic because they are no longer protected.
I did get my umbrella to open again by going into Add/Remove programs, going to Avira and clicking on "Change". Going through the steps making sure not to select their toolbar install and it has since opened the umbrella again. It also removes the "Online Protection" icon when you open Avira.
I've long been a proponent of Avira and have been using it for a number of years now. Looks like that may come to an end.
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-searchfree-toolbar
If you choose to decline the installation of the toolbar, it will ask you three more times to install it via a sliding popup in the bottom right corner of your screen. If you deny it three times, it won't pop up again. BUT those of us that use the free Avira software know that an open umbrella in our system tray means Avira is active and working. If you do not install the toolbar, the umbrella will stay closed. :thumbsdown: While that is no big deal for me, as I know it is working, it may be confusing to many that don't know much about computers. So hopefully any of you that provide some support to family, like I do, don't get tons of calls in panic because they are no longer protected.
I did get my umbrella to open again by going into Add/Remove programs, going to Avira and clicking on "Change". Going through the steps making sure not to select their toolbar install and it has since opened the umbrella again. It also removes the "Online Protection" icon when you open Avira.
I've long been a proponent of Avira and have been using it for a number of years now. Looks like that may come to an end.
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