Unfortunately I wasn't paying attention and accidentally installed it. I paid for the Living Earth app now. It still made my computer run sluggishly. Can anyone confirm no malware in the App Store version?
Not. Please refer to Anon's post ... https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/avira.345492/page-196#post-2672548
If you are running Windows 8 or 10, no need to uninstall Avira Connect. Just disable startup in Windows Task Manager.
Avira Launcher -> Avira Connect Same ****, different names ....... Avira Launcher Connect version 1.2.87.13303 released today. http://www.avira.com/en/download/product/avira-antivirus-pro
Yes, it offers some more proactive layers so goes to cloud so it offers better protection just look yt vids
It does have something just look this https://malwaretips.com/threads/avira-logic-in-detecting-malicious-files.71300/
Private tests from a guy who has no idea* how Avira works, proves nothing. *just read his posts in malwaretips thread linked above......
Oh good grief!!! That thread makes my brain hurt! Mostly a bunch of folks that don't use Avira, discussing how it works. Dumb and Dumber ... One more time, Web Protection is not the same thing as APC (Avira Protection Cloud). Avira Free and Pro both use APC, same detection protection there. True, only Avira Pro has "Web Protection", but this is just a HTTP scanner. IMO, Web Protection is useless 90% of the time because it cannot scan HTTPS, which is becoming the leading method of web communication.
Regarding the ransomware protection at least, it looks like you are right about the difference between pro and free version (and this is not a youtuber's test) https://avlab.pl/sites/default/files/68files/ENG_2016_ransomware.pdf
.pdf files have been known to deliver malware ... much better form to post a link to the website, rather than directly link to a document in a forum post ...