Avira Free Security tries to deal with this worry by not only offering antivirus, but also adding a reassuringly long list of ...

The next tier is Avira Antivirus Pro, which doesn’t do a lot more than the free version when it comes to overall protection, but it does throw in a firewall and a limited VPN to justify the cost.

Avast Free doesn’t have a VPN or a password manager, for instance, unlike Avira Free Security. But Avira’s free VPN is horribly limited, with a 500MB data limit a month and no ability to ...