{"id":60806,"date":"2014-02-18T22:13:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T20:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=60806"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:52:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:52:30","slug":"avira-free-pc-cleaner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/avira-free-pc-cleaner\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Avira PC Cleaner now available globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Avira&#8217;s free PC Cleaner tool is now available globally. It was first released in Germany at the request of the German Federal Bureau for Information Security (BSI) to clean up a critical botnet. Now all PC users can use the tool for free.<\/p>\n<p>Avira PC Cleaner offers additional scanning for things like viruses and Trojans your antivirus program may have missed. &#8220;It will clean and repair any infections that it finds on your computer, and it won\u2019t slow down your machine by even a fraction,&#8221; says Sorin Mustaca, security expert at Avira. <a title=\"Avira free Antivirus\" href=\"http:\/\/avira-free-antivirus.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avira Antivirus<\/a> users will not need this tool as it&#8217;s built into the program.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-60809\" title=\"Avira PC Cleaner threat detected\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/threat-detected-458x568.png\" alt=\"Avira PC Cleaner threat detected\" width=\"458\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/threat-detected-458x568.png 458w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/threat-detected-206x256.png 206w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/threat-detected.png 571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The app is light weight, updates automatically, and doesn&#8217;t need to be installed. Launching the .exe file will place files in a temporary folder that can be easily deleted later.<\/p>\n<p>Since PC Cleaner isn&#8217;t installed, it doesn&#8217;t actively work to find viruses or malware. It&#8217;s more of a secondary scan to make sure your antivirus program didn&#8217;t miss anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recommend users should regularly perform a scan with the free Avira PC Cleaner, no matter which security software they have, so that we can be their second line of defense,\u201d adds Mustaca.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Downad Avira PC Cleaner\" href=\"http:\/\/avira-pc-cleaner.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Avira PC Cleaner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"Avira TechBlog\" href=\"http:\/\/techblog.avira.com\/2014\/01\/09\/avira-pc-cleaner-a-second-opinion-scanner\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avira<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/the-moon-malware-spreading-through-linksys-routers\">The Moon malware spreading through Linksys routers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/gabe-newell-valve-is-not-collecting-your-browsing-history\">Gabe Newell: Valve is not collecting your browsing history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/user-data-lost-in-attacks-on-kickstarter-and-forbes\">User data lost in attacks on Kickstarter and Forbes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avira&#8217;s free PC Cleaner tool is now available globally. It was first released in Germany at the request of the German Federal Bureau for Information Security (BSI) to clean up a critical botnet. Now all PC users can use the tool for free. Avira PC Cleaner offers additional scanning for things like viruses and Trojans &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/avira-free-pc-cleaner\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Free Avira PC Cleaner now available globally&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2744],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-60806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfree-pc-cleaner"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331314,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60806\/revisions\/331314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60806"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=60806"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=60806"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=60806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}