We bit the bullet and went with the most comprehensive plan: Total Security.

If you want to use the other features, you’ll need to upgrade to a paid subscription, so that’s what we did. It lets you scan for malware manually, but that’s all that it can do. After that, we’d need to upgrade to a paid subscription to continue using it.įurther exploring the app confirmed our suspicion that the free version is pretty barebones. When we tried to clear our device’s tracking cookies, for example, TotalAV notified us that we only had 48 hours to try the feature for free. Soon after, though, we found out that not all the listed features are included in the free version. The software even performed a Smart Scan as soon as we launched it the first time, which checked for: Impressively, the app listed a comprehensive set of features, ranging from real-time malware protection to miscellaneous device protections such as password management and performance booster. We’re not ones to turn down free protection, so we downloaded the software and tried it out. One of the first things that caught our eye was TotalAV’s promise of a free-to-download, free-to-use antivirus software. Like we always do before testing antivirus software, we researched TotalAV’s products and offerings.

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