Avira Privacy Pal

Digital privacy has become a matter of great interest not just for business computer users, but also for individuals who are concerned about their data being collected during browsing sessions.  Created by the Avira team to assist in managing privacy-related issues, Avira Privacy Pal can clean the digital traces applications leave behind, thus adding an additional layer of security to your computer and protecting your online identity.

One of the perks of Avira Privacy Pal is its ease of use. Its sleek main interface displays the privacy protection plan you are currently using, along with the protection percentage, which offers you an overview of the computer's status.

With the click of a button, you can configure the application to start analyzing your system in search of privacy vulnerabilities that could be exploited to gather data without authorization.

Avira Privacy Pal reveals various categories that could be used to track your activity and enables you to perform a quick computer cleanup to make sure your identity is safe. The application can take care of browser's cache, the browsing and download history, while also removing generated cookies, browser session details and form input. Moreover, it also targets chat logs in Skype, disables web tracking, and blocks Cortana's tracking abilities, all without you having to move a finger.

Designed with versatility in mind, Avira Privacy Pal features three different approaches when it comes to privacy protection. The personalized plan is enabled by default, giving you full control over the privacy settings and enabling you to perform PC scanning and manual removal of compromising data.

There are two other plans that require even less user interaction. The basic protection plan ensures the essential security of your PC, blocking tailored ads, whereas the enhanced plan provides more protection by restricting all the application from collecting user data.

Many websites embed tracking and analytics systems that allow them to gather information about their visitors and build up behavioral patterns, mostly used to display ads. You can never be too careful about the security settings you set in place. Aside from paying attention to the pages you are visiting and the links you are clicking, it's important to keep your security solution up-to-date and perform periodical computer cleanup to remove activity traces. Avira Privacy Pal can take care of this latter task by solely dealing with various privacy issues effectively and, most importantly, without you having to waste precious time doing so manually.