Avira to discontinue Linux

Avira, the anti-virus company, is discontinuing its Linux products in order to focus more on developing its Mac OS X and Windows lines. The company says small businesses and consumer systems "almost exclusively rely upon Windows or Mac operating systems" and that "Linux installations have been declining steadily for years". As a result, licenses for its Linux products will no longer be able to be bought or renewed after 30 June 2013.

The company is discontinuing Free AntiVirus Linux, Professional Security Linux and Server Security Linux. In addition, Endpoint Security and Business Security Suite product bundles will only be available without Linux components. Customers who are already using any of those affected products will continue to be provided support, engine, and signature updates for three years, until June 2016.