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TotalAV: what this site can and cannot tell you
TotalAV is the product Avalon Base has a paid affiliate relationship with. This page sets out precisely what is known here, what is not, why no rating appears, and how to check the rest at the source.
The relationship, stated up front
MP DOBRA s.r.o. is paid a commission by the vendor's affiliate programme when a reader opens the TotalAV website from a link on this site and subsequently subscribes. The price is the same as it would be without the link. The commission is what funds the writing on this site; it does not decide what the writing says, and it has not produced a score, a ranking or a recommendation anywhere on these pages. The affiliate disclosure page sets out the arrangement in full.
What is established
Two things about this product are stated by the vendor and can be repeated here without qualification:
- TotalAV is an antivirus product — it sits in the consumer security software category described throughout this site.
- The offer that Avalon Base links to is the vendor's mobile offer, listed for mobile devices and tablets running Android, iOS and Windows.
That is a short list, and it is short on purpose. Everything beyond it belongs to the vendor, is subject to change, and is stated accurately only in one place: the vendor's own site.
What is deliberately not stated here
| Question | Position on this site | Where to find the answer |
|---|---|---|
| What does it cost in Australian dollars? | Not published here | The vendor's checkout, which shows the current figure for your region and term |
| Is there a trial, and what happens at the end of it? | Not published here | The vendor's trial terms and the confirmation email you receive |
| Which features are included on iOS versus Android? | Not published here | The vendor's per-platform feature documentation |
| How many devices does a licence cover? | Not published here | The licence terms at the point of purchase |
| How does it perform against independent laboratory tests? | Not published here | The published reports of independent testing laboratories, read directly and with the date noted |
| What does the product collect about me? | Not published here | The vendor's privacy policy, which is the document that binds them |
Restating pricing and feature details on an affiliate site is how outdated information spreads. Terms change; the copy on a third-party page does not change with them. The version at the source is the one that is current and the one the vendor is accountable for.
Why there is no rating, score or "verdict"
Avalon Base has not run laboratory testing of this product or of any competitor, and it is paid when readers subscribe. A numeric score produced under those two conditions would carry no information: it would be a commercial preference with a decimal point attached. Sites that publish one anyway are asking to be believed about the one thing they are least positioned to be objective about. The more useful contribution is to explain the category well enough that a reader can evaluate the vendor's own material, which is what the rest of this site does.
What to check on the vendor's site before subscribing
Take this list with you. Each item is answerable in a few minutes on the vendor's own pages, and each is a common source of later disappointment across the whole category, not just one product.
The platform breakdown
Find the feature table that separates Android from iOS. Confirm the specific feature you are buying for exists on the device you own. The platform page explains why this matters more than it sounds.
Device and tablet coverage
Confirm how many devices the licence covers and whether tablets are counted the same way as phones.
The ongoing price, not the first-term price
Note both figures in Australian dollars and decide on the ongoing one.
The renewal and cancellation mechanics
Establish whether renewal is automatic, what notice you receive, and whether cancellation happens with the vendor or through an app store account. This depends on where you buy; the subscriptions page has the routes.
The privacy policy
Read what is collected and whether anything is shared. Pay particular attention to any VPN component, where the logging position is the whole question.
The support arrangements
Check the support channels and hours, and whether they are workable from Australian time zones.
Opening the vendor's site
The link below goes directly to the vendor's page. It is not routed through a redirect on this domain, and the destination address is visible in your browser's status bar before you click it.
Paid affiliate link: if you subscribe after following it, the vendor pays MP DOBRA s.r.o. a commission. Your price does not change, and this page would say the same things without it.
What this page is not
- It is not the official TotalAV website, and Avalon Base is not a reseller, partner or authorised source for the product.
- It is not a download page. Software is obtained from the vendor or from your platform's app store, never from here.
- It is not a review based on testing, because no testing has been done here.
- It does not report anything about the state of your device, and cannot.
Reading a security vendor's page the way a sceptic would
The skills below apply to any vendor in this category, including this one. They are worth more than a third party's opinion, because they still work next year when the pages have been rewritten.
Separate the claim from the evidence. A sentence such as "blocks malicious sites" describes a mechanism and is checkable: you can look for which browsers it covers. A sentence such as "complete peace of mind" describes a feeling and cannot be checked. Marketing pages mix the two deliberately; sorting them takes a couple of minutes and changes how the page reads.
Follow every number to its source. Detection rates, threat counts and award badges should each carry an attribution: which laboratory, which test, which date, which product version. A badge with no year behind it tells you the product was tested at some point, which is true of almost everything sold.
Check the footnotes against the headline. Where a feature is limited to one platform, to one browser, or to a higher subscription tier, that limitation is usually documented, just not in the same typeface as the promise.
Read the terms before the testimonials. The billing terms, the licence scope and the privacy policy are the parts of a vendor's site that are legally binding. Everything else is presentation.
Notice the emotional temperature. Copy that describes your device as currently at risk, or that presents a purchase as urgent, is telling you about the seller's tactics rather than about the software. Under the Australian Consumer Law, businesses selling to Australians must be able to substantiate what they claim; pressure is not a substitute for substantiation, and the ACCC explains how those obligations work.
Questions about this arrangement
- Does the commission change what appears on this page?
- It determines that TotalAV is the product covered here at all — that is what a commercial relationship means, and pretending otherwise would be the dishonest part. It does not change the content: there is no score, no comparison against unnamed competitors, and no claim that is not either sourced or explicitly marked as not established.
- Would you say if the product were unsuitable for someone?
- The pages here already do. An iPhone user looking specifically for on-device virus scanning is described on the platform page as looking for something the platform does not permit any vendor to deliver in that form. A reader whose only concern is password reuse is pointed at a password manager and multi-factor authentication.
- Why link to the vendor at all, then?
- Because for some readers a bundle is a sensible purchase, and because the commission is what pays for writing the rest. Both things can be true at once, and stating them together is more useful than implying that neither applies.
If you decide against it
That is an equally valid outcome of reading this site, and the guidance here does not change if you never follow the link. The platform maintenance described on the Android and iOS page is free, the reporting routes on the scams page are free, and multi-factor authentication on your email account costs nothing and does more for most people than any subscription in this category. Publishing that plainly, on a site paid for by affiliate commission, is the point of writing the disclosure the way it is written.