My mac keeps panicking
The only thing I can pretty much say is I doubt it's Avira as I
  installed it right at the beginning and this issue is a recent one


That could be evidence to the contrary - even a minor OS X upgrade can cause a third party kext to become deprecated, resulting in persistent panics. 

Unless you completely uninstall the software, you won’t be able to rule it out. A quick google search of Apple Support Communities shows a multitude of panics related to Akira’s drivers. 

Another alternative would be to unload the kernel extension temporarily* and test. Open Terminal and enter the following command (replacing with the actual name of the kext):

sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/thirdpartykext.kext


Confirm it’s unloaded:

kextstat | grep com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl


grep should return nothing. Proceed to reboot your machine. 

If you’re unable to recreate the panic, then you’ve isolated the issue. Contact the developers of the software, report it, and wait for them to roll out an update. 



*To reload the kext, you’d run:

sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/thirdpartykext.kext