Avast!
Posted On Monday, February 25, 2008 at at 5:24 AM by HUL2000Avast! Antivirus
Avast! Antivirus is developed by ALWIL Software - first released in 1988.
Avast! was one of the first on-access antivirus programs to be released for Windows x64 edition. Since its release, avast! 4 Home has become one of the most popular full-featured freeware anti-virus applications for Microsoft Windows users. As of December, 2007 it has had over 14 million downloads on Download.com. As of October 22, 2007 avast! (Home version) has had 40 million registered users.
The program is free for home and non-commercial use so it is often compared with the free version of Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus, except for the fact that it is even better than AVG. It has more features, better detection and more frequent updates than AVG free version.
Avast! was one of the first on-access antivirus programs to be released for Windows x64 edition. Since its release, avast! 4 Home has become one of the most popular full-featured freeware anti-virus applications for Microsoft Windows users. As of December, 2007 it has had over 14 million downloads on Download.com. As of October 22, 2007 avast! (Home version) has had 40 million registered users.
The program is free for home and non-commercial use so it is often compared with the free version of Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus, except for the fact that it is even better than AVG. It has more features, better detection and more frequent updates than AVG free version.
Avast is aimed at preventing several types of computer threats, including those that are not technically computer viruses such as spyware and even rogue anti-spyware, and can also make a virus Recovery DataBase which is used to recover files when they are infected (instead of deleting them). The product is available with text and voice translations for 27 languages. The interface is simple and attractive (and Skinnable!)making it very user-friendly.
Features
- Standard Shield — Real-time protection
- IM shield — Instant Messenger protection
- P2P shield — P2P protection
- Internet Mail — E-mail protection
- Outlook/Exchange — Microsoft Outlook/Exchange protection
- Web Shield — HTTP protection (localtransparent proxy)
- Script blocker — script checker (Pro version only)
- Network Shield — basic protection against well-known network worms. Acts as a lightweight Intrusion Detection System
- Audible alarms — vocal warnings such as "Caution, a virus has been detected!"
- Boot-time scan — through the program interface, a user can schedule a boot-time scan to remove viruses that load during Windows startup and are therefore difficult to remove. A very important feature especially for viruses written to shut-down the virus protection as soon as Windows starts.
To use the Home Edition, you should register it (for free), however, after initial installation you have 60 days to trial the product (as with all avast! antivirus products) before you must complete registration. The registration process is very easy, and will take you only a couple of minutes.
So, start using Avast!
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