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avast! Home - Free antivirus 4.8.1356

Free antivirus for non-commercial home use |

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Publisher: ALWIL Software (2 other programs)
OS Support: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
License: Freeware; $0.00 to buy
Date added: 03/24/2005
Last Update: 08/06/2009 | version history
Size: 297 KB
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4
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Very Good

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Avast! Home Edition is a free antivirus software designed to protect your computer from any viral threats. You can use it for up to 60 day without registering it. Afterwards, you will be prompted to register for free in order to get a license key valid for a year.

The program consists of three modules: the Avast! Virus Recovery Database Generator, The Avast! On-Access Scanner, and the Virus Scanner. The On-Access Scanner provides protection for your emails, local network activity, Outlook/Exchange and Internet activity. The virus scanner allows you to perform in-depth scans of your system using the program's interface or the explorer context menu. The 'resident protection' will run as a background service and will scan all accessed executable files, documents or emails.

The interface has a nice and intuitive design which makes the program very easy to use. However the complete configuration of all the settings regarding all the features, took me a little longer. The most important thing was the actual protection it provided, so I tested it using EICAR (European Expert Group for IT Security) test files. The On-Access protection failed the EICAR test when I downloaded the test files using HTTP and HTTPS protocols. However the virus scanner passed the EICAR test by successfully removing the 'malware' test files.

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In conclusion: Considering the fact that it's a free antivirus solution, Avast! lives up to the standards of a competitive antivirus program.

version reviewed: 4.8


avast! Home - Free antivirus Publisher's Description

avast! Home is a free antivirus, anti-spyware and anti-rootkit solution for non-commercial home use. It scans for all forms of malware. avast! antivirus has obtained multiple VB100% award in Virus Bulletin reviews, with no fails for over two years. avast! scans: On Demand - with Skinnable Simple Interface, during Boot Time and On Access. It protects E-mail, HTTP, NNTP, ICQ, mIRC, Kazaa etc. True low bandwidth incremental updates.


System Requirements
Minimum of 32MB (64MB to 128MB pref) of RAM and 486 class processor with 50MB free hard drive space

What's new
improved Standard Shield, improvements in some unpackers
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