Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1296 Date added: November, 29th 2008 - (Non-Commercial Freeware)

Avast! Free Antivirus with more than 200 millions users is one of the most popular and powerful anti-virus programs in the World today! The Home Edition is absolutely free for personal and non-commercial use, and is packed with many useful new features. avast! Free Antivirus is perfect for people who send e-mails and surf popular websites. But if you store sensitive data on your computer, shop or bank on-line, we recommend the comprehensive protection in avast! Internet Security.

Avast Main Technologies:

Antivirus and anti-spyware engine
Innovative scanning engine protects against viruses, spyware, and other malicious agents.

Real-time anti-rootkit protection
Prevents stealth malware (‘rootkits’) that, when loaded by the computer’s OS, are invisible to ordinary scanners.

avast! WebRep
Provides website reliability and reputation ratings according to community-provided feedback.

Boot-time scanner
Scans your computer for infections before the OS can start to activate any viruses beneath it (now applies to Windows 7 and Windows Vista).

Intelligent Scanner
Reduces the number of required file scans up to 80% through a white list of safe applications. Files identified as safe are not rescanned unless they change.

Silent/Gaming Mode
Automatically detects full-screen applications and disables pop-ups and other notifications without compromising security.

Real-time Shields
Real-time scanning of opened/executed files. Scans all incoming/outgoing email for malware. Scans all visited web pages, downloaded files, and java scripts. Checks files downloaded via P2P programs. Detects malicious scripts hidden in web pages and stops ‘zero-day’ threats and unknown malware.

64-bit support
Supports the 64-bit architecture platforms of Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

Heuristics engine and Code emulator
Proactively finds malware undetectable with normal definitions and virus signatures. Uses dynamic translation (a method much faster than traditional emulation) for both generic unpacking and within the heuristics engine.

Note: After 30 days Anti-virus requires a free registration.


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