About Avast Antivirus Avast! Free Antivirus is the freeware version of Avast!

Antivirus software available to Microsoft Windows and Linux users, while Avast! Pro Antivirus is offered to businesses and users that want additional features.

Priority updates are delivered automatically using PUSH update technology in Avast! Pro Antivirus. Pro Antivirus also has a command line scanner and a script blocker.

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Avast is a multiple recipient of the Virus Bulletin VB100 Award, for detection of 100% of 'in-the-wild' viruses, and is a past winner of the Secure Computing Readers' Trust Award. Free Download New Software For Pc 2014. The name Avast comes from 'Anti-Virus-Advanced-Set'. Antivirus is a widely used antivirus program, with 100 million users worldwide as of December 2009. Avast Free Antivirus Features • Avast! Antivirus is a widely used antivirus program, with 100 million users worldwide as of December 2009.

• Resident protection comprising individual modules or 'shields', each of which can be individually configured or disabled. • Anti-spyware capabilities • Anti-rootkit capabilities • Self-Protection - Prevents malware from terminating avast! Processes and damaging avast! • Automatic incremental updates - Updates of both the program and the virus database which is used to identify potential threats - Avast! Updates its virus definitions on a regular basis (sometimes multiple updates daily) and this process is automated by default. • Audible alarms - Vocal warnings and notices such as 'Caution, a virus has been detected!'

And 'Virus database has been updated.' • Boot-time scan (32 bit only) - Users can schedule a boot-time scan to remove infections that load during Windows startup.

• Virus Chest - Quarantine; folder where infected files can be stored. The virus chest also stores vital system files to protect them from damage by malware. Users can also add their own files to the virus chest. Once in the chest, a file cannot be executed; double-clicking the file will instead display information about the file.

Avast has one of the most popular antivirus apps around, due in part to offering a free version, and it's one that performs respectably. The company acquired its rival AVG in September of 2016, and now both use Avast's malware scanning engine, but their distinct personalities remain. Here are the highlights of Avast's latest release. Pros Easy to use: Avast has four main protection components: File Shield, Behavior Shield, Web Shield, and Mail Shield.

If, for example, you use webmail and/or you find that Avast's Web Shield interferes with your web browsing, you can disable both relevant protection layers, while keeping the others active. Now, ordinarily, an antivirus app will keep warning you to turn these features back on.

But if you really don't need them enabled, you can tell Avast that you want to ignore those warnings, and it won't bother you about those settings again. Solid protection: According to independent labs, such as AV-Test and AV-Comparatives, Avast Free isn't quite as sharp as industry leaders like Trend Micro or Bitdefender, but it's arguably the best protection you'll find that comes without a price tag. Aggressively low pricing: If you do decide to order Avast Pro, you can do so from within the app, and Avast offers a one-year subscription for a reasonable $15, which is about half of its street price. If you change your mind, Avast offers a 60-day trial of Avast Internet Security, which was priced at $20 a year.

Pro purports to add enhancements to online banking security and 'a test space for checking suspicious apps.' This latter function appears to be a sandbox, in which you can open an app and investigate its behavior without risking an infection. Relatively muted sales pitch: Free antivirus apps have a reputation for being pretty pushy about paying for a subscription, but Avast is on the low-key end of the spectrum (and it has been for a number of years). There are a couple upgrade buttons on the main console, and a number of features (a firewall, URL safety verifier, and 'Webcam Shield,' among others) that redirect you to an order screen when you click on them, but nothing felt particularly tricky, and the sales pitch doesn't make ironclad claims about what the program can do.

Data collection transparency: Avast tells you right off the bat that it wants to gather anonymized usage data, some of which may be used to help fund development, but you can disable this function in the Privacy settings. Though it would be nice if it explained what 'certain' information it wanted to gather. Cons Some settings could use more explanation: Avast's settings menus have a number of icons marked with an exclamation point that you can click on for further details. But the description for CyberCapture doesn't sound substantially different from what a virus scanner already does: It 'analyzes unrecognized files, defends and warns you about new threats, and helps keep your system secure.' And Hardened Mode is there 'to further lock down the security of this computer.'

But in what way? Subscription offers can get confusing: The $15 offer is available via the upgrade buttons on the main console, but it's not an option when you click on one of the features that has a padlock on it. There, you get two different offers: $20 a year for or $30 a year for. But if you, say, click on the padlocked 'Sensitive Data Shield' icon, you only see the Avast Internet Security offer, and it has a different list of advertised features. Bottom Line While there are some quirks in the interface, Avast is a respectable and respectful antivirus app overall, and the paid version is notably budget-friendly.

From Lightweight, state-of-the-art protection that won't slow down your PC. Avast Free Antivirus has been redesigned to be easier to use while staying light on your PC. It offers proprietary, cutting-edge CyberCapture technology that finds and stops unknown files, as well as improved Wi-Fi Inspector which can identify even more weak points in your router. It also features SafeZone, the world's most secure browser, and an enhanced Game Mode which turns off background checks and updates to maximize your gaming experience. Reply by Avast Team on February 9, 2018 Hi quick235 -- we're concerned about this and would like to do everything we can to help. Did you contact our support team directly at any time?

They can help you with any billing concerned and make things right for you. Here's the link to contact our support team: You can also email us directly at avast-team@avast.com at any time, and we'll be happy to assist. Thanks for your patience and we look forward to getting things straightened out.