Avast Home Edition 3.0.499

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• Price: Free
• Operating system: Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
• Date added: October 03, 2002
• Total Downloads: 37,065,053
• Downloads last week: 447,605
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

This impressive software provides the same steadfast protection of well-known antivirus programs, yet it's surprisingly free.

Avast Home Edition guards your PC and the network with multiple shields that scan executables and files. You can select parameters for scanning, and even choose wildcards to exclude specific file types. You can adjust the sensitivity level for the program's detectors when it comes to scanning downloaded files, instant messages, e-mails, and a host of P2Ps. Its efficient interface opens up window after window to tweak its settings to your liking, for novice to advanced level protection.

Though it took quite some time to run, we're impressed with this application's boot-time antivirus scan. Fortunately, if you're in a pinch you can bypass it. If malicious contents are detected, Avast comes to the rescue with handy virus cleanup tools. Some decent PC controls are even handed out here. You can block certain URLs and file operations, such as writing to files or even renaming, deleting or formatting them.

With immediate real-time protection, clockwork updates, and much more, this free software is highly regarded in our book.

Publisher's description

From the developer: "Avast Home Edition is an ICSA certified antivirus package for home noncommercial use. It includes On Demand, On Access, Explorer and Screen Saver scanners. E-mail scanner checks both In and Out-going mails. The true incremental updates of size under 100 KB are available at least once a week and in hours in the case of emergency of new virus. You can download and install them by one click and/or by scheduled update."

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