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47 out of 75 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Avast Home Edition 4.7.1001
Pros: Avast is the perfect free antivirus for home users.It provides first-class-protection against threats.Detects and removes virus, worms and Trojans.Ability to do a boot-time scan for virus in system memory.Provides full real-time protection against threats, it also includes web-shield and network shield which many antivirus lack these feature.Free skins to choose from online.Most of the time it is low on memory.Updates are free and comes often.Have to register within 30 days but this is for security reasons so it doesn't really matter.Avast is definitely better than other free antivirus software including Avg free edition.
Cons: Interface might be complicated for some users.More than one icon running in system tray.Lacks a script blocking, but it's available in the pro version.
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32 out of 38 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Avast Home Edition 4.7.1001
Pros: i love this antiviruis. it protects all the areas needed to protect your computer. in order to make a simple, more understandable interface, do the following during the install. when installing avast, click custom installation, then uncheck the skins box only. click next, then follow the instructions. This way, when u open avast, a very easy to learn interface appears. this will keep it from looking like a vcr. It is the best antiviruis i have ever used, i have used it for 2 years with no promblems. It has caught viruises no other antiviruis detects. It recieved the vb 100% viruis database award. avast is the best antiviruis, hands down.
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12 out of 18 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Avast Home Edition 4.7.1001
"I love Avast because it is nice and superb!"
Pros: Avast! Home Edition will keep your PC free from viruses. It will not bother you all the time. Just install it and forget it. It just works! Believe me, I have used this program for two years and I have never had any trouble. It is extremely stable. I have downloaded and checked my PC with other security software and checks such as Symantec, BitDefender etc but they never found anything, this because of the fact that Avast had already done the job!
Be aware! BitDefender 9 was supposed to have a better detection capability than Avast but what it did was to attack other programs which were none viruses. I have paid for BitDefender 9 but I use Avast instead, this because I want the best protection from viruses, but I do not want protection from using the programs which I want to use!
Avast! Home Edition is not a dull program like other antivirus software. It has a lot of skins to choose from.
Do not use Avast with ZoneAlarm firewall. It will crash your PC. Why this is so I do not know. Can it be that Zone Labs wants to sell their antivirus software?
Avast is quite light on memory.
Avast! Home Edition is free!
Bjorn Lundahl
Gothenburg, Sweden
Cons: None
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87 out of 150 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Avast Home Edition 4.7.1001
"We should all thank "Alwill" for this one."
Pros: In comparison of the free anti virus programs available, this is the stand out app of the group by far. It provides excelent guard technology thet makes "AVG Free" look bad. It has six shields in all and they include email and p2p. This thing is great with trojans as well as viruses. Updates daily and tells you audibly. LOL!, cool to say the least. Thru the "Alwill" website you can get some great skins . All you have to do is select, download and it comes on. Switching skins is easy thru the menu. It's lite on memoty for all you get. Great app, recommended. Although there are a few paid anti virus apps that are better none in freeware come close. Thanks "Alwill"!
Cons: Default interface ie terible.
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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Avast Home Edition 4.7.1001
Pros: I have 5 viruses on a CD. AVG found 0, AOL found 2, Antivir found 3 and Avast 4.
Cons: Crashes with Zone Alarm (version 5 and above) and Counterspy.
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