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5 stars
Version: Avast Home Edition 4.7.892
"Very good!"
Pros: I like this software very much. It has nice skins and is very stable. I do believe that some other antivirus software such as Bitdefender and Nod32 do have a greater detection capability than Avast, but I have used Bitdefender and it also detects non viruses that are false positives. I had so much trouble with this, that I had to uninstall it. Those that have problems with viruses are those that do not use antivirus software at all. The probability to catch a virus without Avast detecting it might be very small indeed. I have not either seen how well different antivirus software prevents viruses from entering the pc in the first place. Avast has a lightweight firewall (or more precisely, an IDS (Intrusion Detection System) that prevents malware to reach the pc. Anyway, Avast will offer you a very good protection and it will not dominate your pc and its layout is unique and cool! This for free!
Bjorn Lundahl
Gothenburg, Sweden
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