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- Price: Free to try (60-day trial); $39.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista
- Date added: September 23, 2008
- Total Downloads: 1,611,065
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- Average user rating: stars out of 468 votes
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Publisher's description
From Alwil Software :Avast 4 Professional Edition is a complete ICSA & Checkmark certified antivirus, Checkmark certified anti-spyware & anti-rootkit software package for corporate and advanced home use. avast Professional Edition includes an on demand scanner with two user interfaces, a skinnable simple interface: just select what you want to scan and in which way and press the play button, an enhanced user interface: Outlook like UI allows users to set any feature of Avast, prepare and run tasks, store and check task results, on access scanner: special providers to protect: most available e-mail clients, instant messaging: ICQ or Miranda, network traffic: lightweight firewall, P2P protection for Kazaa, BitTorrent, Web shield: all HTTP traffic, script blocker. avast Professional Edition is available in 32 languages. Small, true incremental, updates are downloaded and installed automatically.
Version 4.8.1229.80923 improves detection of Trojans, backdoors and rootkits.
What's new in this version:
Version 4.8.1229.80923 improves detection of Trojans, backdoors and rootkits.
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User reviews of Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1229.80923
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 468 votes
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Version: Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1229.80923
"BEST... Because it is Proved!"
Pros: 1.Removes 100% virus,that harms PC.(AVG cant remove everything)
2.Not heavy on PC ram.(Norton is too heavy)
3.Not too costly,its cost worth it.(Kaspersky is too costly)
4.Easy to use & user friendly.(Avaira is not)
5.Overall ..it leads.So its no. 1Cons: Well... main cons is that its not free.But I bet you one couldn't regret after having a buy of it.
It gives the performance what we need.Summary: Since it is Proved.. it is bEst in All anti virus.
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Version: Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1229.80923
Pros: This security product both blocks and finds: viruses, worms, and trojans that Norton Internet Security 2008, Norton 360, and AVG Free Edition 8.0 did not block nor find.
Cons: Other people have commented that it is too "paranoid". They claim the security threats that it finds (that other AV's do not) are not actually security threats per se. They say impresses "noobs", cause those thingies aren't actually threats.
Summary: If what it exlusively finds aren't security threats, then what are they? All I know is that it hasn't happened that another AV finds a security threat that slipped thru Avast's protection, so I can't say that it performs poorly. On the other hand, m... read more >>
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Version: Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1229.80923
Pros: Boot Scaan
Cons: Can't Find one
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Version: Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1229.80923
Pros: fast, resource-friendly, cheap. customizable as well.
Cons: it is a bit confusing at first but you really get going after a little while.
Summary: ive had most antivirus out there in the market. name it: panda, norton, avg, and others i dont remember. this is the best ive had. i used to have avast home, but decided to buy pro when i realized how good this AV is. really worth it.
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Version: Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1229.80923
"that is the best to use for protect my comp."
Pros: Easy to use ,when met some virus it called louder and lounder.
Cons: used only shorttime before expired.
Summary: Like it very much for best used.
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