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- Price: Free to try (60-day trial); $39.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: January 20, 2009
- Total Downloads: 1,611,065
- Downloads last week: 95,047
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A newer version of Avast Professional Edition is available.
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- Average user rating: stars out of 450 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 4.8.1296.90115 brings a new malware URL blocker component as well as many other improvements in the scanning engine.
What's new in this version:
Version 4.8.1296.90115 brings a new malware URL blocker component as well as many other improvements in the scanning engine.
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User reviews of Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1296.90115
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 450 votes
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Version: Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1296.90115
"This is the best antivirus you can get!"
Pros: This is the best antivirus you can get. It also keeps other malware out such as rootkits, spyware and adware. It has a high detection rate combined with a lot of features which other software usually lacks.
Björn Lundahl
Gothenburg SwedenCons: None at all!
Summary: This is the best antivirus you can get. It also keeps other malware out such as rootkits, spyware and adware. It has a high detection rate combined with a lot of features which other software usually lacks. It has exiting looks and a lot of skins to... read more >>
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Version: Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1296.90115
"very stable and easy to use, I really like it :)"
Pros: very stable and easy to use, I really like it
Cons: very stable and easy to use, I really like it
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Version: Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1296.90115
Pros: The Best Antivirus
Cons: The Best Antivirus
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Version: Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1296.90115
Pros: Outstanding product for something that is free!
No problems with infections since installing.
It "tells" me when the database is up to date.
It is non intrusive and I haven't had a single false positive.Cons: Slightly slow in scanning but that is just a minor annoyance.
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Version: Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1296.90115
Pros: It does a EXCELLENT job on cleaning, EXELLENT on scanning (it doesn't take up the CPU!), great on-access scanners, JUST GREAT!!!!! Just found a virus that Norton or McAfee DID NOT find!
Cons: NOTHING AT ALL!!!!!!!
Summary: DID I MENTION IT WAS EXELENT? Ive been using this program for a long time!! It was a 5 star rating then (for me), and a still a 5 star rating now!!
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