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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: November 06, 2006
- Total Downloads: 37,065,053
- Downloads last week: 447,605
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A newer version of avast! 4 Home Edition is available.
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 11827 votes
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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.
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Publisher's description
From Alwil Software :Avast 4 Home Edition is a free, complete ICSA certified and Secure Computing Magazine awarded antivirus software for home noncommercial use. Avast includes the following components: On Demand Scanner--with skinnable simple interface--just select what do you want to scan in which way and press the Play button; On Access Scanner--special providers to protect the most of available e-mail clients; Instant Messaging--ICQ, Miranda; Network traffic--intrusion detection--lightweight firewall; P2P protection for Kazza, BitTorrent; Web shield--monitors and filter all HTTPtraffic; NNTP Scanner--scans all Usenet Newsgroup traffic and all operations with files on PC; Boot Time Scanner--scans disks in the same way and in the same time as Windows CHKDSK does. True automatic incremental updates are small and fast.
Version 4.7.892 is now finally compatible with Windows Vista RC1; also, the "remediations" in Vista Security Center are now functional.
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User reviews of avast! 4 Home Edition 4.7.892
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 11827 votes
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Version: avast! 4 Home Edition 4.7.892
"good protection with min sys drain"
Pros: free and quiet
Cons: none yet...
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Version: avast! 4 Home Edition 4.7.892
Pros: c'est un antivirus parfait, merci à toute l'équipe d'alwil
Cons: parfait, no comments
Summary: il est simple d'utilisation, non encombrant, mises à jour régulières, est vigilant
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Version: avast! 4 Home Edition 4.7.892
Pros: i DID NOT SEE ANY
Cons: DID NOT WORK LIKR IY WAS SUPPOES TOO!
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Version: avast! 4 Home Edition 4.7.892
"Ottimo per proteggersi dai virus!"
Pros: M piace il fatto che ti avvisi in tempo reale e che sia gratuita la registrazione
Cons: troppi aggiornamenti... ma suppomgo siano necessari
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Version: avast! 4 Home Edition 4.7.892
"So far this is the product available online."
Pros: I like the protection of viruses the design of the progam is great,. I love the secure feeling you have when you see the ball turning. I also like the audio that talk to you keeping you updated.
Cons: I don't know of anything I don't like from this product.
Summary: I very much love this product. My computer man introduced me to it , I couldn't believe it because at the time I was so upset with about four viruses on my computer, the hackers were folowing me online disruping groups and I didn't know what to do.... read more >>
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