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33 out of 41 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: avast! Home Edition 4.8.1229.80923
"Good protection"
Pros: Free
Many real-time shields
Good detection, with an unrestricted engineCons: No proactive detection
Many false positives
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use Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (free & best for scan>detect>remove viruses but no real time protection/firewall but u can always use window firewall/defender for free if u've window vista) & btw, Norton IS09 is one of the best choice for real-time protection but not free...
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proactive protection is for pro version only
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Hi, I installed Avira and it hasn't found ANYTHING, just 2 warnings of which i cannot seem to find out what they are. Is Avast better than Avira free? or what to do think is the best? I use it with zone alarm firewall. Is that ok?
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