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avast! Home Edition Editor's Review

It is a constant war between the ever growing number of threatening viruses being created and the developers of Anti virus software. Millions of viruses are being created every year, and it is becoming ever so harder to prevent them from damaging your computer and protecting your personal information – especially in an era of technology being used for transactions on a day to day basis. Whether you are browsing the internet, checking your bank details or even messaging your friends it is a necessity to have an anti-virus program installed on your computer, laptop or device to keep safe and secure.

Avast! Home edition is a well developed anti virus and is their low cost anti virus software. This means that Avast! Home edition provides you with protection from a variety of threatening content, such as; trojan horses, viruses, spyware, keyloggers and phishing websites. Not only does it provide protection from threats, but also supports you with system slowdown, dreeze and crash without slowing down your system. Avast is compatible with other security software, providing you extra defense from threatening files. It includes all the features that the previous versions of Avast had, so for those who have that has anti virus software from Avast should know how effective this anti-virus is and i recommend to them, to upgrade to pro as it has alot more features.

The interface of Avast is extremely pleasant. The artwork has been done very well, with everything being extremely clear and easy to see making everything much less stressful during times you feel like you are under threat. All the features Avast has are clearly layed out for you, so you will have no difficulty in finding them. Leading to my next point of how this antivirus is one of the easiest ones to use, so if you aren't very experience using computers I really suggest using this as it won't take long to get used to – which is especially important considering novies do not know the extent of the threat of viruses. If you do find anything complex or are struggling with something, you can simply contact them on Avast's website.

Avast makes sure your computer is always safe and secure by constantly keeping the program and your computer up to date. This stops any sort of threat to exploit your computer, updates are a huge necessity with anti viruses as it updates the archive of new viruses being developed and closes any gaps on your barrier.

Overall I definitely recommend using Avast Home edition, it is an efficient and effective way to remove and protect you from viruses. It was one of the first anti viruses I discovered when my computer had been infected by viruses. With quick scans that barely effect your computers speed. I give this a 3/5 and suggest to anyone who doesn't have a decent anti virus already, to download this, if you are willing to spend alot of money then I definitely recommend getting Pro edition.



avast! Home Edition Publisher's Description

Avast Free Antivirus is based on multiple protective layers that work together to provide security. The product is designed for the average consumer who wants easy-to-use protection for basic email and web surfing. It is limited to home and non-commercial users.

New features match top detection with increased efficiency. Computer memory requirements for the new antivirus and antispyware engine have been cut in half. Scanning is 40 percent faster, saving both time and computer resources. Complete rootkit protection includes real-time detection to ward off initial installation, on-demand scanning and boot-time scans. The user friendly Avast home has a new interface with easy-to-adjust settings, a context-sensitive help menu and graphs showing ongoing protection activities. Users can set the time and conditions for complete scans, with avast even waking up their computer from hibernation for midnight scans before putting it back to bed. Multiple shields prevent the spread of malware via email by checking incoming and outgoing emails for suspect content, identify malware by its anticipated behavior or by looking out for unusual activity and attempts at system modifications.

Avast Antivirus Home Edition is free to use but requires e-mail registration before the end of the initial 60-day trial period. Following the registration you will receive by e-mail a license key valid for a period of 1 year.

Antivirus and anti-spyware engine
State of the art scanning engine provides reliable protection against viruses, spyware and other forms of malicious software.

Real time anti-rootkit protection
Unique &on access& technology checks all kernel-mode drivers that the operating system is loading for signs of rootkit behavior. This enables even unknown rootkits to be detected and stopped before they can do any damage.

avast! Community IQ
Most samples we process come from sensors deployed throughout the avast! community in the Behavior shield and anti-rootkit modules. This is a unique source of data made possible only thanks to our huge user base. Most of the collected samples are analysed by a number of automated processes and only a small fraction of the samples need to be processed manually by our virus analysts.

New Code emulator
When a suspicious executable is encountered (during both on-demand and on-access scanning), avast! is able to emulate the program's code in an isolated environment. The code emulator is used for two purposes. First, it is used for generic unpacking. Secondly, it is used in the heuristics engine. Technically, this is done using dynamic translation, a method much faster than traditional emulation techniques.

Boot-time scanner
Allows you to scan your computer for infections before the operating system has started and before a virus can be activated (32-bit operating systems only).

Command-line scanner
Enables you to run a scan directly from the command line.

Wake-up for scan
Microsoft Windows is woken from sleep or hibernation mode, performs a scheduled scan, then returns back to sleep mode.

Scheduled scanning
Allows users to define the scan time and files to be scanned.

New avast! Intelligent Scanner
Can reduce the number of required file scans by up to 80% through a white list of proven safe applications. Files identified as safe are not rescanned unless they change.

Free download from Shareware Connection - Free antivirus software for non-commercial home use (complete desktop security)

Publisher: Alwil Software a.s. | License: Freeware | Price: 0.00
Version: 2014 | Size: 39209 KB | Platform: WinOther
Released Date: 21-05-2012 | Rating: 5 | Title: avast! Home Edition

Author Url: http://www.avast.com/index_cze.html
Program Info Url: http://www.avast.com/index_cze.html
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