One of the providers of free antivirue protection for computers is Avast!, which offers its 4.7 Home Edition for personal computer use only for free. Other available ALWIL Software products include a paid anti-virus, "Avast professional for Microsoft Windows", a "Pro Family Pack," which includes parental controls and software systems antivirus designed specifically for Linux and MAC software antiviru Publishing House is the only product of software available free of charge.
This version of the antiviru software is available free of charge because ALWIL believes it is important to avoid viruses global propagation with prevention of software, but many people cannot or do not want pay for the software antiviru. This version of the Avast! Home Edition combines the technology available since 1998 with the latest technology of analysis antivirue.
Among the main characteristics of this antiviru software: anti-virus detection of core, which is ICSA certified. Users of the avast! 4.7 Home Edition, can count on the ability of software to detect viruses in the wild, of those horses which is already spreading, and Trojan. In addition, this software antiviru analysis of virus hidden in the data stream. To obtain additional services such as firewall, phishing protection spyware or parental locks a purchase of software products available for purchase more complete antivirus are necessary.
It is very easy to install and configure the software to avast! After you choose your product and download the software antiviru, that a test of memory occurs when you restart your computer. With the first scanning that you will be then taken through a mini tutorial, indicating virus and malware which must be deleted also helps you to customize your analyses of systems and levels of protection. With the detection of threats, you are provided with a definition of the threat to your personal computer and the level of threat involved. This software can scan your entire computer, select the folders or files and disks. A "Log Viewer" indicates the progress of the analysis, statistics, updated and deleted updates threats and these detainees in "quarantine," waiting for your decision on how to proceed.
Incremental updates are made to this software antiviru, including new information about virus threats. You can choose between automatic updates or regular. Avast! 4 Home Edition updated efficiently according to your internet connection updates. It will update only when and if you are already connected to the internet.
This antiviru program provides resident protection service that uses the standard shield to protect the file system, with a generic SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 scanner, MS Outlook plug-in and heuristic analysis specified in the e-mail module. Avast! features a powerful resident module that is able to detect a virus before it has no chance to infect your computer through several different systems. It includes a program of learning antivirus software which protects your email and the most recently published computer viruses.
It also includes a "net shield" and "Web shield" that analyze network traffic and web traffic http to provide additional protection against viruses that may try to access your computer. It does so by scanning for content malware that you surf on the internet. Do not interfere significantly with the use of the internet or cause major delays loading page.
Avast! has won the award in the industry since 1993. Among these awards and recognition, Virus Bulletin awarded avast! with an award VB 100% in 2007 and for the detection of the virus in 2008. They have also won the coveted SC from Secure Computing magazine. This award comes from votes by customers who use antivirus or other personal computer protection, almost like a very coveted public prize. Avast! is currently celebrating their 50 millionth user, award winning virus protection available within minutes of downloading, available for free, there is no more excuse for not update, installation or acquire new software antivirus for your PC.
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