AVAST ANTI VIRUS REVIEW

Rated: 5/5 Stars   "Make viruses walk the plank"

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Avast Home Edition is a complete ICSA & Checkmark certified
antivirus, Checkmark certified anti-spyware & anti-rootkit package.
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 Kazaa, BitTorrent; Web
shield--monitors and filters all HTTP traffic; 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. Version 4.8.1335.90319 brings improvements in the rootkit
scanner as well as performance optimizations.

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.