Avast antivirus for win7.
Supported operating systems:
Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP
Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP
Install/Uninstall: Install and Uninstall
Supported languages: English, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Chinese, ChineseSimplified, ChineseTraditional, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
System Requirements: Processor Pentium 3, 128 MB RAM, 100 MB of free hard disk space
Listed @ SnapFiles since: 2003
Status: New Release
Recent changes: New graphical interface, New Real time anti-rootkit, New Silent/Gaming mode, New Behaviour Shield, Improved antivirus and anti-spam engine, Improved Mail Shield, Improved System Shields, Improved Behavior Shield
Software type: Freeware
Product marketing description as supplied by the developer:
avast! Free Antivirus 5.0 is not only the best free antivirus product in the world, it may be the best antivirus product free or paid. VirusBulletin recently described it as Nothing short of a miracle. It is not an old-fashioned signature detection product, avast Free antivirus is based on multiple protective layers that work together to provide award-winning security. 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 5.0 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. The two major pathways for malware into a computer are the web and email, with around 80 percent of new infections caught through internet browsing. avast! provides separate defensive strategies for each. avast! Free Antivirus 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.
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Installation
As any of the review of Avast antivirus will reveal, the free version can only be used for personal or non-commercial tasks. The installation file is about 52.3 MB and can be directly downloaded from the website. Unlike AVG or Antivir, Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0 requires registration. It is a free to download antispyware and antivirus software program. The product key is mailed to you after registration. Post registration, you can use it for a year.
As any of the review of Avast antivirus will reveal, the free version can only be used for personal or non-commercial tasks. The installation file is about 52.3 MB and can be directly downloaded from the website. Unlike AVG or Antivir, Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0 requires registration. It is a free to download antispyware and antivirus software program. The product key is mailed to you after registration. Post registration, you can use it for a year.
Without registration, you can use it as a trial version for a fixed period of time (30 days). Before installation, the software creates a system restore point. The Avast installation is quite breezy (took about 3 minutes on my computer) and comes with no extra packaged software like tool bars. A restart is not required and the program is immediately available for use. The redesigned interface is very easy to use with tabbed options displayed on the left.
Scanning Options
Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0 provides you with an option to run customized, full or quick scan. A quick scan will only scan the vital system files while full scan will check almost all files on the hard drive thoroughly. It provides a default facility to scan any file by right clicking and choosing scan option. Avast is light on the computer resources while scanning. It is comparable to AVG and Antivir in terms of the scanning time required. One of the main features that I would like to introduce through this review is the unique boot time scanning option that Avast offers. It scans root kit and hard drive before the computer operating system is loaded. You can schedule it anytime you want.
Scanning Options
Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0 provides you with an option to run customized, full or quick scan. A quick scan will only scan the vital system files while full scan will check almost all files on the hard drive thoroughly. It provides a default facility to scan any file by right clicking and choosing scan option. Avast is light on the computer resources while scanning. It is comparable to AVG and Antivir in terms of the scanning time required. One of the main features that I would like to introduce through this review is the unique boot time scanning option that Avast offers. It scans root kit and hard drive before the computer operating system is loaded. You can schedule it anytime you want.
Features
Let us take a deeper look at the features offered by this program in free Avast antivirus reviews. This program offers round the clock real time protection and detects computer viruses, as well as spyware programs. Almost every action on your laptop or desktop computer is monitored and scrutinized.
Let us take a deeper look at the features offered by this program in free Avast antivirus reviews. This program offers round the clock real time protection and detects computer viruses, as well as spyware programs. Almost every action on your laptop or desktop computer is monitored and scrutinized.
As part of real time scanning, Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0 has separate shields for monitoring different programs. All files are scanned when accessed and written and this task is done by the file system shield. The mail shield scans all the incoming and outgoing mail messages for protection. The web shield specifically scans incoming web traffic for any kind of malicious software.
The P2P and IM shield scans the P2P traffic and instant messages. The network shield has been specifically designed as a bulwark against infections that spread via the computer network. In addition, last, but not the least, Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0 has a behavior shield that reports any unusual activities. Updates can be set to be done automatically. Overall, I found the features offered by this program quite wide ranging and adequate for basic computer security.
To conclude this free Avast antivirus review, I personally think that this program offers protection if all you need is the bare essentials. It is a good choice to opt for if your computer is restricted to basic Internet usage. It will keep most virus programs at bay, but for complete protection, it is best you switched over to the advanced paid version.
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