Avast Software - (Non-Commercial Freeware)
Avast! Free Antivirus protects the computer from malicious programs for free.
Avast! Free Antivirus is one of the most used free security software solutions. It is an effective tool for security benefit, in addition to its anti-virus functionality, as well as a rootkit antispyware engine.
The software offers a new and fluid modern interface as well as a plugin for Do Not Track browser indicating the presence of malware and phishing sites. It only remains to introduce Rescue Disk, the new module to create disk image of the Avast! installation on removable media. With its help, it is possible to always clean and restore the PC in case of crashing.
Avast! is continuously updating virus database being in permanent connection with the laboratory (in the cloud), which thus provides an immediate response to the new virus signatures.
Avast! Free Antivirus provides protection in real time on the actions performed by the user navigation, opening documents, running programs, e- mails, instant messaging and peer pairs clients.
* solved a problem that could lead to disappearing of the avast service
* Behavior Shield: solved a minor stability issue (aswSP.sys) + solved a Win7 issue
* performance and stability improvements in the avast! sandbox
* changes in the engine allowing us to generically detect/block some new types of exploits
* speed improvements in the updater
* IS: fixed a vulnerability in aswFw.sys (Secunia Advisory SA40868)
* solved a vulnerability related to license files (Secunia Advisory SA41109)
* solved a problem with scanning of files with very long path names
* fixed the updater in East-Asian versions of avast running with Windows set to a different locale
* IS: improvements in the Outlook antispam plugin
* IS firewall: improvement in the path name matching
* IS: upgraded to the new version of antispam engine
* minor changes and fixes in the GUI
* fixes in the screen reader support
* fixed a bug where the File System Shield was scanning some files even after being disabled
* added trimming of setup.log
* added Danish, Hebrew and Urdu language packs