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.
You can now add multiple files to your Virus Chest at once.
Better handle opening multiple Avast windows at once.
Optimized scans of downloaded executable (.exe) files.
Now warns you if you try to shut down Windows during installation to ensure your Avast installation finishes properly.
Avast updates and installations are now more reliable thanks to our new fallback HTTPS server that kicks in if our standard servers are not reachable.
Added a new Anti-Exploit module for better protection against exploits, shellcode, and other malicious executable files.
Hate being tracked online? Check out the new Avast AntiTrack offer added to your Privacy menu (now only in English version).
Fixed scanning of files in your Virus Chest.
Fixed some problems with the Outlook plugin.
Fixed wrong text in the Recycle Bin context menu.
Fixed the name of the Avast window in the taskbar.
Fixed an annoying bug that minimized games every 30 minutes.