Avast! Free Antivirus Avast! Home Edition 4.7.871

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 interfaceÂ 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.

Title:: Avast! Free Antivirus Avast! Home Edition 4.7.871
File Size:: 11.1 MB
Requirements:: Windows 9x / 2000 / XP / XP64
Language:: en-us
License:: Non-Commercial Freeware
Date Added:: 07 Aug 2006
Publisher:: Avast Software
Homepage:: http://www.avast.com
MD5 Checksum:: EF8357F1354A41F2037FBE50FC8801ED

- avast is now finally compatible with Windows Vista RC1; also, the "remediations" in Vista Security Center are now functional
- added CHM unpacker (and this time, as an extra benefit, it should work even in the boot-time scanner)
- fixed a bug in the UPX unpacker
- added a couple of new Win32 unpackers
- added a workaround to problems with compatibility with Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall (remaints of menus on the screen + seldom hang of avast program on start)
- no more attempts to delete files on read-only media
- improved detection of ZoneAlarm Pro (to prevent unnecessary WebShield incompatibility warnings)
- avast! screen-saver now uses better algorithm to remember last scan position
- added Swedish and Slovenian language versions