AVAST! Specifications

AVAST! Product Details

Features:

ANTIVIRUS KERNEL

  • Almost 100% detection
  • Outstanding performance
  • Reasonable memory requirements
  • ICSA certified

USER INTERFACE

  • Memory test during the program startup
  • Very intuitive Simple User Interface
  • Enhanced User Interface (MS Outlook style)
  • Testing of whole disks or just selected folders
  • Defining and running of antivirus tests
  • Working with the scan results - actions for infected files
  • Storing the scan results (history)
  • Virus encyclopedia
  • Log Viewer
  • Various appearances - skin support
  • Running from Explorer context menu
  • Antivirus screen-saver
  • Boot-time scan
  • Command-line scanner

UPDATES

  • The system of incremental updates guarantees low traffic
  • Updates can be completely automatic
  • Standard updates are provided 2 times a week
  • PUSH updates immediately when published   

RESIDENT PROTECTION

  • Standard Shield protects the file system
  • Generic SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 scanner
  • Specific MS Outlook plugin
  • Heuristic analysis in e-mail modules
  • Script Blocker

REPAIRING

  • Certain strong capabilities of direct repair (especially macroviruses)
  • Repairing files using automatically generated Virus Recovery Database (VRDB)

OTHER

  • Task Scheduler
  • News delivery system: iNews
  • 4 default preset tasks for typical scanning
  • Possibility to set any test details
  • Report files

PLATFORMS

  • Windows 95
  • Windows 98
  • Windows Me
  • Windows NT 4 (No Server)
  • Windows 2000 (No Server)
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
 
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AntiVirus Software Review

AVAST! 4.8

Publisher: Alwil Trade Ltd.
Version: 4.8
Very Good
Overall Rating
Good
Ease of Use
Very Good
Effectiveness
Excellent
Updates
Excellent
Feature Set
Excellent
Ease of Installation
Excellent
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Very Good
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Good
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hi ed,, i used many antivirus and so far avast is the most efficient, easy to use, powerful and user friendly AV.. it deserve the top one to three...just my three cents.
by hokage88 on April 13, 2009 04:01 PM MDT EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY
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by Utopian April 28, 2009 3:58 PM MDT
For now I take back what good I've said before about avast! I know some internet cafes who use avast! and conficker got thru, avast did not pick it up. Same with my PC and I think they themselves send trojans or malware to your PC. Avast! at first hangs in on demand scan then all kinds of errors start to happen until the PC gets corrupted and dead. They definitely need some good work done here and stop using spyware themselves. Avast! does'nt even catch tracking cookies, maybe it's because they use it themselves or maybe even worse, trojans?
by phantom March 27, 2009 1:48 PM MDT
Avast! is the fastest and powerful anti virus I ever try and also able to detect unknown virus.
by darkstarku February 25, 2009 9:14 AM MST
I'm using avast home 4.8 in my oppinion avast is good as antivirus and for the best its free with complete protection..Hope that avast keep the home version free..
by alphadelta February 23, 2009 11:37 AM MST
I think the Editor is totally WRONG about 1st point (Ease of Access). Having used more than 4 types of AV's, I find AVAST having the most easy & accessible/ simple interface. In fact i would give it 5 out of 5. Anthony Dee
reply by ghanasyampb May 12, 2009 1:46 PM MDT
i do agree with u , avast is very much user friendly. i'm using Avast pro edition for more than 1 year, so far it is just perfect. I took this review site to see avast in No.1 position, but i'm disappointed. "Editors please do ur job sincerely"
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