avast! Free Antivirus 6
avast! Free Antivirus is perfect for people who send e-mails and surf popular websites.
avast! Free Antivirus is perfect for people who send e-mails and surf popular websites. avast! is a package of applications that aim to protect your computer from a possible virus infection or other malware threat. If you use it correctly, and in combination with other programs such as data backup utilities, it will significantly reduce the risk of your computer being attacked or infected by a virus, and thus the risk of losing important or private data.
avast! Free Antivirus represents the best free antivirus protection currently available on the market. This edition is FREE OF CHARGE for non-commercial & home use. Its features include:
* Anti-spyware built-in
* Web Shield
* Anti-rootkit built-in
* Automatic updates
* Strong self-protection
* Virus Chest
* Antivirus kernel
* System integration
* Simple User Interface
* Integrated Virus Cleaner
* Resident protection
* Support for 64-bit Windows
* P2P and IM Shields
* Internationalization
* Network Shield
What's New:
Main changes/improvements:
· AutoSandbox - suspicious programs will be optionally run sandboxed
· avast! WebRep - browser plugin for website reputation rating; a combination of data from our virus lab and community voting
· Script Shield now even in the Free AV
· Site Blocking now even in the Free AV
· Restore factory settings command (Settings - Troubleshooting)
· Automatic actions in the boot-time scan
· New compression method in the installer makes the setup packages about 20% smaller.
· Script Shield now functional even with IE8/IE9 Protected Mode
· Sidebar gadget
· Improved stability/compatibility of the Behavior Shield
· Improvements in the avast! sandbox