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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.

Based on the award-winning avast! It incorporates anti-spyware technology certified by West Coast Labs’ Checkmark process, as well as anti-rootkit and strong self-protection capabilities.

avast! antivirus now also comes with a completely revamped user interface for easier scanning.

Here are some key features of “Avast! Free Antivirus”:
* Core and detection
* Real time anti-rootkit protection
* avast! Community IQ
* Code emulator
* Heuristics engine
* Potentially unwanted programs detection
* Scanning
* Command-line scanner
* Wake-up for scan
* Scheduled scanning
* avast! Intelligent Scanner
* Shields
- Behavior Shield
- Behavioral Honeypots
- File System Shield
- Mail Shield
- Web Shield
- P2P Shield
- IM Shield
- Network Shield
*Updates
- Smart virus definition updates
- Fast application of updates
- Gaming
- Optimized for latest Intel Core i7 CPUs
- CPU optimization
- Green computing
- Miscellaneous

Limitations:
· 30 days trial period. After the trial period you need to register.

What’s New in This Release:
· solved the pesky memory leak introduced in v5.0.661
· a few cosmetic fixes in the UI
· improvements in the avast sandbox
· improvements in the Outlook antispam plugin (it would be helpful if users of the avast Internet Security could test this one).

Posted in Antivirus Software, Freeware, Security News & Articles, Security Tools and Antivirus Software | September 3rd, 2010 |