avast! Free Antivirus

avast! Free Antivirus by ALWIL Software

  • Editor's Rating: 5 stars
  • User Rating: 5 (149)
  • Price:Free*

anti-virus scanner avast! Free Antivirus is a complete anti-virus package, that is is free for registered home non-commercial users. It contains an on-demand scanner with two interfaces (simple for novices and advanced for experienced users), an on-access scanner with Standard Shield (which protects against execution and opening malware programs) and an embedded e-mail scanner which scans incoming and outgoing email messages. avast! Free Antivirus integrates with the Windows Explorer right click menu and also includes a special screen saver which is able to scan your system while your computer is not in use. Updates are incremental and frequently made available for manual or scheduled download. You will download a 30 day demo, if you would like to continue free usage beyond that time, you`ll need to register from the home page to obtain a free activation key by email. The effectiveness of this product has been certified by these independent labs: ICSE, TWestCoast Labs, VirusBulletin.

FYI: During our review, we found that this program offers to install promotional, third party components. Installation of these components is completely optional Read our policy.

Product Details

Publisher ALWIL Software (2) Popularity 1010
Price Free O/S XP/Vista/7
Version 6.0.1367 ...history Requirements None
Last updated Nov 29, 2011 File Size 62702 Kb
 
Addtl. Notes This product cannot be installed on a server operating system

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User Reviews

5 stars85% 128
4 stars10% 16
3 stars2% 3
2 stars1% 2
1 star0% 0
Based on 149 reviews

Latest user reviews:

Great virus protection 5 stars by rmcummings2001792
I have the Pro version and I love it. showShow review details
Changed since 08 5 stars by gimpguy (Read all my 655 reviews)
My last review was in 2008 of Avast, still when Avira was great, however, that has changed, completely. The new Avast is great at detections, non intrusive yet hosts a lot of protection. You would expect this to slow your system down, however, it is very light, surprisingly so for what it packs. It has numerous sheilds and a nice voice that tells you when updates are done, unlike that annoying in your face pop up from others. What I like is the auto sandbox, if you need to or if something is suspicious, Avast will ask if you want to run it in AutoSandbox, which is basically a virtual setting so no harm is done to your actual system. And this is in the FREE version! How great is that? Extremely! I find Avast to be one of the best out there. showShow review details
Best free antivirus on the web 5 stars by Bulasikci (Read all my 2 reviews)
Trust me, nobody can find a better free antivirus program on the internet. When I checked its rating on ... I was suprised to see it with the highest scanning speed even compared to Norton and Kaspersky. It also surpassed every antivirus product in the market in detection rates except GData and Trustport. It may show many fake positives but it is better to be overprotected than not protected at all. I suggest you use it with MSE for guarantee to be sure you are clean. You can not go wrong with Avast! End the reign of Norton and other bloatware. showShow review details
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