Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0.1289

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Date updated

November 14, 2011

Developer

Alwil Software | (more products)

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Free

Platform

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Description of Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0.1289

Free antivirus software with spyware protection

All-inclusive and comprehensive protection FREE avast! antivirus Home Edition includes ANTI-SPYWARE protection, certified by the West Coast Labs Checkmark process, and ANTI-ROOTKIT detection based on the best-in class GMER technology. No additional purchase is required. Simple to use and automated Daily automatic updates ensure continuous data protection against all types of malware and spyware. Simply install and forget. Weve made avast! as simple to use as possible.

Tried and Trusted With over 70 million users of avast!, you can rest assured that you are using one of the most tried and trusted products in Windows security. We support more Windows versions (from Windows 95 to Vista 64bit) than any other anti-malware product. No matter what system you have, avast! has it covered.

Key features

• On Demand Scanner - with Skinnable Simple Interface - just select what you want to scan, in which way, and press the Play button.
• On-Access Scanner - with special providers to protect: most available E-mail clients; Instant Messaging - ICQ, Miranda etc.; Network traffic - Intrusion Setection; P2P protection for Kazza, BitTorrent etc.
• Web shield - monitors and filter all HTTPtraffic
• NNTP Scanner - scans all Usenet Newsgroup traffic and of course all operations on PC files.
• Boot-Time Scanner - scans disks in the same way and in the same time as Windows CHKDSK does (on NT/2000/XP only).
• Screen Saver Scanner - scans PC during your coffee breaks.
• Virus Chest - safe, isolated folder to store infected, suspicious and even some system files - to restore them.
• Available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish... altogether around 30 languages

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What is new in version 6.0.1289

• Script Shield now works with Google Chrome, all versions of Firefox and Acrobat Reader
• Improvements in WebRep plugins (especially IE)
• Stability improvements in aswSP.sys and the avast! sandbox
• File system shield: improved on-close scanning
• Web Shield and Script Shield: more options in the UI