Avast! Internet Security 7.0.1426

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Date updated

March 8, 2012

Developer

Alwil Software | (more products)

All time downloads

864

License / Price

Free Trial / $49.99

Platform

Windows

Description of Avast! Internet Security 7.0.1426

Antispam, firewall, antispyware and antivirus

avast! Internet Security provides complete computer security. It is designed for people that shop and bank via the internet or store sensitive data on their computers. Internet Security provides three new security features not in the Free Antivirus that work together to ensure that your banking, financial, and sensitive data is protected from hackers. The Silent Firewall provides nearly automatic control of inbound and outbound traffic with a white list of over 50,000 applications, digital signatures from renowned vendors, and coordinated operation with avast protective shields. The new antispam filter makes keeping the spam out easy with its single control interface. It identifies more than 98 percent of spam with near-zero false positives.

Sandbox process virtualization creates a virtual computer to test suspect files and insulate the real computer from any damage caused by active malware. These features complement the increased efficiency of the new avast antivirus and antispyware engine. Memory requirements for the engine have been cut in half and scanning is 40 percent faster, saving both time and computer resources. Complete rootkit protection includes real-time detection to ward off initial installation, on-demand scanning and boot-time scans.

The user friendly has a new interface with easy-to-adjust settings, a context-sensitive help menu and graphs showing ongoing protection activities. Users can set the time and conditions for complete scans, with avast even waking up their computer from hibernation for midnight scans before putting it back to bed. The two major pathways for malware into a computer are the web and email, with around 80 percent of new infections caught through internet browsing.

avast! provides separate defensive strategies for each.

Key features

• Real-time shields - The real-time shields are the most important part of the program, as they are working continuously to prevent your computer from becoming infected. They monitor all your computer's activity, checking all programs and files in real-time - i.e. at the moment a program is started or whenever a file is opened or closed.
• Virus Chest - The virus chest can be thought of as a folder on your hard disk with special properties, that make it a safe, isolated place for storing potentially harmful files. You can work with the files in the virus chest, with some security restrictions.
• avast! antispam filter - avast! Internet Security includes a fully integrated antispam filter to detect unwanted email. Spam delivered to your mailbox can result in your mailbox quickly becoming full, as a result which, legitimate emails may not be received. It can also unnecessarily increase the load on the email server, internet connection, local networks etc.
• Firewall - avast! Internet Security includes a fully integrated firewall which can be controlled directly from the avast! user interface. The firewall monitors all communication between your computer and the outside world and blocks unauthorized communication based on a number of "allow" and "deny" rules. In this way, the firewall can prevent sensitive data from leaving your computer and can also block attempted intrusions by external hackers
• Command-line scanner - The ashCmd program uses the same avast! scanning engine to detect potential malware infections so the results are exactly the same as running a scan via the normal program interface. The avast! command-line scanner, ashCmd.exe, is normally installed in the directory C:Program FilesAlwil Softwareavast5.

What is new in version 7.0.1426

• Improved File System Shield speed
• Improved AutoSandbox stability
• Improved AutoSandbox controls
• Improved gadgets
• Compatibility with Win 8 Consumer Preview
• Greater stability of Outlook plugins
• Other security and stability-related improvements