Avast Home Edition 4.8.1229.80723

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Avast Home Edition is a complete ICSA & Checkmark certified antivirus, Checkmark certified anti-spyware & anti-rootkit package. Avast includes the following components: On demand scanner with skinnable simple interface, just select what do you want to scan in which way and press the Play button; On access scanner, special providers to protect the most of available e-mail clients; Instant messaging--ICQ, Miranda; Network traffic--intrusion detection, lightweight firewall; P2P protection for Kazaa, BitTorrent; Web shield--monitors and filter all HTTP traffic; NNTP scanner--scans all Usenet Newsgroup traffic and all operations with files on PC; Boot time scanner--scans disks in the same way and in the same time as Windows CHKDSK does.

Version 4.8.1229.80723 improves the unpacking engine.

Note: You'll have to register (free) on the publisher site to be able to continue using this program after 60 days.

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  Avast Home Edition

  i'm glad to have it

  by: manyal54 on 24-Jul-2008 01:42:35 PM

  Pros: most everything

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  Avast Home Edition

  Very effective

  by: calie3 on 24-Jul-2008 11:04:38 AM

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  Avast Home Edition

  best I've ever used

  by: path555 on 24-Jul-2008 09:21:05 AM

  Pros: All I can say is that I have used Norton, McAfee, and several others I can't remember off the top of my head and Avast is the most unobtrusive of any of them and isn't that the whole point.

  Cons: Its free! Just kidding! I can't think of anything I don't like.

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  Avast Home Edition

  avast

  by: viggeeh on 24-Jul-2008 07:07:08 AM

  Pros: This is probably the best antivirus. It has a good warning screen and it is easy to handle. i have been using this antivirus for 3 months and i still love it.

  Cons: nothing.

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  Avast Home Edition

  its not so bad

  by: anand40090 on 24-Jul-2008 07:00:44 AM

  Pros: catch the threat

  Cons: vv slow

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