Product Description

This new version of avast! antivirus kernel features outstanding detection abilities, together with high performance. You can expect 100% detection of In-the-Wild viruses (the ones what are really spreading amongst people) and very good detection of Trojan horses, all that with only a minimum number of false alarms. The kernel was certified by ICSA; it frequently takes part in the tests of Virus Bulletin magazine, often yielding the VB100 award.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #83687 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Alwil Software
• Model: Professional Edition

Features

• Almost 100% detection, outstanding performance, reasonable memory requirements
• Memory test during the program startup, capability of testing whole disks or selected folders
• Able to monitor and filter all HTTP traffic coming from the Web sites on the Internet, also acts as a transparent HTTP proxy and is compatible with all major web browsers
• Enhanced User Interface (MS Outlook style), change appearances with skins
• The system of incremental updates guarantees low traffic, updates can be completely automatic, standard updates twice a week, PUSH updates immediately when published

Customer Reviews

High Quality Includes Free Coaching
I have been using the Home version of Avast for the past month and have come to appreciate its unobtrusive, rapid, thorough performance. Equally helpful has been the personal attention I received from their security software expert. My PC had been taken over by a virus that had fouled up its operation and managed to block access to downloads from security software sites I tried. Or when I managed to download some antivirus program, it would not install correctly. The Avast expert sent me a handy tool (Hijack This) from another company that spotted the infected files and removed them. He also offered to investigate the log and advised me. Now the PC is totally clean and protected by Avast--all at no cost whatsoever for the Home edition. I must assume that the avast! Professional Edition has even more to offer. Hard to beat the combination of a quality product and service beyond the call of duty.

Only AV for those already using 64 bit Windows
Easily installed, and full featured under Windows XP x64. Purchased as a temporary measure until our IT people have something to recommend. Our standard issue is the corporate version of Symantec AV, but under 64 bit Windows, it only offers a small subset of features.

One quirk is that you cannot teach it to recognize non-standard file extensions. Every time I go to edit a script file with the extension .prg, I have to open it through a dialog box that offers warnings about the unknown file-type.

After Norton and McAfee, This is a Dream
I downloaded Avast a year ago after Norton froze my computer (again). Avast (Pro is just the paid version) works seamlessly in the background. Menus are easy to understand and follow, and so far I'm very pleased. It does what it's supposed to do.