avast! 4 Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package. The home edition is free for home users for non-commercial use.
First Impression:
This review is for the Current ver 4.6 from Awil Software.
Freatures:
Simple User Interface
Web Shield
Resident protection
IM & P2P protection
Web & Network Shields
Automatic updates
Support for 64-bit
Email Protection (MS Outlook plugin) (Generic SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 scanner)
Log Viewer
Avast runs on windows 95 threw XP (non-server)
Avast Startup Screen
A Closer Look:
The web shield is a unique feature that enables it to monitor and filter all HTTP traffic coming from the Web sites on the Internet, Since an increasing number of viruses (and other malware, such as adware, spyware and dialers) are being distributed via the web.
Avast supports scanning of most IM programs. IM's supported are AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, Trillian and Yahoo! Messenger, Icq.
Avast also supports scanning of Peer-to-Peer programs like: Kazaa, Kazaa Lite, Direct Connect, Direct Connect++, BearShare, iMesh, WinMX, LimeWire, BitTorrent, Overnet, Shareaza, CZDC, Morpheus, eDonkey, eMule, Ares, SoulSeek, Opera's DC++, StrongDC++, iDC++, KCeasy, BitComet, BitLord, ABC, uTorrent.
