avast! antivirus software provides complete virus protection for your computer

. Antivirus engine is complemented by anti-spyware, firewall and antispam modules to protect you against phishing schemes, identity theft and internet-distributed web viruses. Automatic updates for greater user convenience and safety. Top user ratings among free antivirus software. The new avast! Free Antivirus includes a spyware detection engine. To protect you from identity theft as well as viruses.
avast! Internet Security provides complete antivirus, anti-spyware, antispam, and firewall protection, complemented now by new avast! SafeZone technology. It creates an isolated virtual desktop, invisible to any possible attacker, where you can do your online shopping and banking securely. avast! SafeZone opens a new (clean) desktop so that other programs don’t see what’s happening – and it leaves no history once it’s closed. Our award-winning and certified antivirus engine and shields stop even previously unknown threats – for peace of mind when you chat or spend time on Facebook, Twitter, or other websites. Our silent firewall stops hackers and other unauthorized entry attempts to your PC, to keep your data where it belongs – safe and sound. Internet Security’s antispam feature blocks both spam and sophisticated “phishing” attempts, to keep you from clicking “harmless” links that really can cause damage. avast! has been proven again for its great scanning speed.
What's new in Avast 6.0:
- AutoSandbox - suspect the program will run in the "sandbox"
- Avast! WebRep - browser plug-in with the show's reputation visited site, the combination of our virus lab data and voice users
- Screen scripts now and in the Free AV
- Blocking of websites now and in the Free AV
- SafeZone - a special virtual area for "sensitive" operations (such as secure online banking) (only in paid version)
- Ability to restore the default settings (Settings (Settings) -> Troubleshooting (Troubleshooting)
- Automation of action in the boot scan
- A new method of compression has reduced the size of the installation package by 20%
- Screen script now works in IE8/IE9 when working in protected mode
- Gadget for the sidebar
- Improved stability and compatibility in the screen of Conduct
- Improvements to the avast! sandbox
The main characteristics of the Avast!:
- High level of detection of viruses, trojans and worms.
- The resident (real time) and a normal scanner.
- Scanning of archives.
- Check the input and output e-mail.
- Deep integration into the system. Check one or another file can be directly from Explorer Windows, clicking the right mouse button and selecting the message "Scan ...".
- Quarantine Avast! isolated from the operating system that provides greater safety. None of the file that is stored in quarantine can not be started.
- Intuitively clear interface Avast!. There are Russian.
- A large number of settings.
- "Not heavy" automatic or scheduled updates of virus databases (20-80 KB). Ability to update manually.
- Support for skins (skins) Avast!. The main package contains three skins, more can be downloaded from the official site.
Key technologies:
• Antivirus and antispyware kernel - the core of Innovation scanning provides protection against viruses, spyware and other malicious agents.
• Protection against rootkits in real time - Prevents loading of hidden malware (rootkits) which, when you boot your Linux computer is invisible to other scanners.
• avast! WebRep - Provides ratings of the reliability and reputation of web sites based on feedback from the user community.
• avast! CommunityIQ - Our technology uses a global network of sensors to transmit to us (anonymous) data on the real experiences of working in online user groups avast!, Who wished to leave a tip. These are then used to protect all users of avast! by providing the latest information about viruses and infected web sites.
Thanks to avast! CommunityIQ over the past 30 days, avast! identified 73,711 infected Web sites and protection 122 464 309 users of their visit.
High-tech features:
• The scanner operating at system initialization - Scan your computer for infection before the OS will be able to activate any viruses contained in it (now supported in Windows 7 and Windows Vista).
• avast! SafeZone - Opens new (empty) desktop so that other applications can not see happening - the perfect solution to carry out banking operations or secure ordering and purchasing goods. After closing leaves no "footprints".
• AutoSandbox - Offers users to run suspicious attachments in a virtual environment of the sandbox.
• avast! Sandbox - Provides an additional level of protection for your PC and its applications in a virtual environment, in which no attacks will not go unnoticed (instead of a real PC.)
• Intelligent scanner - Reduces the amount of necessary checks files up to 80% by using a white list of safe applications. Files that are defined as safe, is not re-scanned, unless they have changed.
• "without notification / game - Automatically detects and disables full-screen application" pop-up "windows and other alerts without compromising security.
• «Green" Computer - consumes a minimum of computer resources through effective and efficient technology