avast! 4 Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package designed exclusively for home users and non-commercial use. Both of these conditions should be met! Our company offers the Home Edition free of charge, since, in our opinion, it is possible to avoid global virus spreading by efficient prevention; however, many users are not able to or do not want to pay for antivirus software. This page will show you the most important features of this program.
Key Features :
Antivirus kernel
Automatic updates
Simple User Interface
Virus Chest
Resident protection
System integration
P2P and IM Shields
Integrated Virus Cleaner
Network Shield
Support for 64-bit Windows
Web Shield
Internationalization
Changelog Version 4.7.981, April 14, 2007
fixed extra-long duration of the boot-time scan under Windows Vista
WebShield: improved compatibility with Windows Vista
WebShield: better support for HTTP method CONNECT in upstream proxy scenarios
fixed a minor memory leak in aswrdr.sys
auto-updates now use much less CPU resources (should not interfere with other CPU-intensive programs running on the computer, e.g. games)
added a new unpacker: "installers"; useful especially for detection of malware droppers
Outlook/Exchange provider: improved compatibility with Outlook 2007
boot-time scanner: fix for the case when there's the /NOGUIBOOT option in boot.ini
fixed a problem in Standard Shield under Windows Vista related to saving of Word 2007 documents on FAT partitions
email alerts now use correct formatting even for non-Latin characters
fixed a rare problem in Standard Shield related to handling of disk volumes mounted to NTFS directories
further enhancements in executable unpackers
fixed a bug in ZOO unpacker
task scheduler: it's now possible to specify which days of week the task should run
command-line scanner (ashCmd.exe) now supports a couple of more command-line options, mostly related to handling of infected files[/li]
mail scanner: improved deleting of entire emails (virus embedded in email body)
fixed opening of the sounds settings dialog under certain operating systems
avast! screensaver now available even under Windows Vista 64-bit
better detection of corrupted/modified VPS file
WebShield: other minor fixes
added Macedonian, Croatian and Portuguese (not Brazil) language packs
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