Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0.594

Alwil Software - 51.29M (Non-Commercial Freeware)

Publisher's description

Avast! Free Antivirus represents the best free antivirus protection currently available on the market. This edition is FREE OF CHARGE for non-commercial & home use. Its features include:

Anti-spyware built-in
Web Shield
Anti-rootkit built-in
Automatic updates
Strong self-protection
Virus Chest
Antivirus kernel
System integration
Simple User Interface
Integrated Virus Cleaner
Resident protection
Support for 64-bit Windows
P2P and IM Shields
Internationalization
Network Shield

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Technical

File Size:: 51.29M

License:: Non-Commercial Freeware

Released:: Jun 29, 2010

Downloads:: 20754 (All versions: 212920)

OS Support:: Windows (All Versions)

Plugins:: None

Publisher:: Alwil Software

Homepage:: http://www.avast.com/eng/free_virus_protectio.html

MD5 Checksum:: 535b793bf59293389744b414334c86ef

Changelog

- improved interaction with Windows System Restore; namely, avast now auto-repairs itself when it detects a corrupted VPS due to a System Restore (or other reasons)
- aswSP.sys: solved a minor stability issue
- solved a problem related to inserting of the license files
- added the activation code feature
- solved a problem when avast was progressively slowing down (especially in conjunction with the screensaver)
- performance improvements in the Behavior Shield
- avast Screen saver now accessible even in 64-bit Windows Vista
- stability improvement in aswTdi.sys (solved a compatibility problem with AVG)
- IS firewall: solved a potential BSOD condition
- various improvements in the avast! sandbox module
- minor fixes in the GUI
- added Catalan and Belarusian language packs