Avast! Home Edition 4.7.942

Alwil Software - 12.71M (Non-Commercial Freeware)

Publisher's description

Avast! 4 Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package designed exclusively for home users, non-commercial users. Home Edition is free of charge, since in our opinion, it is possible to avoid global virus spreading by efficient prevention; however, many user are not able or do not want to pay for antivirus software.

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Technical

File Size:: 12.71M

License:: Non-Commercial Freeware

Released:: Jan 16, 2007

Downloads:: 34 (All versions: 178397)

OS Support:: Windows (All Versions)

Plugins:: None

Publisher:: Alwil Software

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

MD5 Checksum:: 1d5f985a9f02068c714aedf97b2976bc

Changelog

* fixed a vulnerability in TAR unpacker (special thanks to "Sowhat" of Nevis Labs)
* improvements in various unpackers (winexec, installer, CAB, NTFS Streams)
* boot-time scanner now functional even with USB keyboards
* speed improvements in the Outlook plugin (Windows XP+)
* Web Shield: compatibility improvements
* Internet Mail provider: improvements on Windows Vista
* CAB unpacker now working in boot-time scan
* RAR unpacker modified so that it is now more tolerant to certain corrupted archives (issue reported by Thierry Zoller of n.runs AG)
* Professional Edition: scheduled scan progress icon now accessible even in Windows Vista
* Windows 9x/ME: fix in the Mail Protection Wizard (related to Mozilla Thunderbird accounts)
* fixed a bug in the scan area selection dialog in Windows NT/2000
* optimizations in the updater
* removed mail heuristics false alarm (related to TNEF attachments)