Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1282

Alwil Software - 27.56M (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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File Size:: 27.56M

License:: Non-Commercial Freeware

Released:: Nov 12, 2008

Downloads:: 4296 (All versions: 178674)

OS Support:: Windows (All Versions)

Plugins:: None

Publisher:: Alwil Software

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

MD5 Checksum:: 5fd2f2bd6382a86b425833aa3c85a758

Changelog

* improvements in some unpackers (Zip, 7-Zip, WinExec, Installer)
* fixed incompatibility with ext2fsd driver
* fixed a problem in The Bat! plugin (causing orphaned thebat.exe processes after the program was closed)
* added new unpacker "droppers" (by default turned on in all tasks including the real time scanner)
* fixed a problem with actions on infected files with special names
* Network Shield: added a component for blocking of malware URLs
* added the possibility of sending of statistical information about detected viruses
* added a new option of reporting of false positives
* improved the submission from the Virus Chest (now based on HTTP protocol)
* added a component for gathering of new samples from exploited pages
* implemented a limit of the maximum size of the selfdef.log file
* speed optimizations in the updater
* speed optimizations in the scanning engine
* solved a minor conflict with McAfee SiteAdvisor
* added support for the Windows Security Center in Vista SP1 (new API)
* minor fixes in the Web Shield
* removed support for ICQ a MSN Messenger alerts