Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1335

Alwil Software - 29.81M (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:: 29.81M

License:: Non-Commercial Freeware

Released:: Feb 06, 2009

Downloads:: 18055 (All versions: 179220)

OS Support:: Windows (All Versions)

Plugins:: None

Publisher:: Alwil Software

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

MD5 Checksum:: 0ca746f431a005cb2114bd6e4f5369b5

Changelog

* improvements in some unpackers (WinExec, Installer, ZIP)
* improved memory scan, especially under 64-bit operating systems
* fixed a possible deadlock condition when copying system files from some removable media
* fixed a possible problem with access rights when deleting infected files on reboot
* Web Shield: minor stability fixes
* Internet Mail: smtp.gmail.com and smtp.live.com now ignored on port 25 (as these are SSL only)
* improved healing of some infected files
* various fixes and improvements in the scanning engine
* Web Shield now scans pages compressed with the "deflate" algorithm
* performance optimization of Standard Shield under Windows Vista
* improvements in the automatic sample submission system
* improvements in the URL blocker