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Avast 4.8 >http://www.avast.com/eng/what-is-new-in-avast-4-8.html

I just got rid of a Spript Worm,took me two weeks repairing a sys.recovery to get formatted again. Really looking forward to new FOTRS. Installed AVAST 4.8

Recomended: I got rid of Adaware-Spybot-& -McAfee/Norton. Copy,& paste link-Let me know what you-all think:up: :down: Please ! Donut



Anti-spyware built-in

Certified by West Coast Labs Checkmark certification process, avast! antivirus 4.8 now comes with anti-spyware capability built in to the scan engine.
avast! antivirus 4.8 now offers even more protection for your valuable data and programs, all in one download.
Anti-rootkit built-in

Another key feature of avast! antivirus 4.8 is the inclusion of anti-rootkit technology, based upon the class-leading GMER technology, and now built-in to the scan engine as standard.
Rootkits are programs that install on your system, while keeping themselves, their processes, services and registry keys hidden, to stay invisible. They represent a substantial security risk on home and company networks and standalone machines, and are usually notoriously difficult to find and remove.
avast! antivirus 4.8 has full live-system anti-rootkit protection. No boot disks required, it's all built-in and working with one install.
Strong self-protection

A significant security feature has also been added to avast! itself. avast! antivirus 4.8 now includes strong self-protection, to prevent malware from turning avast! protection off.
This key enhacement helps to add that extra layer of protection to protecting your data and programs with the multi-award winning avast! antivirus technology.

I have it and it is very good and unintrusive.

I jacked ZoneAlarm and got this. I use the XP firewall as I only visit a few sites and shut most of my ports.....

"Is the size of a doughnut inversely proportional to your actual weight?"
 

200lbs. No.I just resemble an ass-hole sometimes.Quaint,but not pretty !:huh:

Been using Avast for a few now, its a great product. I actually dropped AVG for it.

We use AVG Free Edition on our computers here in the house. So far it we never had any problems.

But, yea. Avast sounds interesting. :up:

Avira works for me!:yep:
Edit: Oh yes it's free!!

This is good to know some AV options 'cause IIRC update support for AVG7.5 ends at the end of the year. I've tried AVG8 but it uses considerably more sys resources.

AVAST is good and its free :rock:

Care to provide a link to the free versions? :up:

Thats all that it says on the download page.

here you go. http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Sweetness. Thank you very much! :up:

I am personally partial to what used to be known as AVP (AntiVirus toolkit Pro) - its know known as Kaspersky Antivirus. However - its NOT free.

It is however very low in resource requirements - has a better capture rate than any other sftw on the market, has HOURLY updates (24/7) for new viruses (if you want it to update that often) and yes that means they release new definitions hourly. On average - a new threat is neutralized within 3 hours. In addition, its very customizable, rootkit and spyware effective, can do thread behavior monitoring and keeps an eye on registry edits as well.

Overall - its a really nice package. But like norton your doing a yearly subscription.

I have a machine I will try avast on - see what I think. Thanks for the heads up on it.

Uses avast! free. Guess it is better than AVG or Avira (though some people may have different view towards this)

I guess the best defense against virus is to stay alert and be cautious, rather than a good AV software. Of course, a good AV software is necessary, but being cautious is far more important.

Avast! is updated often and I think it is not a stripped down version of commercial counterparts

I just leave spybot and Ad aware here. They won't use much resources anyway