Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0.507

Avast! Free Antivirus  is an antivirus program developed by ALWIL Software a.s., a company based in Prague, Czech Republic. It was first released in 1988. Avast! is based on a central scanning engine that is certified by ICSA Labs and West Coast Lab's Checkmark process and incorporates anti-spyware technology, also certified by West Coast Lab's Checkmark process, as well as anti-rootkit and self-protection capabilities. It is a multiple recipient of the Virus Bulletin VB100 Award, for detection of 100% of "in-the-wild" viruses, and is a past winner of the Secure Computing Readers' Trust Award.
Avast! Free Antivirus HOME PAGE: www.avast.com/eng
Avast! Free Antivirus TYPE: Non-Commercial Freeware
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Avast! Home Edition is the freeware version of Avast! antivirus software available to Microsoft Windows and Linux users, while Avast! Professional Edition is offered to businesses and users that want additional features. Avast! Professional Edition contains an enhanced user interface, through which scanning tasks can be scheduled to run automatically, while priority updates are delivered automatically using PUSH update technology. The Professional Edition also has a command line scanner and a script blocker.

Avast! antivirus is one of the most widely used antivirus programs in the world, with more than 80 million users worldwide as of April 2009. -wikipedia

Avast! Home Edition Features:

•  Antivirus kernel based on certified antivirus engine.
•  Resident protection comprising individual modules or "shields", each of which can be individually configured or disabled:
•  Standard Shield — Real-time protection against viruses and other malware threats.
•  IM shield — Instant Messaging protection. (Scanning of files transferred through instant messaging applications)
•  P2P shield — P2P protection.
•  Internet Mail — E-mail scanning.
•  Outlook/Exchange — Microsoft Outlook/Exchange scanning.
•  Web Shield — HTTP protection (local transparent proxy). Version 4.8 also allows the blocking of URLs.
•  Script blocker — Professional version only; scans webpages for malicious scripts.
•  Network Shield — Basic protection against well-known network worms. Acts as an Intrusion Detection System.
•  Anti-spyware capabilities
•  Anti-rootkit capabilities
•  Virus Recovery Database (VRDB) — Allows repair of malware infected files.
•  Self-Protection — Prevents malware from terminating avast! processes and damaging avast! files.
•  Automatic incremental updates — Updates of both the program and the virus database which is used to identify potential threats — Avast! updates its virus definitions on a regular basis (sometimes multiple updates daily) and this process is automated by default.
•  Audible alarms — Vocal warnings and notices such as "Caution, a virus has been detected!" and "Virus database has been updated."
•  Boot-time scan — Users can schedule a boot-time scan to remove infections that load during Windows startup.
•  Virus Chest — Quarantine; folder where infected files can be stored. The virus chest also stores vital system files to protect them from damage by malware. Users can also add their own files to the virus chest. Once in the chest, a file cannot be executed; double-clicking the file will instead display information about the file.
•  Skinnable user interface

Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0.507 Release Note:

- scanning and virus chest features now accessible even from Windows Safe Mode
- aswSP.sys: solved a minor stability issue (fixed duplicating of protected handles)
- Pro AV / IS: solved file enumeration problem on FAT32 partitions
- enhanced compatibility with various Winsock LSPs
- various improvements in the avast! sandbox
- improved cleaning of file infecting viruses
- added compatibility with screen readers; avast! should now be reasonably accessible to visually impaired users
- system files imported to the virus chest after upgrade from v4.8 are now removed
- IS firewall: solved a problem related to VPN connections (Windows XP)
- IS firewall: solved a problem related to Xbox360 media sharing
- IS firewall: solved a potential BSOD condition when changing logical drive mappings
- IS firewall: solved a potential crash when saving the packet rules
- IS firewall: fixes for Internet Connection Sharing
- IS firewall: Windows 2000 compatibility
- IS firewall: solved a compatibility problem with Logitech Desktop Manager
- Pro AV / IS: solved a compatibility problem with PerfectDisk 11
- Pro AV / IS: ashCmd.exe switch /@ should work again
- Pro AV / IS: solved a compatibility issue with Acronis True Image
- various fixes in the Outlook antispam add-in
- fixes in ashUpd.exe
- minor improvements in the installer, especially when upgrading from avast v4.8
- avast! Screen saver can be now configured via the screensaver properties dialog
- minor fixes in the GUI
- added Dutch, Portuguese (Portugal), Norwegian, Finnish, Slovenian, Turkish and Vietnamese language packs