Avast!
Avast! Antivirus is an anti-virus program developed by ALWIL
Software based in Prague.
This software is freeware for home users and non-commercial
use only.
It is a multi-award winning solution to virus protection, with
anti-spyware and anti-rootkit software built in for added security.
Avast!
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License
Freeware
Developer
ALWIL
Website
www.avast.com
Requirements
Any Linux distribution (x86 platform only) with GLIBC version 2.1 or
higher and pthreads libraries installed
486 processor (Pentium or higher recommended)
32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended)
GTK+ 2.x
Support:
FAQ,
Forums,
Tutorial
Selected
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Features include:
- Antivirus kernel
- Almost 100% detection
- Reasonable memory requirements
- ICSA certified
- The following archives can be scanned: ARJ, ZIP, MIME (+
all associated
formats), DBX (Outlook Express archives), RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, ZOO,
ARC, LHA/LHX, TNEF (winmail.dat), CPIO, RPM, ISO, and SIS
- Supports a number of executable packers (such as PKLite,
Diet, UPX,
ASPack, FSG, MEW, etc./0
- Command line scanner - scan files in specified
directories and both on local and remote volume
- User interface
- Intuitive Simple User Interface
- Independent on installed graphic libraries
- Testing of whole disks or just selected folders
- Defining and running of antivirus tests
- Working with the scan results
- Actions with infected files
- Storing the scan results (history)
- Virus encyclopedia
- Command-line scanner with STDIN/STDOUT mode
- Virus Chest - a chest directory where suspicious files are
stored
- Automatic updates
- Non-incremental updates
- Updates can be completely automatic
- Standard updates are provided 2 times a week
- Alerts via SMTP
- Works on all modern distributions
- Shell scripts for common tasks
- Internationalization - English, Czech, Portuguese (Brazil),
Bulgarian, Finnish, French
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