Avast! – antivirus protection

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.

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.

Website: www.avast.com
Support:
Developer: ALWIL
License: Freeware

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