"Avast" redirects here. For alternative uses, see Avast (disambiguation).
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Avast! Free Antivirus
Developer(s) AVAST software package a.s. (formerly ALWIL software package a.s.)
Stable unharness eight.0.1497 / a pair of Gregorian calendar month 2013; three days ago[1]
Operating system Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/Windows eight (32/64-bit), Linux, Macintosh, Palm OS, Windows Server Edition, Android
Type Antivirus software package
License Freemium
Website WWW.avast.com
Its developer, AVAST software package a.s. (formerly called ALWIL software package a.s.), has headquartered in national capital, European country, with offices in Linz, Austria; Friedrichshafen, Germany; and San Mateo, California.[3]
It has been awarded VB100 Award by Virus Bulletin multiple times for 100% detection of "in-the-wild" viruses,[4] and additionally won the Secure Computing Readers' Trust Award.[5] The central scanning engine has been certified by ICSA Labs[6] and geographic area Labs' Checkmark method.[7]
Avast! competes within the antivirus trade against Avira, AVG Technologies, Bitdefender, F-Secure, Frisk, Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec and Trend small among others.
Contents
1 History
2 Features
2.1 Customization
2.2 Registration
3 Versions
3.1 alternative versions
four Awards and certifications
five Impersonation by malware
vi connected product
7 See also
eight References
nine External links
History
AVAST software package timeline:[8]
1988 – Pavel Baudiš, then a scientist at Prague’s Mathematical Machines analysis Institute, encountered a sample of the national capital Virus and, intrigued by it, wrote a program able to take away it. He then showed it to colleague Eduard Kučera and, together, they started ALWIL software package cooperative, that discharged the primary Avast! antivirus. owing to the oppressive regime, however, they were unable to create a ‘company’ at that point.
1991 – Founders Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera, free from the socioeconomic constraints of the previous regime, remodeled ALWIL software package from a ‘cooperative’ into a joint partnership ‘company’.
1995 – A young Ondrej Vlček (current AVAST CTO) joined ALWIL whereas finishing his university studies. He wrote the primary antivirus program for Windows ninety five.
1996 – Avast! antivirus was one among|one amongst|one in every of} the primary 3 antivirus programs globally to win Virus Bulletin’s VB100 awards in all testing classes.
1997 – ALWIL software package provided the Avast! antivirus engine to McAfee, that licenced it to be used in its own line of McAfee antivirus product with the "Powered by Avast! engine" emblem on the McAfee VirusScan boxes. Also, ALWIL employed its 1st tech-support specialist, Pavel Mourek.
2001 – Co-founder Eduard Kučera enforced a user-community growth strategy supported the principle that each one laptop users be protection from harmful threats, which laptop safety shouldn't be a luxury some cannot afford. Thus, on 1 June, ALWIL software package launched a free antivirus resolution for home (non-commercial) use. Six months later (January 2002), a brand new registration system saw the terribly 1st user registration of free Avast! antivirus Home Edition.
2003 – The growing free Avast! user base generated a requirement to supply alternative paid-for solutions effectively on-line. Thus, ALWIL turned to Digital River’s on-line sales distribution share-it! New product launches enclosed Avast! Bootable Antivirus & Recovery Tool (BART) CD and therefore the (free) Avast! four Home Edition (under Ondrej Vlček's R&D supervision).
2004 – solely thirty months when its 1st user registration, the free version of Avast! reached a million users. till this point, management remained unsure on whether or not giving without charge what others sell would work, however reaching a million users confirmed a productive increase in visibility for the corporate. ALWIL additionally enforced a world reseller channel for its paid-for security solutions. New product launches enclosed Avast! Linux version, Avast! 4.5 Home/Professional edition, Avast! Distributed Network Manager (ADNM), and Avast! patrician CD a pair of.0.
2005 – As the simplest way for Avast! to succeed in new users at a time once the net failed to have such high penetration, ALWIL began cooperation with SanDisk. because of this partnership, Avast! required language localization for all SanDisk markets. Thus, ALWIL employed the primary folks for in-house localization and support, that was the primary step toward Avast! supporting a good vary of languages. New product launches enclosed Avast! U3 Edition (for SanDisk) and Avast! four.6.
2006 – The Avast! user base doubled doubly, 1st to ten million and so to twenty million by year’s finish, in giant half owing to the provision of a lot of language versions and variety of trade awards for quality. Avast! sweptback the SC Awards classes with Best Antivirus, moreover as Anti-Malware (European) and Readers' selection (USA). New product launches enclosed Avast! Linux Home Edition.
2007 – the corporate reached forty million registered Avast! users with solely thirty eight workers, for a quantitative relation of 1 million users per worker. ALWIL software package remodeled into a joint stock company. New product launches enclosed Avast! macintosh Edition and Avast! Windows Home Server Edition.
2008 – ALWIL place major specialise in effort a international sales and support team and localizing Avast! antivirus and Avast.com into a lot of languages. the corporate reached fifty million registered users and sixty workers. New product launches enclosed Avast! four.8.
2009 – To strengthen the team, ALWIL employed Vincent Steckler (formerly of Symantec) as CEO. The Avast! registered-user base jumped from sixty eight million to over one hundred million, and therefore the company reached one hundred workers. New product launches enclosed the five.0 series of Avast! Free Antivirus, Avast! professional Antivirus, and Avast! web Security.
2010 – Summit Partners endowed $100 million for a minority share of the corporate. aforesaid dynasty Sikkens, a Principal in Summit Partners, "it is rare to search out a corporation like AVAST that redefines however associate degree trade will business. we have a tendency to ar terribly excited concerning the expansion prospects of this exceptional company." As well, ALWIL software package modified its name to AVAST software package, to a lot of closely align the corporate with the whole, and Avast! reached a hundred thirty million registered users. New product launches enclosed Avast! five.0 series, with a brand new associate degreetivirus engine and an elective silent firewall and virtualization sandbox.
2011 – By midyear, Avast! had over one hundred thirty five million active users and over a hundred sixty five million user registrations – with simply over a hundred and fifty workers. New product launches enclosed Avast! Business Protection line (with a simplified central administration console); Avast! vi.0 series, with new innovations that included: WebRep (a web site name ratings tool), SafeZone™ (a integral browser, victimisation the atomic number 24 ASCII text file, for safety with sensitive on-line transactions), and AutoSandbox (the 1st automatic virtualization feature offered among a free antivirus).
2012 - AVAST finished the year actively protective over one hundred seventy million PCs, Macs, and robot devices, with simply over two hundred workers. Avast! Free Mobile Security reached best-rated security app in Google Play, and Avast! Free Antivirus achieved the top-downloaded software package spot on transfer.com. New product launches included: Avast! Free Antivirus for Mac; Avast! seven.0 series. New innovations enclosed Remote help (for giving/getting facilitate to/from an acquaintance with Avast!), the Avast! Account portal (for overseeing all Avast! protected devices), a cloud-based FileRep (file name detection), and streaming, time period virus info updates.
Features
A pop-up from Avast! indicating that the program's antivirus info has been updated.
A pop-up from Avast! indicating that the EICAR take a look at file had been blocked.
Antivirus kernel supported certified antivirus engine.
Resident protection comprising individual modules or "shields", every of which might be singly designed or disabled:
filing system protect — time period protection against viruses and alternative malware threats. Scans files as they run on your laptop to stay viruses from having the ability to execute.
Mail protect — Scans messages and attachments in E-mail/Microsoft Outlook/Exchange for viruses.
net protect — protocol protection (local clear proxy). Version 4.8 additionally permits the interference of URLs. Scans URLs and incoming information for viruses, and aborts connections to the positioning if one is found.
P2P protect — Scans P2P files from file share programs.
IM protect — Instant electronic communication protection. (Scanning of files transferred through instant electronic communication applications)
Script protect — Scans webpages for malicious scripts, and disables them from infecting your laptop, although they will still be used (for example, a clickable button.)
Network protect — Basic protection against well-known network worms. Acts as associate degree Intrusion Detection System.
Behavior protect — Reports suspicious behavior by analyzing the behavior of programs
Anti-spyware capabilities
Anti-rootkit capabilities (Powered by GMER).[9]
self-defence — Prevents malware from terminating avast! processes and damaging avast! files.
Automatic progressive updates — Updates of each the program and therefore the virus info that is employed to spot potential threats — Avast! updates its virus definitions on a daily basis (sometimes multiple updates daily) and this method is machine-controlled by default.
perceptible alarms — Vocal warnings and notices like "Threat has been detected!" and "Virus info has been updated."
Boot-time scan — Users will schedule a boot-time scan to get rid of infections that load throughout Windows startup.
Virus Chest — Quarantine; folder wherever infected files are often hold on. The virus chest additionally stores very important system files to shield them from injury by malware. Users also can add their own files to the virus chest. Once within the chest, a file can not be executed; double-clicking the file can instead show info concerning the file.
SafeZone — SafeZone may be a special applications programme in avast! professional Antivirus vi.x and avast! web Security vi.x supported atomic number 24 applications programme. It permits users to browse the online during a personal, secure atmosphere, invisible to the remainder of the users' system.
WebRep browser plugin — WebRep may be a community-based web site name ratings tool enforced in version vi.0 of Avast! Antivirus.[10]
Avast! antivirus monitor— Avast! antivirus monitor may be a sidebar contrivance for Windows seven and Windows scene. It comes with Avast! Antivirus vi and seven.
shopper Alert - offers the user info if their credit might are tampered with (US Customers Only)
AVAST cloud — Avast! seven introduces streaming updates from the cloud additionally to daily virus info updates. Throughout the day, AVAST streams updates to users, giving them quicker warnings concerning new malware. This supplements regular virus updates, keeping users sophisticated and guarded notwithstanding their web association.
FileRep - The FileRep feature allows quicker threat identification by sorting new, doubtless dangerous files from renowned safe files. Sourced from the CommunityIQ device network, the information helps avast! decide once questionable files ought to be placed within the AutoSandbox.
Remote help — associate degree avast! user will hook up with the pc of a second avast! user, permitting the "helper-friend" to assist with any laptop problems.
Customization
Version five and better versions of Avast! Antivirus permits its users to customise the voiceover contend by the program whenever a happening happens (such because the detection of malware, or whenever the program's info is updated).[11] Official voiceovers ar out there in Hungarian, Belarusian, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian. Avast permits its users to submit voiceovers in numerous languages. Themed voiceovers also are available; these embrace "Aussie", "Californian", "Canadian", "Pirate Talk" and "Santa Claus".[12]
Version four allowed users to customise its graphical computer programme with totally different skins from the Avast! web site.
Registration
The free version of Avast! Antivirus is barely meant for private, non-commercial use. when installation, the program are often utilized in trial mode for thirty days.[13] This limit are often eliminated by registering employing a type in Avast's web site.[13] The program should then be re-registered per annum.[14]
However, a user UN agency has version four.8 associate degreed upgrades to the most recent version is given an automatic 14-month license.
Versions
The latest stable Windows version is eight.0, discharged worldwide on twenty eight Gregorian calendar month 2013. except business-grade security solutions, the Avast! product vary includes the following:[15]
Avast! Free Antivirus eight.0 — software system for private, non-commercial use solely
Avast! professional Antivirus eight.0 — package for each personal and industrial use
Avast! web Security eight.0 — package for each personal and industrial use
Avast! Premier eight.0 — package for each personal and industrial use
A comparison of the four product are often found below.[16]
Free Antivirus professional Antivirus web Security Premier
Blocks viruses & spyware affirmative affirmative affirmative affirmative
Lets an acquaintance facilitate remotely if you've got hassle affirmative affirmative affirmative affirmative
Secures on-line banking and purchases No affirmative affirmative affirmative
Lets you surf risky websites No affirmative affirmative affirmative
Runs risky programs safely No affirmative affirmative affirmative
Blocks hacker attacks No No affirmative affirmative
Secures personal information No No affirmative affirmative
Secures your identity No No affirmative affirmative
Stops annoying SPAM No No affirmative affirmative
Blocks phishing scams No No affirmative affirmative
Keeps your programs updated mechanically No No No affirmative
Lets you access your computer from remote locations No No No affirmative
Can firmly wipe your drive once required No No No affirmative
Other versions
Avast! four Windows Home Server Edition — package to be used on Windows Home Servers.
Avast! four skilled Family Pack — License pack to be used within the home by families with multiple computers. Includes ten licenses of Avast! skilled Edition and one license for Avast! Windows Home Server Edition. (No longer offered)
Avast! macintosh Edition — associate degree antivirus resolution for Apple macintoshintosh machines running Mac OS X. it's supported a central virus-scanning daemon and includes a mail scanner, associate degree on-demand scanner associate degreed an on-access scanner all controlled through a straightforward computer programme. though designed as an answer for individual desktops, and priced consequently, the amount of performance is nearer to it ordinarily delivered by server antivirus software package. The macintosh+PC Edition is for macintosh users with each the Mac software package and MS Windows put in on constant machine. It includes each the macintosh Edition and skilled Edition.
Avast! four Server Edition — package for businesses running Windows Server - could also be extended by further modules for MS Exchange Server 2000/2003/2007, MS Proxy/ISA Server, SMTP Server, MS Sharepoint Server (Portal Server 2001/2003, Windows Sharepoint Services 2003 and MS workplace Sharepoint Server 2007)
Avast! Distributed Network Manager — permits network directors to manage the Avast! antivirus product across the complete enterprise.
Avast! four tiny Business Server Edition — package for Windows tiny Business Servers, together with Exchange server or ISA server
Avast! Linux Home Edition — software system for private, non-commercial use solely — to be used on Linux workstations.
Avast! for Linux/Unix Servers — package designed to run on Linux and BSD servers running x86 kernels solely. Packages ar out there as revolutions per minute, Debian or in Tarball type.
Avast! for Kerio — package designed to figure with Kerio product like their secure mail servers.
Avast! U3 Edition — package for the protection of U3 sensible drives from viruses and alternative varieties of malware.
Avast! four electronic device Edition — package for Windows PocketPC/Windows Mobile, WinCE and Palm OS.
Avast! patrician CD (Bootable Antivirus and Recovery Tool) — package to find and take away virus infections.
Avast! Mobile Security — software system to be used on robot devices.[17]
Awards and certifications
In 2006, Avast! Antivirus won SC Magazine’s Readers Trust Award for best antivirus.[5]
In 2010, Avast! was the second most-downloaded software package on CNET transfers.[18]
In 2010, Brothersoft.com named Avast! Free Antivirus among its ten "Editors Pick" picks.[19]
In April 2010, Avast! Server Edition won the Readers' selection award from WindowSecurity.com.[20]
In April 2011, TechDeville.com gave Avast! its "Best Antivirus 2011" award.[21]
In Gregorian calendar month 2011, Filecluster.com gave Avast! its full five-star "Excellent" rating.[22]
In March 2012, CNET Download.com gave its Editors' selection Award for that month to Avast! Free Antivirus version seven.[23]
Softpedia.com has reviewed Avast! and given its highest 5-star "Excellent" rating in many reviews:
Avast! Home Edition (August 2006)[24]
Avast! Free Antivirus vi.0 (February 2011)[25]
Avast! Free Antivirus seven.0 (March 2012)[26]
Independent testing AV-Comparatives has multiple times awarded Avast! its highest "Advanced +" rating in numerous categories:
Performance take a look at (October 2008)[27]
On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2009)[28]
Retrospective / Proactive take a look at (November 2009)[29]
Performance take a look at (December 2009)[30]
On Demand Detection take a look at (February 2010)[31]
Performance take a look at (Suite Products) (July 2010)[32]
On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2010)[33]
On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2011)[34]
On Demand Detection take a look at (March 2012)[35]
Impersonation by malware
In twenty three Gregorian calendar month 2011, a varlet antivirus uses this name spelled as "Avast". It appeared on the net through the pretend Adobe Flash update. The malware contains the improved Protection Mode, unhealthy descriptive linguistics and orthography and everything else. It bears no likeness to the legitimate avast! software package.[36]
Related product
Avast! additionally offers anti-spyware technology, additionally certified by geographic area Labs' Checkmark method,[37] moreover as anti-rootkit and self-defence capabilities.
See also
Portal icon laptop security portal
AntiVirus
Comparison of antivirus software package
List of laptop viruses
References
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^ "Avast software package is that the new company name". Archived from the initial on twenty four Dec 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
^ "Contact Us". AVAST software package. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
^ "Virus Bulletin VB100 Awards". Archived from the initial on twenty four Gregorian calendar month 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
^ a b "Secure Computing Readers Trust Awards". Retrieved 2009-02-23.
^ "ICSA Labs Certification". Retrieved 2009-02-23.
^ "Avast! AntiVirus - Anti-Virus Desktop". Checkmark Certification. geographic area Labs. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
^ "Avast! history and origins". Retrieved 2012-03-19.
^ avast’s prime five Hidden Gems
^ "avast! unharness History Version vi.0". Archived from the initial on fourteen might 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
^ "New avast! audio notifications out there without charge transfer.". Avast!. Archived from the initial on twenty three Gregorian calendar month 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
^ "avast! Voices". AVAST software package. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
^ a b "Register avast! Free Antivirus". Avast!. Archived from the initial on twenty three Gregorian calendar month 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
^ "avast! Support Center". Avast!. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
^ "avast! antivirus Downloads".
^ "avast! eight - Editions Comparison Table".
^ "avast! Mobile Security - Android-apps op Google Play". Market.android.com. Retrieved twenty Gregorian calendar month 2012.
^ "Top ten Windows downloads of 2010". CNET.com. Retrieved nine April 2011.
^ "Brothersoft Winners 2010: List of Editors choose Windows Software". Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "avast! Server edition - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ selection Award Winner - opposing Virus". Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Best Antivirus 2011 – Avast Antivirus 6". Techdeville.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Avast!: The solution against viruses and alternative threats". Filecluster.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Avast Free Antivirus". CNET.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Avast! Home Edition". Softpedia.com.
^ "Avast! Free Antivirus vi.0". Softpedia.com.
^ "Avast! Free Antivirus seven.0". Softpedia.com.
^ "Performance take a look at (October 2008)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2009)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Retrospective / Proactive take a look at (November 2009)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Performance take a look at (December 2009)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "On Demand Detection take a look at (February 2010)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Performance take a look at (Suite Products) (July 2010)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2010)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2011)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "On Demand Detection take a look at (March 2012)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Spyware facilitate Center - avast! increased protection mode". Retrieved twenty four Gregorian calendar month 2013.
^ "Avast! AntiVirus - Anti-Spyware Desktop". Checkmark Certification. geographic area Labs. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
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Avast! Free Antivirus
Developer(s) AVAST software package a.s. (formerly ALWIL software package a.s.)
Stable unharness eight.0.1497 / a pair of Gregorian calendar month 2013; three days ago[1]
Operating system Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/Windows eight (32/64-bit), Linux, Macintosh, Palm OS, Windows Server Edition, Android
Type Antivirus software package
License Freemium
Website WWW.avast.com
All Popular Antivirus and internet security license and serial key at one place
Avast! (styled avast!) may be a freemium antivirus worm out there to Microsoft Windows, macintosh OS X and Linux users, with a computer programme out there in forty one languages. The name Avast is associate degree descriptor of "Anti-Virus – Advanced Set".[2] The official, associate degreed current emblem of Avast! may be a white orb with the letter 'a' thereon and an orange circle round it, protruding to four directions.Its developer, AVAST software package a.s. (formerly called ALWIL software package a.s.), has headquartered in national capital, European country, with offices in Linz, Austria; Friedrichshafen, Germany; and San Mateo, California.[3]
It has been awarded VB100 Award by Virus Bulletin multiple times for 100% detection of "in-the-wild" viruses,[4] and additionally won the Secure Computing Readers' Trust Award.[5] The central scanning engine has been certified by ICSA Labs[6] and geographic area Labs' Checkmark method.[7]
Avast! competes within the antivirus trade against Avira, AVG Technologies, Bitdefender, F-Secure, Frisk, Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec and Trend small among others.
Contents
1 History
2 Features
2.1 Customization
2.2 Registration
3 Versions
3.1 alternative versions
four Awards and certifications
five Impersonation by malware
vi connected product
7 See also
eight References
nine External links
History
AVAST software package timeline:[8]
1988 – Pavel Baudiš, then a scientist at Prague’s Mathematical Machines analysis Institute, encountered a sample of the national capital Virus and, intrigued by it, wrote a program able to take away it. He then showed it to colleague Eduard Kučera and, together, they started ALWIL software package cooperative, that discharged the primary Avast! antivirus. owing to the oppressive regime, however, they were unable to create a ‘company’ at that point.
1991 – Founders Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera, free from the socioeconomic constraints of the previous regime, remodeled ALWIL software package from a ‘cooperative’ into a joint partnership ‘company’.
1995 – A young Ondrej Vlček (current AVAST CTO) joined ALWIL whereas finishing his university studies. He wrote the primary antivirus program for Windows ninety five.
1996 – Avast! antivirus was one among|one amongst|one in every of} the primary 3 antivirus programs globally to win Virus Bulletin’s VB100 awards in all testing classes.
1997 – ALWIL software package provided the Avast! antivirus engine to McAfee, that licenced it to be used in its own line of McAfee antivirus product with the "Powered by Avast! engine" emblem on the McAfee VirusScan boxes. Also, ALWIL employed its 1st tech-support specialist, Pavel Mourek.
2001 – Co-founder Eduard Kučera enforced a user-community growth strategy supported the principle that each one laptop users be protection from harmful threats, which laptop safety shouldn't be a luxury some cannot afford. Thus, on 1 June, ALWIL software package launched a free antivirus resolution for home (non-commercial) use. Six months later (January 2002), a brand new registration system saw the terribly 1st user registration of free Avast! antivirus Home Edition.
2003 – The growing free Avast! user base generated a requirement to supply alternative paid-for solutions effectively on-line. Thus, ALWIL turned to Digital River’s on-line sales distribution share-it! New product launches enclosed Avast! Bootable Antivirus & Recovery Tool (BART) CD and therefore the (free) Avast! four Home Edition (under Ondrej Vlček's R&D supervision).
2004 – solely thirty months when its 1st user registration, the free version of Avast! reached a million users. till this point, management remained unsure on whether or not giving without charge what others sell would work, however reaching a million users confirmed a productive increase in visibility for the corporate. ALWIL additionally enforced a world reseller channel for its paid-for security solutions. New product launches enclosed Avast! Linux version, Avast! 4.5 Home/Professional edition, Avast! Distributed Network Manager (ADNM), and Avast! patrician CD a pair of.0.
2005 – As the simplest way for Avast! to succeed in new users at a time once the net failed to have such high penetration, ALWIL began cooperation with SanDisk. because of this partnership, Avast! required language localization for all SanDisk markets. Thus, ALWIL employed the primary folks for in-house localization and support, that was the primary step toward Avast! supporting a good vary of languages. New product launches enclosed Avast! U3 Edition (for SanDisk) and Avast! four.6.
2006 – The Avast! user base doubled doubly, 1st to ten million and so to twenty million by year’s finish, in giant half owing to the provision of a lot of language versions and variety of trade awards for quality. Avast! sweptback the SC Awards classes with Best Antivirus, moreover as Anti-Malware (European) and Readers' selection (USA). New product launches enclosed Avast! Linux Home Edition.
2007 – the corporate reached forty million registered Avast! users with solely thirty eight workers, for a quantitative relation of 1 million users per worker. ALWIL software package remodeled into a joint stock company. New product launches enclosed Avast! macintosh Edition and Avast! Windows Home Server Edition.
2008 – ALWIL place major specialise in effort a international sales and support team and localizing Avast! antivirus and Avast.com into a lot of languages. the corporate reached fifty million registered users and sixty workers. New product launches enclosed Avast! four.8.
2009 – To strengthen the team, ALWIL employed Vincent Steckler (formerly of Symantec) as CEO. The Avast! registered-user base jumped from sixty eight million to over one hundred million, and therefore the company reached one hundred workers. New product launches enclosed the five.0 series of Avast! Free Antivirus, Avast! professional Antivirus, and Avast! web Security.
2010 – Summit Partners endowed $100 million for a minority share of the corporate. aforesaid dynasty Sikkens, a Principal in Summit Partners, "it is rare to search out a corporation like AVAST that redefines however associate degree trade will business. we have a tendency to ar terribly excited concerning the expansion prospects of this exceptional company." As well, ALWIL software package modified its name to AVAST software package, to a lot of closely align the corporate with the whole, and Avast! reached a hundred thirty million registered users. New product launches enclosed Avast! five.0 series, with a brand new associate degreetivirus engine and an elective silent firewall and virtualization sandbox.
2011 – By midyear, Avast! had over one hundred thirty five million active users and over a hundred sixty five million user registrations – with simply over a hundred and fifty workers. New product launches enclosed Avast! Business Protection line (with a simplified central administration console); Avast! vi.0 series, with new innovations that included: WebRep (a web site name ratings tool), SafeZone™ (a integral browser, victimisation the atomic number 24 ASCII text file, for safety with sensitive on-line transactions), and AutoSandbox (the 1st automatic virtualization feature offered among a free antivirus).
2012 - AVAST finished the year actively protective over one hundred seventy million PCs, Macs, and robot devices, with simply over two hundred workers. Avast! Free Mobile Security reached best-rated security app in Google Play, and Avast! Free Antivirus achieved the top-downloaded software package spot on transfer.com. New product launches included: Avast! Free Antivirus for Mac; Avast! seven.0 series. New innovations enclosed Remote help (for giving/getting facilitate to/from an acquaintance with Avast!), the Avast! Account portal (for overseeing all Avast! protected devices), a cloud-based FileRep (file name detection), and streaming, time period virus info updates.
Features
A pop-up from Avast! indicating that the program's antivirus info has been updated.
A pop-up from Avast! indicating that the EICAR take a look at file had been blocked.
Antivirus kernel supported certified antivirus engine.
Resident protection comprising individual modules or "shields", every of which might be singly designed or disabled:
filing system protect — time period protection against viruses and alternative malware threats. Scans files as they run on your laptop to stay viruses from having the ability to execute.
Mail protect — Scans messages and attachments in E-mail/Microsoft Outlook/Exchange for viruses.
net protect — protocol protection (local clear proxy). Version 4.8 additionally permits the interference of URLs. Scans URLs and incoming information for viruses, and aborts connections to the positioning if one is found.
P2P protect — Scans P2P files from file share programs.
IM protect — Instant electronic communication protection. (Scanning of files transferred through instant electronic communication applications)
Script protect — Scans webpages for malicious scripts, and disables them from infecting your laptop, although they will still be used (for example, a clickable button.)
Network protect — Basic protection against well-known network worms. Acts as associate degree Intrusion Detection System.
Behavior protect — Reports suspicious behavior by analyzing the behavior of programs
Anti-spyware capabilities
Anti-rootkit capabilities (Powered by GMER).[9]
self-defence — Prevents malware from terminating avast! processes and damaging avast! files.
Automatic progressive updates — Updates of each the program and therefore the virus info that is employed to spot potential threats — Avast! updates its virus definitions on a daily basis (sometimes multiple updates daily) and this method is machine-controlled by default.
perceptible alarms — Vocal warnings and notices like "Threat has been detected!" and "Virus info has been updated."
Boot-time scan — Users will schedule a boot-time scan to get rid of infections that load throughout Windows startup.
Virus Chest — Quarantine; folder wherever infected files are often hold on. The virus chest additionally stores very important system files to shield them from injury by malware. Users also can add their own files to the virus chest. Once within the chest, a file can not be executed; double-clicking the file can instead show info concerning the file.
SafeZone — SafeZone may be a special applications programme in avast! professional Antivirus vi.x and avast! web Security vi.x supported atomic number 24 applications programme. It permits users to browse the online during a personal, secure atmosphere, invisible to the remainder of the users' system.
WebRep browser plugin — WebRep may be a community-based web site name ratings tool enforced in version vi.0 of Avast! Antivirus.[10]
Avast! antivirus monitor— Avast! antivirus monitor may be a sidebar contrivance for Windows seven and Windows scene. It comes with Avast! Antivirus vi and seven.
shopper Alert - offers the user info if their credit might are tampered with (US Customers Only)
AVAST cloud — Avast! seven introduces streaming updates from the cloud additionally to daily virus info updates. Throughout the day, AVAST streams updates to users, giving them quicker warnings concerning new malware. This supplements regular virus updates, keeping users sophisticated and guarded notwithstanding their web association.
FileRep - The FileRep feature allows quicker threat identification by sorting new, doubtless dangerous files from renowned safe files. Sourced from the CommunityIQ device network, the information helps avast! decide once questionable files ought to be placed within the AutoSandbox.
Remote help — associate degree avast! user will hook up with the pc of a second avast! user, permitting the "helper-friend" to assist with any laptop problems.
Customization
Version five and better versions of Avast! Antivirus permits its users to customise the voiceover contend by the program whenever a happening happens (such because the detection of malware, or whenever the program's info is updated).[11] Official voiceovers ar out there in Hungarian, Belarusian, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian. Avast permits its users to submit voiceovers in numerous languages. Themed voiceovers also are available; these embrace "Aussie", "Californian", "Canadian", "Pirate Talk" and "Santa Claus".[12]
Version four allowed users to customise its graphical computer programme with totally different skins from the Avast! web site.
Registration
The free version of Avast! Antivirus is barely meant for private, non-commercial use. when installation, the program are often utilized in trial mode for thirty days.[13] This limit are often eliminated by registering employing a type in Avast's web site.[13] The program should then be re-registered per annum.[14]
However, a user UN agency has version four.8 associate degreed upgrades to the most recent version is given an automatic 14-month license.
Versions
The latest stable Windows version is eight.0, discharged worldwide on twenty eight Gregorian calendar month 2013. except business-grade security solutions, the Avast! product vary includes the following:[15]
Avast! Free Antivirus eight.0 — software system for private, non-commercial use solely
Avast! professional Antivirus eight.0 — package for each personal and industrial use
Avast! web Security eight.0 — package for each personal and industrial use
Avast! Premier eight.0 — package for each personal and industrial use
A comparison of the four product are often found below.[16]
Free Antivirus professional Antivirus web Security Premier
Blocks viruses & spyware affirmative affirmative affirmative affirmative
Lets an acquaintance facilitate remotely if you've got hassle affirmative affirmative affirmative affirmative
Secures on-line banking and purchases No affirmative affirmative affirmative
Lets you surf risky websites No affirmative affirmative affirmative
Runs risky programs safely No affirmative affirmative affirmative
Blocks hacker attacks No No affirmative affirmative
Secures personal information No No affirmative affirmative
Secures your identity No No affirmative affirmative
Stops annoying SPAM No No affirmative affirmative
Blocks phishing scams No No affirmative affirmative
Keeps your programs updated mechanically No No No affirmative
Lets you access your computer from remote locations No No No affirmative
Can firmly wipe your drive once required No No No affirmative
Other versions
Avast! four Windows Home Server Edition — package to be used on Windows Home Servers.
Avast! four skilled Family Pack — License pack to be used within the home by families with multiple computers. Includes ten licenses of Avast! skilled Edition and one license for Avast! Windows Home Server Edition. (No longer offered)
Avast! macintosh Edition — associate degree antivirus resolution for Apple macintoshintosh machines running Mac OS X. it's supported a central virus-scanning daemon and includes a mail scanner, associate degree on-demand scanner associate degreed an on-access scanner all controlled through a straightforward computer programme. though designed as an answer for individual desktops, and priced consequently, the amount of performance is nearer to it ordinarily delivered by server antivirus software package. The macintosh+PC Edition is for macintosh users with each the Mac software package and MS Windows put in on constant machine. It includes each the macintosh Edition and skilled Edition.
Avast! four Server Edition — package for businesses running Windows Server - could also be extended by further modules for MS Exchange Server 2000/2003/2007, MS Proxy/ISA Server, SMTP Server, MS Sharepoint Server (Portal Server 2001/2003, Windows Sharepoint Services 2003 and MS workplace Sharepoint Server 2007)
Avast! Distributed Network Manager — permits network directors to manage the Avast! antivirus product across the complete enterprise.
Avast! four tiny Business Server Edition — package for Windows tiny Business Servers, together with Exchange server or ISA server
Avast! Linux Home Edition — software system for private, non-commercial use solely — to be used on Linux workstations.
Avast! for Linux/Unix Servers — package designed to run on Linux and BSD servers running x86 kernels solely. Packages ar out there as revolutions per minute, Debian or in Tarball type.
Avast! for Kerio — package designed to figure with Kerio product like their secure mail servers.
Avast! U3 Edition — package for the protection of U3 sensible drives from viruses and alternative varieties of malware.
Avast! four electronic device Edition — package for Windows PocketPC/Windows Mobile, WinCE and Palm OS.
Avast! patrician CD (Bootable Antivirus and Recovery Tool) — package to find and take away virus infections.
Avast! Mobile Security — software system to be used on robot devices.[17]
Awards and certifications
In 2006, Avast! Antivirus won SC Magazine’s Readers Trust Award for best antivirus.[5]
In 2010, Avast! was the second most-downloaded software package on CNET transfers.[18]
In 2010, Brothersoft.com named Avast! Free Antivirus among its ten "Editors Pick" picks.[19]
In April 2010, Avast! Server Edition won the Readers' selection award from WindowSecurity.com.[20]
In April 2011, TechDeville.com gave Avast! its "Best Antivirus 2011" award.[21]
In Gregorian calendar month 2011, Filecluster.com gave Avast! its full five-star "Excellent" rating.[22]
In March 2012, CNET Download.com gave its Editors' selection Award for that month to Avast! Free Antivirus version seven.[23]
Softpedia.com has reviewed Avast! and given its highest 5-star "Excellent" rating in many reviews:
Avast! Home Edition (August 2006)[24]
Avast! Free Antivirus vi.0 (February 2011)[25]
Avast! Free Antivirus seven.0 (March 2012)[26]
Independent testing AV-Comparatives has multiple times awarded Avast! its highest "Advanced +" rating in numerous categories:
Performance take a look at (October 2008)[27]
On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2009)[28]
Retrospective / Proactive take a look at (November 2009)[29]
Performance take a look at (December 2009)[30]
On Demand Detection take a look at (February 2010)[31]
Performance take a look at (Suite Products) (July 2010)[32]
On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2010)[33]
On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2011)[34]
On Demand Detection take a look at (March 2012)[35]
Impersonation by malware
In twenty three Gregorian calendar month 2011, a varlet antivirus uses this name spelled as "Avast". It appeared on the net through the pretend Adobe Flash update. The malware contains the improved Protection Mode, unhealthy descriptive linguistics and orthography and everything else. It bears no likeness to the legitimate avast! software package.[36]
Related product
Avast! additionally offers anti-spyware technology, additionally certified by geographic area Labs' Checkmark method,[37] moreover as anti-rootkit and self-defence capabilities.
See also
Portal icon laptop security portal
AntiVirus
Comparison of antivirus software package
List of laptop viruses
References
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^ "avast! Mobile Security - Android-apps op Google Play". Market.android.com. Retrieved twenty Gregorian calendar month 2012.
^ "Top ten Windows downloads of 2010". CNET.com. Retrieved nine April 2011.
^ "Brothersoft Winners 2010: List of Editors choose Windows Software". Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "avast! Server edition - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ selection Award Winner - opposing Virus". Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Best Antivirus 2011 – Avast Antivirus 6". Techdeville.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Avast!: The solution against viruses and alternative threats". Filecluster.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Avast Free Antivirus". CNET.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Avast! Home Edition". Softpedia.com.
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^ "Avast! Free Antivirus seven.0". Softpedia.com.
^ "Performance take a look at (October 2008)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2009)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Retrospective / Proactive take a look at (November 2009)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Performance take a look at (December 2009)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "On Demand Detection take a look at (February 2010)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Performance take a look at (Suite Products) (July 2010)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2010)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "On Demand Detection take a look at (August 2011)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "On Demand Detection take a look at (March 2012)". AV-Comaratives.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
^ "Spyware facilitate Center - avast! increased protection mode". Retrieved twenty four Gregorian calendar month 2013.
^ "Avast! AntiVirus - Anti-Spyware Desktop". Checkmark Certification. geographic area Labs. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
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