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1. 
   LuceferAB

   Reviewing 4.8.1335 (Jun 1, 2009)

   To slow add a new virus recognition... :(
   http://www.virustotal.co...92a5a32e077f-1243835352
2. 
   bokhylla

   Reviewing 4.8.1335 (May 12, 2009)

   "The best there is and now also equipped with heuristics"
   
   Do not use Kaspersky, Norton, Nod 32, Bitdefender, AVG etc. use Avast and you will have a pc that is malware free and a program which is reliable and just works. The program has a lot of features which many other lacks, features which are essential in the fight against malware. I have been in contact with the company behind Avast named Alwil and they have informed me that since version 4.8 Avast is equipped with heuristics. They are planning to announce this together with other new features related to heuristics in the third quarter of 2009.
   
   Avast is a protective fortress with all its shields and will protect your pc against viruses, spyware, adware, rootkits and other malware. I have used Avast for nearly four years in different computers and it always work reliably and have kept them free from viruses.
   
   Avast has a lot of cool skins to choose from. It is not a dull anti-virus program like the rest.
   
   It is also free!
   
   Note: Equipped with heuristic means that the program has a capability to catch unknown viruses.
   
   Björn Lundahl
   Gothenburg, Sweden
3. 
   Jtaylor83

   Reviewing 4.8.1335 (May 8, 2009)

   It's a good AV. Although, it will slow your PC (as other reviews below me giving poor criticism on this product) for a short time while avast! updates it's database everyday, it's not resource hog like Symantec and it's less expensive than McAfee. This AV is a bit more accurate against viruses, trojans, adware, spyware and rootkits.
4. 
   Morningdove

   Reviewing 4.8.1335 (Feb 6, 2009)

   For the record, the 3 ghastly creations shown above are not the Avast GUI. They are supplementary skins should anyone (ugh!) want to use one of them.
   
   Avast is a fairly decent program, but COMODO did find a couple of nasties Avast was ignoring, and startup is slightly slower with Avast. On the other hand Avast ignored 15 NirSoft false positive files that COMODO identified as viruses. Also, Avast does not interfere with defragging as does COMODO, and the animated tray icon is a nice touch. Avast does put a noticable drag on the system when installing it's AV updates, but only for a few seconds. I notice no delay when using Avast real time scanning and have never personally had an issue installing software.
5. 
   myboy

   Reviewing 4.8.1296 (Dec 31, 2008)

   What the heck happened? The program used to be so good -- speedy and stable. Now, they fixed the long boot up times (not really, I just unchecked a bunch of stuff); however, they've added in system freezes for good measure. I kept wondering why my system would seemingly kick the bucket while installing drivers or software. It was avast. Once uninstalled, system stability returned to normal.
   
   Alas, I have to use AVG as a result.

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