avast! Home 4.8.1195

Publisher's Description:

avast! is an antivirus set that is able to detect the presence of viruses in computers. It has a powerful antivirus kernal that has a boot-time scan, improved resident protection, heuristic analysis for email, and a script blocker. The program works great as a on-demand and/or resident virus scanner. The skinable interface is easy to use for any user.

avast! has the following other editions available: avast! Professional.

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Reviewer:	TGB72	May 15, 2008
Version:	4.8.1195
v4.7 was great, v.4.8 is a resource hog, it takes 98% of cpu & 270MB of RAM during the scan of drive C, just unacceptable.
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Reviewer:	Tombpsyco	May 14, 2008
Version:	4.8.1195
No AV deserves a Gold rating due to the simple fact, it is not possible to detect every virus out there. I've used most of the AVs available, free and paid. I switched from AVG Free to Avast Free because of various conflicts that AVG was having with Google and other software on my PC. I have yet to find any issues with Avast. I am trying to figure out why some people seem to think Avast is a resource hog, right now on my system it is using just over 8k of RAM total. Now if I was running a 386 with 8mb of RAM I would be worried, I not. AVG used about 15k to 20k, McAffe was in the 30k to 50k, Norton is the worst coming in at almost 100k. Until Avast causes any system problems I'll keep using it.
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Reviewer:	radiomaffia	May 13, 2008
Version:	4.8.1195
What can I say: Has everything under the sun! Very good if you a normal internetter and dont want to concern about your safety. Big chance it is in your own language and it has a good way informing and alarming you about new issuesses and your safety. But..on the other hand..If your are that guy(or girl) that want do some more then only be a "normal" internetter if youre are getting my drift, Avast can be a p*in in the *ss cause it is deciding for you and taking the control out of your hands in fact.Better to go for Avira Free Personal Edition then..you decide want kinda guy(or girl) you are. Remember that for both counts : Limited to 1 computer on 1 IP!(Single user license) Both rated 5* Ps. Forget AVG cause is taking too many memory,too many virusses slipping inside your pc and has a horrible interface
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Reviewer:	gate1975mlm	May 13, 2008
Version:	4.8.1195
@ osric Avast 5.0 will not use skins anymore :) Coming in the fall of 2008! Avast rules!!
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Reviewer:	DKDude	May 13, 2008
Version:	4.8.1195
I've used Avast for some years, and I'm happy with it, before Avast I had AVG installed, but after the switch I've never looked back. Keep up the good work!
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