avast! Home Edition - why pay for virus protection?
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reviewed by ClifNotes on 14 Nov 2004
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Once upon a time, I mistakenly thought AVG Antivirus was going to end support for their free version. That started me on a hunt for a new free AV client. Since then, I've been using !avast. I've had it running for a few months now and I'm really very happy with it so far. I did a full scan of my system and it picked up the trojans and viruses that I hid there. It also has an "On Access" scanner that checks executable files every time a new one starts up. Now that could be a real system saver. It has email scanning abilities that far exceed any I'll ever need and if you get your email off a website instead of Outlook Express, I would recommend that you do a custom install and do not include the email scanner. All in all I give it a 5 star rating.
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ALWIL Software, the producer of avast!, decided in June 2001 to help to solve this situation by offering avast! Home Edition free of charge for home users who do not use their computer for profit. To get industry leading antivirus protection for your home PC, download the software, and then register it.