Avast Free Antivirus
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Developed by Avast Software, Avast Free Antivirus provides an almost complete protection, minus a firewall and antispam features, to its users and is only available to internet-connected devices. It is also, as of 2017, the most popular antivirus on the market.
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Introduction
Developed by Avast Software for Windows, Mac and also mobiles, including Android and iOS, Avast Free Antivirus is an excellent free antivirus program that provides you with almost everything you need to defend your devices from potential harm and attacks. It has also been claimed as the most popular antivirus on the market in 2017.
Features
Being an antivirus program, you can expect Avast to provide you with the protection you’ll need despite merely being a free version. This includes the complete scanning package, namely on-demand, on-access, and even boot-time and heuristic scans. Avast Free Antivirus also provide antivirus protection for cloud computing on Windows PCs as well with its CloudAV feature.
Avast, in general, isn’t a huge believer in the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and hence, you won’t find this feature in any of their products. However, they do offer a better alternative – the Intrusion Detection System (IDS) which should be more than enough to help monitor your network or systems for potentially malicious activities.
As Avast only works if the device you have it installed on is connected to the internet, it also provides its users with specific web-related protection in addition to the usual protection you’d expect as you browse the internet. It offers an additional layer of email security, mainly targeting toward processes like opening potentially virus-ridden emails or downloading email attachments that contain an or multiple equally device-threatening viruses.
The mobile version of Avast Free Antivirus even has unique features like Anti-Theft and Privacy Advisor. It can help you filter through your calls and SMSes too.
Most free versions of antivirus programs don’t provide everything their premium version contains, and this is the same for the Avast Antivirus programs. The computer version (Windows and Mac OS) of Avast Free Antivirus, for instance, doesn’t provide its users with a firewall and hence, if you do want to use Avast as your antivirus program of choice, you might want to either enable the complimentary firewall on Windows PCs or get an additional security application that specializes in firewall protection.
Cost
Avast Free Antivirus is completely free to download, install, and use. However, if you really liked the program and the protection it provides, you might want to consider getting any one of the premium versions of the antivirus – Avast Pro, Avast Premier, or Avast Internet Security.
Conclusion
There’s a reason why Avast Free Antivirus (or more accurately, the Avast family of antivirus programs) is currently the world’s most popular antivirus program on the market. It’s really easy to set up and use, and it is available across multiple platforms. Unlike some other antivirus programs, it doesn’t terribly affect your device’s performance even when it’s running in the background and the rate of false detections is really low, much lower than the industry average in fact. The antivirus also has frequent updates so it can detect the latest and most prevalent viruses and even malware without fail.
So, to sum up, Avast Free Antivirus is possibly the best free-to-use antivirus program on the market right now. If you’re looking for a free antivirus program for your computer or mobile devices, Avast Free Antivirus is definitely a program you’ll want to strongly consider.
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