Avast Professional Edition 4.8

Developed by ALWIL Software

Avast Professional AntiVirus completely protects your PC from computer viruses, rootkit and spyware.

This is one of the most user friendly and easy to use antivirus and antispyware tool. It gives a real time protection to your PC against all security threats. It will monitor your PC continuously and keep itself updated with latest virus database and security threats.

Some virus programs try to disable or damage the antivirus software. Avast is self-protected. So no matter what happens, Avast will keep your files and data protected continuously.

It has a Script Blocking feature which monitors all the Windows Hosting scripts (WSH) as well as scripts running in web browser (FireFox, Internet Explorer etc.). So it will block any dangerous script trying to execute on your PC.

Avast monitors your IM (Instant Messaging) and P2P programs. Many people use chat programs to share files these days. Avast will block and protect your PC if you download or share an infected file from your chat program or P2P program.

Avast gives you an amazing feature called Virus Chest. This tool can be used as a protected, isolated and safe storage for files. You can move or store infected files there. Once a file is moved inside, it will be completely isolated and cannot be run or executed. It is like an advanced quarantine.

Avast comes with complete system integration. You can open Avast from Windows Explorer if you wish to scan a particular folder or suspicious file. A boot time scan feature avoids execution of virus at Windows start-up.

A command-line scanner is provided for advanced users. Scanning can be controlled by many arguments and switches; to use as a pipe filter; and a special STDIN/STDOUT mode is available.

Avast now fully supports the 64-bit Windows platform. This software supports and works with RAM up to 32 GB and 16 TB of virtual memory, enabling itself to run faster when working with large data sets.

Avast has a Network Shield which provides protection against known Internet worms/attacks. It analyzes all network traffic and scans for malicious content. It can be viewed as a lightweight firewall or as an Intrusion Detection System.