avast! Free Antivirus version 5.0 has been released, replacing the previous avast Home Edition 4.8. This new version comes with improved antivirus and anti-spyware engine. Notable features are avast! Intelligent Scanner, Silent/Gaming Mode and Behavior Shield.
What’s New in avast! 5.0.377?
+ (Improved) Antivirus and anti-spyware engine
+ (New) Code emulator. avast! is now able to emulate the program’s code in an isolated environment.
+ (New) Heuristics engine. designed to proactively detect malware undetectable with normal definitions. The heuristics engine is able to cover both binary (executable) and script malware.
+ (New) avast! Intelligent Scanner. can reduce the number of required file scans by up to 80% through a white list of proven safe applications. Files identified as safe are not rescanned unless they change.
+ (New) Behavior Shield. Monitors activity on your computer using a number of sensors (file system, registry and network based) and reports/blocks any suspicious behavior.
+ (New) Fast application of updates. Faster updates and reduces demand on CPU/memory.
+ (New) Silent/Gaming Mode. automatically detects full-screen applications and disables pop-ups and other on-screen notifications without degrading security.
+ (New) Multi-threaded scanning optimization. avast! 5.0 runs faster on new multi-core CPUs. A new avast! feature allows the splitting of large individual files between cores, accelerating the scanning process.
+ (New) GUI. Easy to navigate graphical interface.
Other features:
+ Real time anti-rootkit protection
+ avast! Community IQ
+ Behavioral Honeypots. avast! sensors identify and monitor suspicious file activity on selected computers, automatically submitting files to the Virus Lab for additional analysis.
+ Smart virus definition updates
+ Optimized for latest Intel Core i7 CPUs
+ Reduced demands on the disk drive result in lower energy consumption.
+ avast! iTrack. Real-time graphic scanning reports.
+ Infected files are processed automatically without requiring user instructions.
+ Boot-time scanner, Command-line scanner, Wake-up for scan, and Scheduled scanning.
+ File System Shield, Mail Shield, Web Shield, P2P Shield, IM Shield, and Network Shield.
avast! 5 Free Antivirus System Requirements
+ Processor Pentium 3, 128 MB RAM, 100 MB of free hard disk space
+ Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 (32/64 bit)
This edition is FREE OF CHARGE for non-commercial & home use. If you are using a 4.8 product (home or professional editions), the update is pretty painless. Sometime in the near future, the 4.8 product will tell you version 5.0 is available.
-OR- You can download avast! 5 Free Antivirus here.
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