O avast! antivírus é uma solução antivírus completa e gratuita para usuários domésticos e uso não-comercial (versão Home Edition). A versão Professional inclui bloqueio de scripts e outros recursos específicos para uso corporativo. O programa é compatível com Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP x64 Edition, Windows Vista e Windows Vista x64.
Mudanças nesta versão:
solved incompatibility of the avast self protection module and the System Restore feature (Windows XP/Vista)
solved keyboard/mouse lags in some games (e.g. World of Warcraft)
"Quick" scan now quick again (in the previous version, it was usually slower than "Normal" scan)
fixed slow resuming from hibernation (on certain systems)
improved stability of aswSP.sys kernel driver
fixed deleting of infected files in some nested archives
shell extension: under Windows Vista, shortcut targets are now correctly scanned
boot-time scanner now correctly displays warning messages about corrupted archives
improved scanning speed in the Simple user interface
improved handling of scan exceptions
self protection: improved detection of changes in the INI file
start of the "avast! Mail Scanner" service should now be fast again
fixed a problem with avast being installed in a directory with name containing non-Latin characters
fixed entering of the license key (didn't work in certain configurations)
improved detection/healing of MBR rootkits
avast can now correctly handle the case when the INI file is missing/corrupted
the "Disable startup rootkit scan" option on the Troubleshooting page now effective
P2P Shield: added support for Azureus Vuze and Qtrax
taskbar messages from Internet Mail should now correctly handle most common character encodings
fixed problems with the boot-time scanner on FAT[32] partitions
small improvements in some unpackers (WinExec, RAR, CHM)
fixed the message announcing the license key going to expire soon
on 64-bit Windows, avast now detects both 32-bit and 64-bit version of the WHS connector
the avast Home / Pro Edition comparison window is now correctly displayed even under Windows 9x
Download:
avast! AntiVirus Home Edition v4.8.1195*
avast! AntiVirus Professional v4.8.1195**
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*Gratuito para uso doméstico e não-comercial
**Shareware
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