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Alwil Avast Antivirus Professional

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Pros
Low performance impact
Cons
Poor proactive detection
Awkward advanced interface

Performance
Renewal cost, per year	$28 (3/31/07)
Ease of use	Good
Malware detection rate: Malware detection tests used AV-Test.org's collection of 884,164 malware samples.	92%
File viruses	92%
Macro viruses	99%
Script viruses	87%
Polymorphic viruses	88%
ActiveX controls	100%
Back doors	94%
Bots/zombies	97%
Trojan horses	88%
Adware	89%
Dialers	99%
Number of false positives (out of 20,000 harmless files)	5
Heuristic detection (one-month-old signatures)	37%
Heuristic detection (two-month-old signatures)	28%
Detection rate of malware within archived files	44%
Detection rate of existing infections (10 infections)	100%
Disinfection rate (files, Hosts changes, Registry items)	77%
Average time (in hours) to deliver signatures for new malware	6 to 8
Right-click manual scans in Windows Explorer?	Yes
E-mail protocols scanned	POP3, IMAP, SMTP
Scan Web traffic?	Yes
Scan speed with standard settings, in seconds	39
With Firefox 2	11%
With Adobe Photoshop CS2	5%
With Microsoft Office 2003	4%
Daily support hours	0
Saturday support hours	0
Sunday support hours	0
Free phone support	No
Toll-free phone number	No
Cost of phone support	n/a
Live chat support?	No
E-mail support?	Yes

User Reviews for Alwil Avast Antivirus Professional

Reviewed by: castahl98

Duration of ownership: 3 Years

Strengths: It has a very low resources requirement Consistent updates to the virus database and program. Skin-able interface. FREE TO THE HOME USER!!!!!!!!!

Weaknesses: The default skin at first glance may be confusing.

Overall Evaluation: This is a first class product that is being offered free to the home user. I has been very effective in keeping my PC's clean of viruses for three years. They might me a little slower than other companies in getting the newest fixes out (1 or 2 days) but this is just fine for the average home user. It has exceptionally low system requirements. On my old Compaq laptop (P3 650mhz with 256 RAM running Win98) it uses on 8% of the resources. All of the other programs I have tried use up to 40% of the resources. On my newer HP desktop is uses less than 1% of the available resources. It is also offers the ability to change skins (user interfaces) until you find one that you can understand and follow. I personally use the "Petite Blue" skin. This is by far the best deal for the home user on the market. FREE professional level virus protection.
Reviewed by: LunyGameOn

Duration of ownership: 2 Years

Strengths: Works Great With All My Programs. I Never Had A Problem.

Weaknesses: None

Overall Evaluation: If you need a viurs free computer get Avast. It run's fast it scans when you have a screensaver. It watchs everything you do from downloading and lookin at websites and e-mails. I give this a 5/5 I used to use Norton but got many problems over time viurs, run's slow and sometimes takes over your computer. So get Avast if you need a program, works right out of the box.