Overview
Based on the award-winning avast! antivirus engine, Avast! Free Antivirus incorporates anti-spyware technology, certified by West Coast Lab’s Checkmark process, as well as anti-rootkit and strong self-protection capabilities, but remains one of the fastest and least resource-intensive antivirus solutions available with top-notch detection ability.
Avast! Free Antivirus is based on several real-time shields which continuously monitor your email and internet connections and check the files on your computer whenever they are opened or closed. Once installed, avast! runs silently in the background to protect your computer against all forms of known malware. If everything is ok, you won’t even notice that avast! is running - just install and forget.
What are key new features in Avast! Free Antivirus 2014?
Avast! Free Antivirus 2014 9.0 introduces the following key features:
Avast! Online Security
Avast! Online Security is a web browser protection plugin for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer that combines WebRep (reputation rating system for visited websites), Site Correct (automatic correction of mistyped web URLs), Antiphishing (protection from phishing scams) and "Do not Track" features (prevention of third-party sites tracking your web browsing activity) to let you browse the web safely and securely.
Avast! Rescue Disk
Avast! Rescue Disk is a bootable USB flash drive or CD with malware removal tool that you can create in the avast! user interface. It can be useful, for example, when you need to remove some kind of lockscreen ransomware that uses a full-screen image or webpage to stop you from accessing anything on the computer, or a file infector which prevents avast! 2014 from being installed.
Avast! WiFi Advisor
Avast! WiFi Advisor informs you of the risks when you connect to an unsecured/public Wi-Fi network, and suggests steps you can take to browse the web safely and securely while using unsecured Wi-Fi connection.
Avast! Free Antivirus 2014 also comes with these major improvements:
- New DeepScreen technology allows avast! to make more intelligent decisions about new/unknown files.
- New Hardened mode for stricter lockdown scenarios.
- Improved cloud scanning features and crowdsourced analysis of suspicious items.
- Continuously streaming update (CSU) technology for up-to-minute detections.
- Improved cleaning of malware.
- All-new web browser plugins featuring comprehensive security ratings, protection against malware, phishing and typosquatting sites and Do-Not-Track (DNT) functionality for improved anonymity on the Internet.
- All-new SafeZone for more secure online shopping and banking.
- Rescue disk - allow users to create a bootable CD or flash disk with Avast on it.
- A new, streamlined user interface for simplified navigation and more user comfort.
- Control and manage all protected devices directly from the Avast console (through integrated the avast! Account).
- Dramatic reduction in product size and memory footprint.
- Faster scanning thanks to optimized scanning engine.
- Completely rewritten setup/updater that makes the installation and upgrade process faster, easier and more reliable.
- Firewall has been redesigned from scratch to allow for better compatibility with latest Windows, better performance and full support for IPv6.
- Network protection component tuning & compatibility (WFP technology on Windows 8/8.1).
- Various improvement in the Software Updater and Browser Cleanup tool.
- Full Windows 8.1 compatibility.
- Improved general AV performance and stability, including security fixes.
Download Avast! Free Antivirus 2014 9.0
Avast! Free Antivirus is FREE OF CHARGE for non-commercial & home use. You only need to register it with an email address once per year.
Note: You can try paid-for versions of Avast! software for 30 days, free of charge. During this trial period, you have full access to all features and technical support. You may then buy the software license or uninstall the trial program.
What's new in Avast! Free Antivirus 2014 9.0.2007?
This build includes following:
- Fixed connection issues from Java applets.
- Fixed issues with Security Center registration.
- Fixed problems with non english languages in RescueDisk.
- GUI fixes.
- Fixed issues with WinDVD and SQL connectors.
Sources:
Avast! Release History
Avast! 2014: Frequently Asked Questions - New Features
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