Avast Free Antivirus
Provides free real-time protection against viruses, malware, spyware, and ransomware, with secure HTTPS scanning, customizable scans, password management, home network security, antiphishing, Smart Scan, rescue disk creation, and software updating.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Features
- No Tracking
- Malware Analysis
- Browser Protection
- Run file in a Sandbox
- Zero-Day Protection
- Heuristic Detection
Tags
- anti-spyware
- create-rescue-disk
- antiphishing
- safezone-browser
Avast Free Antivirus News & Activities
Recent News
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Avast has completed its merger with NortonLifeLockAvast and Norton LifeLock have now completed the merger that they previously announced in July of 2...
- IanDorfman published news article about Avast Free Antivirus
Avast and AVG antivirus software tracks everything their users click onlineIf you're using the popular antivirus applications provided by Avast or AVG (both owned and operate...
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What is Avast Free Antivirus?
Avast Free Antivirus a the free for non-commercial and home usage antivirus solution from AVAST Software. The program features intuitive, advanced and customizable scanning methods along with other modules dedicated to computer safety. It includes antivirus with antispyware, Avast Passwords, Secure HTTPS scanning, streaming updates, hardened mode, DeepScreen, Home Network Security scanner, Do Not Track, SiteCorrect, antiphishing, anti-malware, Smart Scan, Rescue Disk, and Software Updater.
Avast Free Antivirus information
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Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
Subscription that costs up to $79 per month + free version with limited functionality.Rating
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Comments and Reviews
Have been using since 2006, from the recommendation of a fellow gamer, and have yet to turn back. I have the android version installed on my rooted LG Optimus (which has a custom ROM), and REALLY like that (blocking spam texts for the win), and have also used it on Ubuntu for a home web server with apache2.
keeps my computer clean, doesn't slow it down, and sand-boxes weird programs that may try to hijack and/or install trojans to my computer, and it has blocked a few hacker injection attempts to my computer ( I awoke from a dead sleep at 2 am to my computer shouting "threat detected!", because I forgot to lower the volume after playing some video games, and left my computer on lol). It has also saved me from mistyped url's, on more than one occasion. The web rep supports 3 out of 4 of my favorite browsers (opera not supported), and it supports IE. OH, AND I CAN MAKE IT TALK LIKE A PIRATE.
PROBLEM? I think not :D
Avast sells detailed user activity logs to third-party data brokers: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation and https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-cost-of-avasts-free-antivirus-companies-can-spy-on-your-clicks
The antivirus that is hated and loved at the same time. Provides excellent protection and is the only antivirus on the market with the function to protect the program from being uninstalled. Avast and AVG have both been bought by Norton and are not really different from each other.
Sold personal data again. Netherlands sued avast for this.
I don't like it, but I keep coming back to it. you have to turn off the core protection that is basically a proxy on your computer, it monitors all the websites and will block websites such as apkmb.. I set the AdGuard DNS in my router and it is a sufficient semi-protection, along with the google safe websites in browsers. putting it on silent mode, and whitelisting various folder you don't need to scan is also needed. plus - I remove the icon from the start bar since it is buggy on hover it sometimes stays..
Avast sold users behavior for years. So Avast was acting like a virus. So why support an antivirus acting like a virus? Don’t install Avast.
Once a great anti-virus, not anymore.