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
- Dark Mode
- Malware Analysis
- Browser Protection
- Run file in a Sandbox
- Zero-Day Protection
- Heuristic Detection
Avast Free Antivirus News & Activities
Recent News
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Settings are ignored, reminders annoy, behaviors enforced, processes are deployed without consent, and request prompt you into a stalemate.
Honestly, I feel like I've been spoiled by usability that every developer have strived to achieve for the past 10 years or so and...
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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
I've run this on several of my personal computers for years, and have liked it. It's had its quirks, from version to version, but generally scores favorably in security tests and isn't too bad or a resource hog. I've strayed away, just a little, to Microsoft Security Essentials - which runs better on some of my aging hardware - but Avast! is my go-to for my own personal PCs.
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
I've used Avast FA in the past and it was a no brainer. Since then many years have passed. I've gained some insight, the software changed... and I would not recommend AFA to anybody, who wants a software to do, what you want.
Settings are ignored, reminders annoy, behaviors enforced, processes are deployed without consent, and request prompt you into a stalemate.
Honestly, I feel like I've been spoiled by usability that every developer have strived to achieve for the past 10 years or so and Avast just ignores as if it's still HTML 1 era and no adblock.
I get it it's free, but not my patience or my time. Save yourself some time and nerves and skip to something more respectful.
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.