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Virus Bulletin has multiple times awarded Avast! Antivirus with its VB100 Award for 100% detection of 'in-the-wild' viruses, and also won the Secure Computing Readers' Trust Award.Īvast! Free Antivirus is the freeware version of the Avast! antivirus software available to Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users, while Avast! Pro Antivirus is offered to businesses and users who want additional features. Avast! also offers anti-spyware technology, also certified by West Coast Labs' Checkmark process, as well as anti-rootkit and self-protection capabilities. The official, and current logo of Avast! is a white orb with the letter 'a' on it and an orange circle around it, sticking out to four directions.Īvast! Antivirus software is based on a central scanning engine that is certified by ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs' Checkmark process. The official trademarked product name of Avast! is stylized in all lower-case and includes an exclamation mark as well as the slogan 'be free'. The name Avast is an acronym of 'Anti-Virus – Advanced Set'. (formerly known as ALWIL Software a.s.), a company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, with offices in Linz, Austria Friedrichshafen, Germany and San Mateo, California. Uninstallation must be carried out from the application's menu bar - item 'Uninstall avast!'Īvast! (styled avast!) is an antivirus computer program developed by AVAST Software a.s.By default, the Mail Shield encrypts all outgoing traffic itself if the mail server supports it (encrypted connections can be forced for selected mail accounts in the Mail Shield settings). To use the Mail Shield, you need to disable encrypted POP3/IMAP connections in your email client's settings so the traffic can be scanned.Some items in the menus and some buttons in the GUI are greyed out / disabled as their functionality is not yet fully implemented.Sometimes Apple's default icon is shown in the Dock and Finder instead of the avast! icon.Automatic updates: The scanning engine is automatically updated with our regular VPS database updates.The File Shield prevents any infected attachments from causing harm to your system. It does not prevent saving of infected files (doing so could lead to irreversible data loss), it just detects them.

Mail Shield: The Mail Shield monitors and filters all POP3 and IMAP traffic coming from mail servers on the internet.Only clean data is delivered to the browser, all malware is stopped before it gets saved on your Mac. The Web Shield in turn connects to the requested web server and while downloading the content, it simultaneously scans it for viruses and Trojans. Connections from your web browser are redirected to the Web Shield module. Web Shield: The Web Shield monitors and filters all HTTP traffic coming from web sites on the Internet.File Shield: The File Shield scans the binaries of started applications and all files at the time they are modified.On-screen alerts: Alert messages are displayed on-screen whenever a threat is detected.

Scan reports are automatically archived and are accessible from the GUI at anytime.

On-demand scanning: It's possible to scan the whole file system, network volumes or a mounted removable volume.

* Many bug fixes and minor enhancements almost everywhere. * Web reputation plug-ins for web browsers (Safari, Firefox, Chrome are supported). * Added new page for management of WebRep browser plug-ins. Everything is packed in a brand new GUI and is now available as a public beta. avast! Free Antivirus for Mac is also equipped with a File Shield, which scans all programs stored and executed from your hard drive. The Web Shield together with the Mail Shield will check the vast majority of incoming data from the Internet. We're kicking off with three shields and an on-demand scan.

The new version has been almost totally reworked compared with our previous solution for the Mac OS. The current popularity of Apple products also makes them more interesting for the bad guys so we thought it would be good to prepare for the battle sooner rather than later. We're glad to announce a new major version of 'avast! Free Antivirus for Mac'.