Ironically we rather spend our hard-earned cash buying the most entertaining iPhone Apps out there but wouldn’t spend a dime on a yearly paid-subscription anti-virus software. If that’s the case, installing a free anti-virus is the only way huh or more specifically Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0, the company’s latest anti-virus software for home users. Read further for our simplistic review…
Believe it or not, the highly anticipated Avast! Anti-virus v4.8 is already available for download - Home Edition and Professional Edition. Both only having a slight features difference but the Professional Edition has the extra protection from the Script Blocker for the web browser.
What’s new in Avast! Anti-virus v4.8?
ALWIL Software yesterday announced their 50,000,000th user registration for their multi-award winning Avast! Anti-virus. To celebrate this event, ALWIL Software is currently offering a 25% discount on all their product, this includes the Avast! 4 Anti-Virus Professional edition. This great offer will last till 31st March 2008.
Eduard Kucera, joint-founder and CEO of ALWIL Software said “We are not resting or complacent in our approach to malware protection - in the soon to be released version 4.8 of avast! Antivirus, we have added anti-spyware capability, certified by West Coast Labs Checkmark certification process and anti-rootkit protection, as well as very strong self-protection of the product itself.”
Also stated in their press release that users can expect the release of Avast! Anti-virus version 5 in the third-quarter of 2008.
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