Invite your friends to install avast! Free Antivirus and get free Internet Security license download

Avast! Free Antivirus is my new top pick for the best free antivirus software in light of recent developments. Avast has steadily been improving its detection rates over the past few years and now ranks with the some of the best. Avast has the most features of all the free antivirus with full real-time capabilities including web, e-mail, IM, P2P and network shields, boot-time scanning, and a behavioural blocker.  Version 6 brought even more features including an internet site ratings plugin, script malware protection and a limited (non-configurable) sandboxing feature. It's arguable whether their ratings plugin offers comparable levels to WOT, but the script malware protection can prevent certain browser exploits, a feature not available in any of the other free AV's. Although the sandbox is a very useful semi-automated security feature, the default settings involves a pop up to ask whether a software should be sandboxed for not - for the typical average user this can be slightly confusing though it can set to sandbox the software automatically. Avast is also relatively light on resources. Note that Avast requires a free registration to function after 30 days, and the default installation installs the Chrome browser.

Pros

~Free, truly free. (Just make sure to select the free version when installing ofcourse.)
~Picks up stuff even Norton leaves behind
~Easy to use/configure for both low level and high level users
~Truly a "set-it and forget-it" program
~Has additional features FREE (Software updater, browser cleaner)
~Easy updating, auto and manual
~Relatively light on system resources
~Is a really COMPLETE AV Program, example, inclusive of boot time scan, etc.

Cons

~Has sometimes bothersome adds/promotions at bottom of screen (Although small, and not too often, easy to ignore)
~Can actually leave behind unwanted potential hazards. (I use 'Malware bytes antimalware' free version in addition to this, really great combo)

Summary

Really one of the best (in my opinion THE best) free av program out there. Use it on more than 8 computers, and recommend it to everyone. Encourage to buy full version if you can to support them, BUT only if you intend to buy the full version each year, cuz trust me, if you try to get rid of the full version after it expires and then install the free version it CAN be a hassle for amateur users. Invite your friends to install avast! Free Antivirus and get free Internet Security license download.

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