Product Description: A top rated antivirus software solution at Best-AntiVirusSoftware.com, avast! antivirus Professional Edition 6 is a collection of award winning, high-end technologies that work in perfect synergy, having one common goal: to protect your system and valuable data against computer viruses, spyware and rootkits. It represents a best-in-class antivirus solution for any Windows-based workstation. avast! antivirus Professional kernel features outstanding detection abilities, together with high performance. You can expect 100% detection of In-the-Wild viruses (viruses already spreading between users) and excellent detection of Trojan horses. avast! antivirus Professional 6 has full live-system anti-rootkit protection. No boot disks required, it's all built-in and working with one install. avast! antivirus Professional 6 now includes strong self-protection, to prevent malware from turning avast! protection off. Anti-spyware built-in Spyware is software installed on a computer that is designed to collect information about the computer user, often without their knowledge or consent. This can result in so called identity theft, or theft of valuable information (e.g. bank or credit card details) or proprietary business data. avast! antivirus Professional 5 has full anti-spyware capabilities built-in, to make your protection even more complete.
Strong self-protection Some viruses may attempt to switch off a computer's antivirus software. To help keep your protection working, even against the latest threats that may try to disable your security protection, avast! has best-in-class strong self-protection built in, to make sure, no matter what you face, avast! carries on protecting your valuable data and programs. This is based on the multi-award winning avast! antivirus technology and provides an extra layer of security to ensure your data and programs are always protected. avast! antivirus Professional 6 contains resident protection of the computer file system and a resident module for e-mails and news.
Antivirus kernel The latest version of avast! antivirus kernel features outstanding detection abilities, together with high performance. You can expect 100% detection of In-the-Wild viruses (viruses already spreading between users) and excellent detection of Trojan horses.
Simple User Interface The Simple User Interface is used to start on-demand scanning, work with the results and change various options. Basic resident protection settings can be modified here. The appearance of the Simple User Interface is very flexible. It supports so-called skins (changeable appearance of the application), so you can change the interface to suit you.
Enhanced User Interface In addition to the Simple User Interface, avast! antivirus Professional 6 presents the Enhanced User Interface, giving you access to all features and possibilities for extensive scanning control. Another key feature, closely connected with tasks, is the Scheduler. This feature gives you the ability to schedule the tasks running, either one-time or periodically.
P2P and IM Shields Avast features a module for the protection of IM (Instant Messaging, "chat") programs, and a module for the protection of P2P (peer-to-peer) programs. The list of supported IM and P2P programs is extensive, with more than 30 programs currently supported.
Web Shield Web Shield is a unique feature of avast! that enables it to monitor and filter all HTTP traffic coming from Web sites on the Internet. Since an increasing number of viruses (and other malware, such as adware, spyware and dialers) are being distributed via the World Wide Web, the need for effective countermeasures has also increased. Web Shield acts as a transparent HTTP proxy and is compatible with all major web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, FireFox, Mozilla and Opera. |