avast! Home - Free antivirus

Version history for avast! Home - Free antivirus shows you how often it was updated over the past months (starting Nov 24, 2004) as well as 'what is new' information for each update (if available, since this information provided by the author).

Version:	4.8.1356
Size:	300 KB
OS:	Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/Vista
Interface:
Description:	avast! Home is a free antivirus, anti-spyware and anti-rootkit solution for non-commercial home use. It scans for all types of malware on: disk, CDs, in E-mail, HTTP, NNTP, IM and P2P. Updates are incremental, keeping bandwidth use low.

v 4.8.1356 updated on Nov 02, 2009

improved Standard Shield, improvements in some unpackers

v 4.8.1335 updated on Mar 13, 2009

anti-spyware, anti-rootkit, new strong-self protection features added, plus: new scanner progress, Aavmker4.sys vulnerability fixed, improved boot time scanner, malicious URL blocker

v 4.7.1098 updated on Dec 21, 2007

Various unpacker fixes and a TAR unpacker vulnerability fixed, Outlook plugin speed improvement, improved Windows Vista support of Internet Mail provider, optimized updater, removed mail heuristics false alarm (TNEF attachments)

v 4.7.1043 updated on Oct 29, 2007

Boot time exception error bug fixed, Inno Setup unpacker support added, Speed optimization improved, Web Shield improved to include POST data, Windows Vista support improved

v 4.7.1001 updated on Jun 25, 2007

Armadilo unpacker support added, East Asian name support improved, mailscanner fix for thunderbird on IMAP, compatibility with Spyware Doctor fix added, IE Script Blocker fix added, better repair added

v 4.7 updated on Oct 04, 2006

Improved unpacker support, new shields added and compatibility with Windows Vista

v 4.6.652 updated on May 19, 2005

Fully compatible with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

v 4.6.623 updated on Mar 24, 2005

Added Web Shield, NNTP (Newsgroup) Scanner, Lower Memory Footprint, 3 new Languages

v 4.5.561 updated on Jan 12, 2005

Added Intrusion Detection, improved E-mail & Archive operations, added new languages

v 4.5.523 updated on Nov 24, 2004

Added Intrusion Detection, improved E-mail & Archive operations, added new languages

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