avast! Pro AntiVirus

Security Features:
Why choose this product?
avast! Pro Antivirus employs complete virtualization technology to increase your protection. Any application can be run in the virtual Sandbox environment, to prevent attackers from reaching your PC. What's more, the avast! SafeZone™ gives you an isolated desktop fortress for even more sensitive operations.

	Prevent interruptions Automatically detect full-screen applications with Silent/Gaming mode, to disable pop-ups and other notifications without compromising security.
	Keep unwanted scripts away Our Script Shield detects malevolent scripts hidden in web pages and prevents them from hijacking and damaging your computer, while our Web Shield scans all visited web pages, downloaded files, and java scripts.
	Stay proactive Our heuristics engine proactively finds malware that is undetectable with normal definitions and virus signatures.
	Clean your PC before Windows even starts Our unique boot-time scanner cleans your PC before the Windows operating system can start to activate any viruses or malware beneath (now applies also to 64-bit Windows 7 and Windows Vista)

Technology:
Core Technologies
Antivirus and anti-spyware engine
Innovative scanning engine protects against viruses, spyware, and other malicious agents.

Real-time anti-rootkit protection
Prevents stealth malware (‘rootkits’) that, when loaded by the computer’s OS, are invisible to ordinary scanners.

Silent Firewall
Stops hackers, using heuristic and behavioral analysis and a white list of safe applications.

Antispam
Comprehensive spam and phishing filter, which works as a plug-in to MS Outlook and a generic POP3/IMAP4 proxy for other email clients.

avast! WebRep
Provides website reliability and reputation ratings according to community-provided feedback.

avast! CommunityIQ
Our technology uses a global network of sensors to provide us with data taken (anonymously) from the actual web-browsing experiences of an opt-in group of avast! users. This info is then used to protect all avast! users with the most up-to-date information on viruses and infected websites.Because of avast! CommunityIQ, avast! has discovered 84,817 infected websites and protected 123,176,306 people from visiting them in the last 30 days.

Hi-Tech Features:
Boot-time scanner
Scans your computer for infections before the OS can start to activate any viruses beneath it (now applies also to 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista)

avast! SafeZone™
Opens a new (clean) desktop so that other applications don’t see what’s happening – perfect for banking or secure ordering/shopping – and leaves no traces once it’s closed.

AutoSandbox
Prompts users to run suspicious applications in the virtual Sandbox environment.

avast! Sandbox
Provides an extra layer of security for you to run your PC and its applications in a virtual environment – where any attacks are thus targeted (instead of your real PC).

OS supported:
* Windows XP SP2+ 32-bit
* Windows Server 2003, Vista, 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) only RTM versions are supported (Windows 7 SP1 RC is currently also supported)

OS not supported:
* Windows 2000
* Windows XP 64-bit (with any SP installed)
* Windows Server 2003 64-bit

Intelligent Scanner
Reduces the number of required file scans up to 80% through a white list of safe applications. Files identified as safe are not rescanned unless they change.

Silent/Gaming Mode
Automatically detects full-screen applications and disables pop-ups and other notifications without compromising security.

Green computing
Leaves a minimal “footprint” due to its efficient and effective technology.

System Requirements:
Operating Systems Supported
* Windows 7
* Windows Vista (any Edition excl. Starter Edition)
* Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher

Minimum Hardware Requirements
* Processor Pentium 3
* 128 MB RAM
* 100 MB of free hard disk space

Please note that avast! Pro Antivirus runs only on PCs with Windows XP and newer. Older Windows operating systems (Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000) are not supported.Please also note that avast! will not run properly if you have other antivirus software on your PC.