Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1169

Avast! Free Antivirus (Avast! 免費家用防毒)是一個擁有基本防毒功能以及反間諜的每費軟體。它可以掃瞄並防禦各種病毒、間諜軟體和各式的惡意程式。

• 全球最受信任的防毒軟體，主動保護幾乎 2 億台 PC、Mac 和 Android 裝置
• 將所喜愛的銀行或購物網站設定為在“虛擬視窗”中自動啟動，確保您所有敏感的財務交易處於私密狀態。
• 瀏覽器或 PDF 閱讀器等過時版本的應用程序，因而大多數病毒和惡意軟體威脅所利用的漏洞在較新版本上都得到修復。
• 掃瞄並防禦各種病毒、間諜軟體和各式的惡意程式。
• 自動檢測未知的Rootkit，在惡意程式執行之前先行阻止。
• 增加代碼模擬和啟發式引擎，兩大新功能。
• 檢查電腦可能不需要的程序。
• 不再重新掃瞄確定安全的文件，減少需要掃描的文件量。
• 行為、文件系統、郵件、網頁、P2P...等各種類型的防護。
• 遊戲模式，自動偵測全螢幕的應用程式停止彈出視窗訊息。
• 在多核心CPU上可以執行更快。

* avast! now contains a built-in anti-rootkit protection
* avast! now comes with a built-in anti-spyware protection
* new self-defense function to prevent active malware from terminating avast! processes as well as corrupting avast! files and registry items
* scanners now display a progress of current scan (percentage of work done)
* fixed a vulnerability in AavmKer4.sys kernel-mode driver (problem applies to Windows NT/2000/XP, 32-bit only); special thanks to Tobias Klein
* improvements in boot-time scanner (detection & removal of hidden or hard to delete files)
* boot-time scanner will not start when booting into Safe Mode (the program was "invisible" in that case, no progress/messages could be seen)
* improvements in many unpackers
* ACE and RAR unpackers now work even in boot-time scanner
* IM Shield: added support for QQ
* improvements in handling of NTFS streams
* Internet Mail provider now displays the name of the sending/receiving program in the tooltip of its taskbar icon
* implemented a protection against false positives in critical system files
* removed a small memory leak in one of avast! drivers (Windows Vista and XP 64-bit only)
* added support for 64-bit WHS connector (available in WHS Power Pack 1)
* greatly improved performance of the updater, especially in cases where many increments are being downloaded (e.g. avast! installations with outdated virus definitions)
* silent installation now also includes scheduled tasks, if any
* resolved a compatibility issue with Acronis TrueImage (XP 64-bit only)
* compatibility tests with Vista SP1 and XP SP3