avast! 4 Professional Edition 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. It represents a best-in-class solution for any Windows-based
workstation. This page demonstrates its most important features and
provides links to further resources.
* Memory test during the program startup * Very intuitive Simple User Interface * Enhanced User Interface (MS Outlook style) * Testing of whole disks or just selected folders * Defining and running of antivirus tests * Working with the scan results - actions for infected files * Storing the scan results (history) * Virus encyclopedia * Log Viewer * Various appearances - skin support * Running from Explorer context menu * Antivirus screen-saver * Boot-time scan * Command-line scanner
UPDATES
* The system of incremental updates guarantees low traffic * Updates can be completely automatic * Standard updates are provided 2 times a week * PUSH updates immediately when published
RESIDENT PROTECTION
* Standard Shield protects the file system * Generic SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 scanner * Specific MS Outlook plugin * Heuristic analysis in e-mail modules * Script Blocker
REPAIRING
* Certain strong capabilities of direct repair (especially macroviruses) * Repairing files using automatically generated Virus Recovery Database (VRDB)
OTHER
* Task Scheduler * News delivery system: iNews * 4 default preset tasks for typical scanning * Possibility to set any test details * Report files
PLATFORMS
* Windows 95 * Windows 98 * Windows Me * Windows NT 4 (No Server) * Windows 2000 (No Server) * Windows XP (No Server) * Windows Vista
Revision History - Version 4.7.1098
* fixed a vulnerability in TAR unpacker (special thanks to “Sowhat” of Nevis Labs) * improvements in various unpackers (winexec, installer, CAB, NTFS Streams) * boot-time scanner now functional even with USB keyboards * speed improvements in the Outlook plugin (Windows XP+) * Web Shield: compatibility improvements * Internet Mail provider: improvements on Windows Vista * CAB unpacker now working in boot-time scan *
RAR unpacker modified so that it is now more tolerant to certain
corrupted archives (issue reported by Thierry Zoller of n.runs AG) * Professional Edition: scheduled scan progress icon now accessible even in Windows Vista * Windows 9x/ME: fix in the Mail Protection Wizard (related to Mozilla Thunderbird accounts) * fixed a bug in the scan area selection dialog in Windows NT/2000 * optimizations in the updater * removed mail heuristics false alarm (related to TNEF attachments)
