coathanger007
Tomorrow Tweaking Today
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Why does everyone use AVG and not mention Avast! Antivirus which has more features, has a better detection rating and looks better?
http://www.avast.com/i_idt_153.html
Main features
ANTIVIRUS KERNEL
- Almost 100% detection
- Outstanding performance
- Reasonable memory requirements
- ICSA certified
USER INTERFACE
- Memory test during the program startup
- Very intuitive Simple User Interface
- Testing whole disks or selected folders
- Working with the scan results - actions with infected files
- Virus encyclopedia
- Log Viewer
- Various appearances - skin support
- Running from Explorer context menu
- Antivirus screen-saver
UPDATES
- The system of incremental updates guarantees low traffic
- The updates can be completely automatic
RESIDENT PROTECTION
- Standard Shield protects the file system
- Generic SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 scanner
- Specific MS Outlook plugin
- Heuristic analysis in e-mail modules
REPAIRING
- Limited capability of direct repair (especially macroviruses)
- Repairing files using automatically generated Virus Recovery Database (VRDB)
http://www.avast.com/i_idt_153.html
Main features
ANTIVIRUS KERNEL
- Almost 100% detection
- Outstanding performance
- Reasonable memory requirements
- ICSA certified
USER INTERFACE
- Memory test during the program startup
- Very intuitive Simple User Interface
- Testing whole disks or selected folders
- Working with the scan results - actions with infected files
- Virus encyclopedia
- Log Viewer
- Various appearances - skin support
- Running from Explorer context menu
- Antivirus screen-saver
UPDATES
- The system of incremental updates guarantees low traffic
- The updates can be completely automatic
RESIDENT PROTECTION
- Standard Shield protects the file system
- Generic SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 scanner
- Specific MS Outlook plugin
- Heuristic analysis in e-mail modules
REPAIRING
- Limited capability of direct repair (especially macroviruses)
- Repairing files using automatically generated Virus Recovery Database (VRDB)