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Avast Free Antivirus 4.7.817

8,652 Downloads

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  • File Size: 10.46 MB
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  • Works on:  Windows 2000 / Windows 98 / Windows XP / Windows XP x64
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  • Official Website: http://www.avast.com
  • Company: AVAST Software
  • Total Downloads: 8,652
  • Contributed by: Shane Parkar
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Tested: Free from spyware, adware and viruses

Avast Free Antivirus 4.7.817  Change Log


  • Standard Shield: by default, system DLLs are not scanned anymore (speed optimization)

  • further improved Standard Shield speed under Windows XP (generally, less files are scanned)

  • Standard Shield: improved compatibility with Microsoft Office (particularly, saving of Excel documents on network shares)

  • mail scanner now doesn't show Timeout Expired messages; the program was modified so that the respective timeout can be controlled by the mail client itself

  • mail scanner: solved problem with the mail client reporting expired timeouts when sending larger emails via slow connectections

  • mail scanner: fixed problem with delays during IP address reverse-lookup

  • mail scanner: fixed displaying of tray icon

  • P2P Shield: added support for Winny2 and Google Talk

  • Web Shield: improved compatibility with Win9x

  • transition to new data storage - avast does not need the ODBC/Jet drivers anymore and should therefore work better even under older versions of Windows (95/98/ME, NT4)

  • fixed a bug in the Script Blocker module that was causing conflicts with some programs under non-English Windows (e.g. the German invoice system Lexware)

  • added support for additional executable packers (e.g. MoleBox)

  • fixed a bug that was sometimes causing very slow scanning of CAB archives

  • boot-time scanner: added support for additional archives (GZ, BZIP2, TAR, LHARC, ZOO)

  • improved handling of infected files with exotic filenames

  • solved a problem with setting of incorrect access rights to the avast executable files

  • removed a limit of maximal length of winpopup alerts (used to be 128 characters)

  • Enhanced User Interface: infected items are now marked as red

  • implemented new method of deleting of locked infected files (now using the boot-time scanner technology)

  • this new version is now compatible with the Windows Disk Protection feature from Microsoft Shared Computing Toolkit.

  • Avast should now work flawlessly with Windows Vista beta 2 and higher (Vista beta 2 will be released in the first half of May, i.e. in about 3 weeks); unfortunately, in beta1 + CTP builds

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