Avast Anti-Virus 4.8 Free Home Edition

This post was written by admin on June 23, 2008
Posted Under: Avast AntiVirus,Technology

January 2010: Avast 5 click here

Avast antivirus 4 Home Edition Free Download and Free License. The most recent release, at the time of writing, Version 4.8.1201.80611 contains improvements in spyware and rootkit detection.

Although this program is free to use you must register before the end of the 60 day trial period. Once you have completed the registration you will receive an email with your license key which is valid for one year. Once you have downloaded and installed the program, insert the license key within 60 days. The registration process is simple and only takes a few minutes. At the end of the one year you simply need to re-register and obtain a new free license.

This is an all-in-one protection anti-virus program which includes anti-spyware protection and anti-rootkit protection. There is no additional purchase required, unlike many other leading anti-virus products which require purchase of the full version to enable anti-rootkit and/or anti-spyware tools.

It is very a very simple program to install and use and once setup it is also fully automated. Using frequent automatic updates it continuously protects your computer with little intervention required by the user.

This is one of the most tried and trusted products in Windows security and supports more Windows versions than any other anti-malware product.

It includes the following components and features:

Anti-spyware, Anti-rootkit, Antivirus kernel, Automatic updates, Integrated Virus Cleaner, International Languages, Network Shield, P2P and IM Shields, Resident protection, Simple User Interface, Strong self-protection, Support for 64-bit Windows Systems, System integration, Virus Chest, Web Shield.

An on demand scanner with a simple user interface, just select what do you want and how you want to scan and press the Play button.

An on access scanner, with provision to protect most e-mail clients.
Instant messaging protection.
Network traffic with intrusion detection and a lightweight firewall.
P2P protection for Kazaa, BitTorrent etc.
Web shield which monitors and filters all HTTP traffic.
NNTP scanner which scans all Usenet Newsgroup traffic and all operations with files on your PC.
Boot time scanner which scans disks in the same way Windows CHKDSK does.

This software provides the same protection of many well-known anti-virus programs, but it is completely free and uses very low resources, even though it is constantly monitoring all of your connections and activities.

It protects your PC and network with multiple shields that scan executables and files. You can select the parameters for scanning, and even choose wildcards excluding specific file types. You can adjust the sensitivity level for the program’s detectors when scanning downloaded files, instant messages, emails, and most P2P’s. It has an efficient interface allowing users to tweak its settings to offer advanced level protection whether you are a novice or a seasoned user.

It also has a boot-time anti-virus scan, which can take a little time but you can exit it if you don’t want to wait by hitting the Esc key. If any malicious contents are detected, Avast is equipped with some very useful virus clean-up tools. You can also block certain URLs and file operations, such as writing to files, renaming, deleting or formatting them.

It offers immediate real-time protection, regular updates, and so much more that it is certainly worth using.

It offers downloads in the following languages:
English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.

Download the English Version here
All other Versions Download Here and scroll down the page.
Registration Page for License Click Here
There is selection of PDF Installation Guides Here
A selection of ’skins’ Here

Avast antivirus 4 Home Edition is available free of charge for non-commercial home use ONLY.
System Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows7

Related Post:
Avast Setup Tutorial

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Reader Comments

very good

#1 
Written By Andrew on March 6th, 2010 @ 6:25 am

Andrew - Thank you. Version 5 is better than 4.8 with more features :)
Regards
Colin

#2 
Written By cotojo on March 8th, 2010 @ 7:35 pm

agree, version 5 is better and I see the page has been updated above with the version 5 download. I really like the simplicity of AVAST and feel reassured when the AVAST voice notifies us when the updates have been completed rather than having to go through a sequence of button pushing to clear the screen.
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#3 
Written By poker tour news and on June 3rd, 2010 @ 1:01 pm

Hats off to all the technology Geeks out there who dedicate their time creating outstanding products that protect innocent Internet users from viruses and hackers. Thanks for providing this product FREE to the public.
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#4 
Written By Shirley Kelly on June 3rd, 2010 @ 7:04 pm

poker tour - Avast 5 is a major improvemnet on earlier versions, better protection, quicker scans and greater user control and lighter - install it, set it and forget it basically. Works well for most users :)
Regards
Colin

#5 
Written By cotojo on June 4th, 2010 @ 11:42 pm

Shirley - One day I'll become a 'geek' lol, but giving users information which allows them to make informed choices works well and protecting their expensive equipment can be done at no cost whatsoever :)
Regards
Colin

#6 
Written By cotojo on June 4th, 2010 @ 11:44 pm

Version 5 was suggested to me by a software developer. I am not an expert so I went with his advice and I do feel it is much better than 4.8
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#7 
Written By James on June 24th, 2010 @ 4:42 am

James - Avast 5 is a vast improvement on Version 4.8, cleaner interface and better detection rates, plus it is easy to use and that makes it more suitable for the majority of users :)
Regards
Colin

#8 
Written By cotojo on June 26th, 2010 @ 2:58 pm

the technology Geeks out there who dedicate their time creating outstanding products that protect innocent Internet users from viruses and hackers. Thanks for providing

#9 
Written By Search Engine Optimi on August 12th, 2010 @ 8:09 pm

You have done a great job by putting this post. Thanks for the update.`

#10 
Written By chrisbond on January 28th, 2011 @ 5:18 am

Hi,This one is great and is really a good post . I think it will help me a lot in the related stuff and is very much useful for me.Very well written I appreciate & must say good job..

#11 
Written By Child Behavior Probl on February 15th, 2011 @ 6:38 am

my friend has suggested me this updated version of the anti-virus who is a software engineer. I tried and I am thankful to him and to you to give me such amazing software to protect my PC.

#12 
Written By chris bond on March 7th, 2011 @ 5:35 am

Avast 6 was released a week or two ago.I am using it and its pretty good.Had 4.8 then 5.So went with 6 and no problems.Avast 6 is available for download from Avast website,here.
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

#13 
Written By cod head on March 11th, 2011 @ 8:33 pm

a vast improvement on Version 4.8, cleaner interface and better detection rates, plus it is easy to use and that makes it more suitable for the majority

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Written By free itunes on April 23rd, 2011 @ 2:41 pm

I use Avast at home, it's pretty good;)

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