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Antivirus and anti-spyware engine
Innovative scanning engine protects against viruses, spyware, and other malicious agents.
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Real-time anti-rootkit protection
Prevents stealth malware (‘rootkits’) that, when loaded by the computer’s OS, are invisible to ordinary scanners.
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Silent Firewall - avast!Internet Security only
Stops hackers, using heuristic and behavioral analysis and a white list of safe applications.
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Antispam - avast!Internet Security only
Comprehensive spam and phishing filter, which works as a plug-in to MS Outlook and a generic POP3/IMAP4 proxy for other email clients.
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avast! WebRep
Provides website reliability and reputation ratings according to community-provided feedback.
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avast! CommunityIQ
avast! technology uses a global network of sensors to provide us with data taken (anonymously) from the actual web-browsing experiences of an opt-in group of avast! users. This info is then used to protect all avast! users with the most up-to-date information on viruses and infected websites.
Because of avast! CommunityIQ, avast! has discovered 62,887 infected websites and protected 126,296,177 people from visiting them in the last 30 days.
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avast! Real-time Shields – team of 24/7 guards |
File System Shield
Real-time scanning of opened/executed files.
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Mail Shield
Scans all incoming/outgoing email for malware (a special plug-in is used for MS Outlook).
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Web Shield
Scans all visited web pages, downloaded files, and java scripts. Thanks to the intelligent stream scanning feature, the Web Shield doesn't slow your web browsing.
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P2P Shield/IM Shield
Checks files downloaded via P2P programs and while using IM or “chat” programs.
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Network Shield
Protects against network-based viruses with two main components: a URL blocker for malicious URLs, and a lightweight intrusion-detection system.
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Script Shield
Detects malicious scripts hidden in web pages and prevents them from hijacking and potentially damaging your computer.
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Behavior Shield
Stops ‘zero-day’ threats and unknown malware before virus definitions have been obtained.
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