- Avast Browser Security - web reputation plugin Avast-powered security for your Edge browser. Browse without worry or fear with Avast in your corner: we’ll check every site you visit, from Facebook to your bank, to ensure nothing puts you or your data at risk. We stop phishing attacks, show user reviews, and warn you if a site is deemed untrustworthy by our community of 400 million.
- Avast Free Antivirus scans for security and performance issues and tells you how to fix things instantly. It protects you in real-time by analyzing unknown files before they get to you. So relax: With Avast, you’re running the most. Trusted antivirus out there.
Avast Free Antivirus is the company's latest malware-hunting engine.
Open any webpage from the avast.com domain in your browser window (this is any URL that has avast.com at the beginning). Click the shield icon to the left of the address bar. Click the blue (ON) slider next to Enhanced Tracking Protection is ON for this site so that it changes to gray (OFF).
Installation is simple and straightforward. Compatibility seems good, too, with the package running happily alongside Bitdefender Internet Security on our test PC.
The program interface is clean and very easy to use. Just click 'Run Smart Scan' and Free Antivirus immediately runs a quick check for malware, missing software updates, network vulnerabilities even looks for weak passwords and junk files.
When it's finished, clicking 'Resolve all' allows you to review the results and fix whatever the program has found.
Avast Free Antivirus
The previous Avast Free Antivirus extended the package with a new password manager. This generates strong passwords on demand, stores and fills them locally, and syncs them with free iOS and Android apps.
Avastars
The network security scanner detects more router vulnerabilities and displays extra details.
Avast Free Antivirus
WebShield has switched to a smarter and more compatible system of HTTPS scanning, as used in Firefox, Chrome and Opera.
The interface has been optimised and improved.
Verdict:
A solid antivirus engine with a good range of features, made even better by the new password manager.