Download Avast! Home Edition

Avast! Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package designed exclusively for home users, non-commercial users. Home Edition is free of charge, since in our opinion, it is possible to avoid global virus spreading by efficient prevention; however, many user are not able or do not want to pay for antivirus software.

• * avast! now contains a built-in anti-rootkit protection
• * avast! now comes with a built-in anti-spyware protection
• * new self-defense function to prevent active malware from terminating avast! processes as well as corrupting avast! files and registry items
• * scanners now display a progress of current scan (percentage of work done)
• * fixed a vulnerability in AavmKer4.sys kernel-mode driver (problem applies to Windows NT/2000/XP, 32-bit only); special thanks to Tobias Klein
• * improvements in boot-time scanner (detection & removal of hidden or hard to delete files)
• * boot-time scanner will not start when booting into Safe Mode (the program was "invisible" in that case, no progress/messages could be seen)
• * improvements in many unpackers
• * ACE and RAR unpackers now work even in boot-time scanner
• * IM Shield: added support for QQ
• * improvements in handling of NTFS streams
• * Internet Mail provider now displays the name of the sending/receiving program in the tooltip of its taskbar icon
• * implemented a protection against false positives in critical system files
• * removed a small memory leak in one of avast! drivers (Windows Vista and XP 64-bit only)
• * added support for 64-bit WHS connector (available in WHS Power Pack 1)
• * greatly improved performance of the updater, especially in cases where many increments are being downloaded (e.g. avast! installations with outdated virus definitions)
• * silent installation now also includes scheduled tasks, if any
• * resolved a compatibility issue with Acronis TrueImage (XP 64-bit only)
• * compatibility tests with Vista SP1 and XP SP3