Avast PRO Edition 4.8
avast! 4 Professional Edition is a collection of highend technologies that work in perfect synergy, having one common goal: to give you the top grade protection againstcomputer viruses. It represents an ideal solution for any Windowsbased workstation.
avast! 4 Professional Edition is a complete ICSA certified antivirus software foryour company. It obtained VB100% awards in 2002/4 Virus Bulletin comparative reviews.
avast! scans for viruses, worms and Trojans: On Demand with two User Interfaces,On Access, Email, during Boot Time, in File Explorer and Screen Saver. It maintains Virus Chest. Protects Email, HTTP, NNTP, ICQ, mIRC, Kazaa etc. True incrementalupdates based on iAVS technology updates twice a week virus definition file.
avast! Home/Professional now fully supports the 64bit Windows and Vista platforms.
Features:
Antivirus kernel
Simple User Interface
Enhanced User Interface
Resident protection
Script Blocker (Professional Edition only
P2P and IM Shields
Network Shield
Web Shield
Automatic updates
PUSH updates
Virus Chest
System integration
Commandline scanner
Integrated Virus Cleaner
Support for 64bitWindows / Vista
Internationalization
*** Antivirus Kernel
New version of avast! antivirus kernel features outstanding detection abilities, together with highperformance. You can expect 100% detection of IntheWild viruses (the ones what are really spreading amongst people) and very good detection of Trojan horses, all thatwith only a minimum number of false alarms.
The kernel was certified by ICSA; it frequently takes part in the tests of Virus Bulletin magazine, often yielding theVB100 award.
*** Simple User Interface
Simple User Interface is used to start ondemand scanning, work with the results, change various options etc. Basic residentprotection settings can be modified here. Simple User Interface is the main applicationof avast! 4 Home Edition. You can start additional avast! modules from here, suchas the Virus Chest, Updater or Log Viewer.
*** Enhanced User Interface
Unlike the Simple User Interface, the scanning is performed by so called"tasks". First, you define a task, including various parameters areas to scan, what to scan, how to scan, etc. Having the task, you can (possiblyrepeatedly) run it. Each task generates a list of results; you can work with them later.
*** Resident protection
Resident protection, i.e. the realtime protection ofthe computer, is one of the most important parts of an antivirus program today. avast! features a powerful resident module that is able to detect the virus before ithas any chance to infect your computer.
Email protection consists of two independent modules; first, there is a generic scanner working on the SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 protocollevel. It is capable of protecting any existing email client that uses these protocols. Second, there is a special plugin for MS Outlook only; it is completelytransparent, requiring no special settings.
New feature of version 4 is heuristic analysis of email scanners. It is extremely useful in protecting against new, unknownviruses and worms that are not possible to detect by the usual means. The heuristic module performs a thorough investigation of every email message and watches forsuspicious signs that might announce virus presence. When the number of those signs exceeds the userdefined level, the message is considered dangerous and the user iswarned.
*** Script Blocker
The resident protection of the Professional Edition includes an additional module, not contained in the Home Edition Script Blocker. Thismodule watches all the scripts being executed in the operating system (so called WSH scripts Windows Scripting Host). It also scans all the scripts run as a part of aweb page within your web browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and Mozilla).
*** Automatic updates
Automatic updates are another key point in virusprotection. Both the virus database and the program itself can be updated automatically.
*** PUSH updates
A special feature of the Professional Edition are PUSHupdates. It is a dramatic change in the philosophy of updates. Usually, every installed program checks every now and then whether a new version is available. PUSHupdates, however, are initialized by our server; they result in your computer quickly responding and performing the necessary update. The system is based on the SMTPprotocol, i.e. on usual email messages. The updates itself are controlled by the avast! resident email providers (MS Outlook and Internet Mail).
*** Virus Chest
Themain properties of the Virus Chest are complete isolation from the rest of the operating system (no outside process, i.e. no virus either, may access the files inside)and the fact that the files inside the Chest may not be run (i.e. there is no danger in storing viruses there).
*** System integration
avast! antivirus featuresoutstanding integration into your system. The scanning can be started directly from Windows Explorer, by clicking a folder or a file with your right mouse button andselecting the corresponding choice from the menu.
Another interesting feature is a special screensaver that performs scanning for viruses during its runtime. avast!antivirus works together with your favorite screensaver, so you don’t have to change to anything you wouldn’t like.
Another new option is the boottime scan (WindowsNT/2000/XP/.NET only). It is important in the case that a virus is suspected to be active on your computer. The boottime scan is performed before the virus may getactivated, so the virus cannot influence the scanning in any way.
*** Commandline scanner
Experienced users may like another Professional Edition feature commandlinescanner. The scanning can be controlled by many arguments and switches; to use as a pipe filter, a special STDIN/STDOUT mode is available.
The module is intended to beused in BATCH programs. Its output is the same as the output from the Enhanced User Interface tasks (including the report files)