Download Avast Antivirus 2021 for free

Avast has launched the new 2019 version of this powerful antivirus, highly recommended and downloaded for free. It comes with a renewed interface and with new tools. Concerning the 2020 version, it presents as a novelty a new SandBox car technology.

Avast includes the following features:

• File scan for viruses, spyware, malware, and rootkit.
• Inbound email analysis for major email clients such as Outlook Express and instant messaging programs such as ICQ. Spam is filtered as well as emails containing links for phishing purposes.
• It has a firewall to detect all kinds of intruders and prevent attacks.
• Protection for P2P clients such as BitTorrent.
• Analysis of files at boot time (when the operating system starts).
• Analysis of compressed files, being able to scan the following files: ARJ, ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, CAB, BZIP2, LHA / LHX, ZOO, ACE, ARC, TNEF (winmail.dat), CPIO, CHM, RPM, ISO, 7ZIP and SIS, MIME (plus all associated formats), MAPI (Outlook pst files), DBX (Outlook Express files).
• Web Protection, to detect any possible infection while browsing the Internet, including analysis of scripts that may be dangerous. The Script Shield tool works with IE, Firefox, and Google Chrome browsers; and the Acrobat Reader program to detect infected PDF documents.
• Automatic permanent updates with new definitions. A new update is notified daily, and a link to an Avast site is displayed, listing any new detectable viruses. From version 7, the updates are in real-time, by streaming, significantly improving the data's download speed.
• The new tool, Behavior Shield that detects suspicious activities by running applications.
• The new version, Avast Nitro, includes a new optional tool called WebRep, which allows us to know the ratings of the visited websites' reputation. Supports Firefox 46 and the latest updates from other browsers.
• It includes a new tool called Sandbox, which allows specific suspicious programs to run in a safe virtual environment not to affect the rest of the system.
• Intelligent Scanner is a technology that discards files considered safe during each scan, as long as they have not been modified since the last review.
• It incorporates a tool to assist other users remotely.
• Tool "Software Updater" responsible for reviewing applications and plugins that are not up to date with their latest updates.
• The latest edition incorporates a tool called Home Network Security, which prevents users from possible attacks on their network, either through the router or other means of wireless connection.
• The CyberCapture tool is in charge of intercepting and isolating unknown files while accessing the latest information about their dangerousness.
• SafeZone is a safe browser to use in risky situations such as accessing banking sites, to isolate the session during a transfer or consultation so that there is no possibility of data interception.

Avast is renewed and presents the new version 2021 with a renewed, more elegant, and attractive interface and presents new functions and tools that we will analyze and comment on in the coming days. Some bugs that prevented the correct visualization of some web pages have been corrected. It is a lighter edition that tries to be an alternative to Windows Defender, the antivirus that is already pre-installed in Windows 10. It is said that it reduces the system startup time by 11%.

There is a Pro version with more tools and an Internet Security edition and another Premier edition, all of which are paid. All paid editions can be tried for 30 days, and once that period has elapsed, the user is notified that the trial has expired, and the user must choose to pay for a license or uninstall the program reinstall the free version. If there is any problem during the uninstallation of Avast, the following procedure can be carried out.

Avast supports Windows 10, 8, and 8.1, as well as Windows 7, Vista, and XP, for 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

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