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avast! is nominated the best antivirus for Windows by Lifehacker

avast! Free Antivirus was nominated by Lifehacker users as one of the best desktop applications. Lifehacker is a well-known site for its “Tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done.” When the subject is to get protected and install an antivirus, they picked up avast! Free Antivirus and, now, last Sunday, avast! was picked again […]

avast! is nominated the best antivirus for Windows by Lifehacker

avast! Free Antivirus was nominated by Lifehacker users as one of the best desktop applications. Lifehacker is a well-known site for its “Tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done.” When the subject is to get protected and install an antivirus, they picked up avast! Free Antivirus and, now, last Sunday, avast! was picked again […]

How do I access the avast! Virus Chest?

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Question of the week: What goes into the Virus Chest, and how do I remove what’s inside? Potentially harmful files are stored in a safe and completely isolated place called the avast! Virus Chest. This area keeps infected or otherwise suspicious files away from the rest of the operating system so they cannot cause damage […]

What to do if your computer is attacked by ransomware

Question of the week:  I just read your blog post about the Reveton virus. My computer was locked and held for ransom by something similar. I finally got it fixed and downloaded avast! 2014. How can I prevent that from happening again? We’re sorry to read that you experienced “ransomware” firsthand.  While this type of […]

25 years in the making – avast! 2014

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In the 25 years that AVAST has existed, the goal has always been to protect people’s valuable data, residing on computers and mobile devices, from cybercrooks. Today, after all those years of experience gained from protecting nearly 200 million devices, we are proud to introduce our strongest, most effective product, the new avast! 2014. “The […]

Seeking perfection

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AVAST antivirus developers strive for perfection in malware detection. Cybercriminals do not rest with their evil schemes to take advantage – mostly economical – over poor users. Always, but especially since version 8 of AVAST, we have improved the detection of recently discovered malware by trying to know them before our users are threatened. The […]