They are automatically downloaded, installed and loaded to avast! without restart or logoff. The update files of size under 100 KB are available at least twice a week and within couple of hours in the case of emergency of new virus. You can download and install updates by simple clicking on the iAVS icon, it can be checked and done automatically when you are On-line. Our true incremental updates are based on iAVS technology and they are available for virus definition file update and for program upgrade. Virus Chest - safety isolated folder to store infected, suspicious and even some system files - to restore them. Screen Saver Scanner - integrates with your Screen Saver to scan PC during your coffee breaks. Explorer Scanner - right click on the object allows you to scan it.

Boot Time Scanner - scans disks in the same way and in the same time as Windows CHKDSK does (on NT/2000/XP only).

E-mail scanner easily integrates with most mail clients and it checks both incoming and outgoing mails, it provides heuristic analysis of mail content to protect against new Worms. On Access Scanner - resident scanning of all files being opened, read and written and behavior blocker monitoring dangerous actions of viruses. avast! Home Edition includes the following components: On Demand Scanner - with Skinnable Simple Interface - just select what do you want to scan in which way and press the Play button. avast! obtained VB100% award in June 2002 Virus Bulletin comparative review under Windows XP Pro and in November 2002 issue under Windows 2000 Advanced Server. avast! 4 Home Edition is a free complete ICSA certified antivirus package for home noncommercial use. Screenshot | size: 5.95 MB | price: $0 | date. I just posted to suggest that if anyone tries to use the ashquick/taskscheduler method to automatically scan, then they should be prepared to go and watch a good movie (maybe 'Gone With the Wind', or perhaps the 6-hour version of 'Pride and Prejudice' while it runs. The manual scan works perfectly normally, it's just this attempt to 'cheat' an auto scan that seems to take forever. It's not like I'm going to forget to do it. It's not a big deal.I can just as easily scan it manually whenever I want to anyway. This somehow is scanning much more than the usual scan does. I'm using the Home edition, not the Pro, and did it to try out the suggestion in the thread previously referred to above using ashquick and taskscheduler. If I click on the blue ball on the left of the interface (resident scanner) it says 'customized' and the bar is over on the right of the scale. The box is not checked to scan archived files. When I pull up the GUI and click on the hard drive, it's settings are 'normal' - in the middle of the scale. I haven't changed any of the default settings other than for my email scanning which I've customized to stop it warning me if there's no subject line.

Avast professional edition 4.5.549