Avast! Internet Security
Our Best Protection. Now Lighter & Faster.
Adds SafeZone™, firewall, and antispam to secure your online banking, shopping, and identity.
Benefits
* Feel better with our best protection
avast! Internet Security provides complete antivirus, anti-spyware, antispam, and firewall protection, complemented by avast! SafeZone™ and new hybrid cloud technologies, for best protection against viruses, spyware, and other types of malware in 2012.
* Shop and bank online without worryOur Best Protection. Now Lighter & Faster.
Adds SafeZone™, firewall, and antispam to secure your online banking, shopping, and identity.
Benefits
* Feel better with our best protection
avast! Internet Security provides complete antivirus, anti-spyware, antispam, and firewall protection, complemented by avast! SafeZone™ and new hybrid cloud technologies, for best protection against viruses, spyware, and other types of malware in 2012.
SafeZone creates a private and isolated virtual window on your desktop for safely making your sensitive financial transactions when shopping or banking online.
* Surf and socialize without annoyance
Sandbox lets you surf the web and run programs virtually (outside your PC), and Web, IM, and P2P shields ensure your safety on social networks (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), IM chats (Skype, ICQ, etc.), or file-sharing sites.
* Benefit from real-time protection
Hybrid cloud technology streams your virus database updates to your PC in real-time, so your avast! software has all virus definitions as soon as they are known to our Virus Lab.
* Know what’s coming before you click
Our cloud-based FileRep feature keeps reputation data on countless files, using select criteria (such as prevalence and emergence) for determining risks – so we can warn you of a file’s reputation beforehand.
* Keep your ID yours and yours alone
Your built-in silent firewall blocks hackers and other unauthorized entry attempts to steal sensitive personal data from your PC. Phishing attacks are prevented via built-in anti-spam.
* See your avast! history
Your AVAST Account portal is your personal directory for all your avast! related data. Each month, we also prepare for you a Security Report that shows an overview of the most significant details (e.g. number of infected sites blocked).
* Get help from a ‘Geek’ in your network
Our new Remote Assistance lets you initiate remote support from a family member or friend who agrees to help. Initiated by you, it routes through AVAST’s servers, bypasses firewalls, and can be terminated by you at any time.
Exra Features
Check out four extra security features of Internet Security
1. avast! SafeZone™: Private, secure, isolated browser
The ideal solution for online shopping and banking… or surfing naughty websites. No other programs can see it, and it leaves no history.
This feature creates the space isolated from all tools running on your computer, so no keylogger or spyware can get in. So, if you do your e-banking, online shopping, or any other sensitive transactions inside this space, nobody and nothing can see or track your activity. The avast! SafeZone keeps every danger out.
How to use it?
- Right-click the orange avast! Icon in your system tray and select Switch to Safezone
- Double-click the orange avast! icon in your system tray Select "Additional Protection" and then SafeZone, and click "Switch to SafeZone"
2. avast! Sandbox: Virtualization, for maximum safety
Especially useful when visiting high-risk web sites or using suspicious applications, whether accidentally or deliberately. Attacks targeted at your machine thus fade away.
The avast! Sandbox enables you to create a protected virtual environment within your physical machine. If the web browser or an app is contained within the avast! Sandbox, no damage can cross the line and harm your computer. The avast! Sandbox keeps every danger locked in the virtual space.
How to use it?
- Right-click the browser or an application you want to use
- Choose Open in Sandbox in the menu
3. avast! Firewall: Silent protection from hackers
Can help against identity theft – it stops hackers and other unauthorized entry attempts to your PC, to keep your data where it belongs – safe and sound.
avast! Firewall uses heuristic and behavioral analysis and a white list of safe applications to filter suspicious activity. Automatically! The only thing you need to do is to select if you are at home, at work, or in public on the initial prompt. Or if you are a Geek, you can completely change the expert settings however you like. Go ahead!
How to use it?
- Double-click the orange avast! Icon in your system tray
- Select Firewall and then the level of the protection
4. avast! Antispam: Filters junk/scams from your email
If you’re looking for ‘growth enhancement’ offers or a notice that you’ve won the lottery, find them now in your Junk Mail folder. This antispam feature blocks both spam and sophisticated “phishing” attempts, to keep you from clicking “harmless” links that really can cause damage.
The avast! Antispam module analyzes every incoming email on various criteria to determine whether it is legitimate. This analysis is based partly on a 'Blacklist' and 'Whitelist' containing the addresses of senders from whom emails should always be marked as spam, and of known and trusted senders. The filter works as a plug-in to Microsoft Outlook and a generic POP3/IMAP4 proxy for other email clients.
How to use it?
- Keep default settings as-is, unless you are an expert
System Requirements
To run avast! Internet Security, your PC must meet the following criteria:
- Operating Systems Supported
Windows 7 (any Edition, 32-bit or 64-bit), Windows Vista (any Edition excl. Starter Edition, 32-bit or 64-bit), Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher (any Edition, 32-bit or 64-bit)
- Minimum Hardware Requirements
Pentium 3 Processor, 256 MB RAM, 380 MB of free hard disk space
- Note
Please note that avast! Internet Security runs only on PCs with Windows XP and newer. Older Windows operating systems (Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000) are not supported.
For best results, remove any other antivirus software from your PC before installing avast!
Install Notes
Install the program and activate it with one of the included License Files.
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