Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0 Released, Compatible with Windows 7

"Avast!" is one of the most popular free antivirus software for Windows and today they have released a new version 5.0 which comes with lots of new features and a new interface.

Here is what the official avast! Blog says:

Today is the big day—the day we (and many of you) have been waiting for—we are starting the release of the Version 5.0 products today. Three products (Free Antivirus, Pro Antivirus, and Internet Security) and a new website are being released today.

These products are not minor updates from the existing products. They are all new. Some of the changes—such as the new user interface—are obvious. Some are not obvious at all (such as the new scanning engine). All-in-all we think they are a vast improvement from the current products—modern, light, fast, and very effective.

Today we will be releasing the new products (and the new website) in English and French. Over the next 10 days or so, we will be releasing the products and website in 12 additional languages (German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Russian, Polish, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese). Other languages will then be added as we have them available.

Avast! Free Antivirus:

This is our new flagship product and replaces Avast Home Edition (we changed the name to emphasize the product is free). We focus this product on users that use the internet for web browsing and email. If that is what you do on the internet, this is the product you need.

You can download this product here: Download Link

Avast! Internet Security:

This is our brand-new product and is focused on users that do on-line banking or shopping or that have sensitive data on their computer. We believe that these users need some extra layers of protection and developed this product to provide three more layers. This product takes the free antivirus and adds a 2-way silent firewall, a sandbox, and anti-spam. The firewall ensures that only trusted applications are able to receive or send data across the internet. The sandbox provides a means of executing your browser (or any other application) in a protected environment—thus even if you get infected, the infection does not leave the sandbox and does not harm your computer. And the anti-spam helps you get rid of all that irritating email you receive every day. And, we have made this product attractive to consumer users—a single license can be used on 3 computers in your household.

This link will take you to the product and download page: Download Link

Avast! Pro Antivirus:

This is the update to the old Professional Edition. We focus this product on individuals that want to customize their security and on businesses. It is the same as Internet Security but without the firewall or anti-spam. This allows world-class security using your own personal choice of firewall and anti-spam.

Here is how to get this product: Download Link

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4 Comments

Vibhanshu

Hiiiiii vishal and thanx for this ultimate news because i am die hard fan of avast because of its simplicity efficiency and strength
iam very glad to know that most awaited version is launched
rinsoy

avast rulessssss
Robero

Thanks so much for this VG!I Have been waiting so long for this, as I am sure many others as well.Always been a believer in Avast and the new Avast 5 should prove to be a winner in my humble oppinion! Cheers mate !
Maniaslayer9

wow! avast now finally has a brand new re-design!
Guys, if you don't have an anti-virus, go with free avast, because it is very good and in my opinion, is better than AVG, but i'll stay with Kaspersky since im paying for it lol