Avast Antivirus is a great solution for viruses–so the price
you pay is "safe." The free version has many good functions which
will hopefully provide ample coverage for the average user of the home
computer. His premium features, though, are not worth the price.
With better
and cheaper options, you get all the features of Avast's premium plans. Which
comfortable is it? You'll want all the bells and whistles you can manage, Avast
seems to say, but its paying tier seems to give too little for the quality. That
being said, Avast's free standard provides a great antivirus system.
You should
enjoy Avast's protection and the time it responds to identifying and those dangerous applications–seek not to be annoyed too much by the constant
pleasures to update. As already reported, Avast went beyond when the free
version of its antivirus software has been developed. Even the simple virus
scan has more options than most.
It also detects outdated software, harmful
client add-ons, networking problems, insecure sensitive documents and faulty
passwords rather than just searching for viruses and malware. My next check
noticed no ransomware, poor plugins, or network problems, but found faulty
applications, documentation, and passwords.
I considered them low. It's not
surprising, however, that my computer is vulnerable to software–it's a lot of
software and a bit painful to update everything–but the last two items gave me
some pause. How would Avast deem to be critical vulnerable records and how will
they identify them?
In fact, how can my passwords test for strength? The critical review of records is extremely
effective as it turns out. This discovered tax records, job papers, financial
statements, and more–items I kept without even knowing that I placed it on my
machine. In all, only two false positives have been identified.
In categories
such as taxes, pay and employment as well as travel (documents such as driver's
licenses and passports), Avast has classified these documents. You can also
find a simple button right on the entry that immediately shows you where each
document you can find is located. Avast seems to be using a technology called
Data Loss Prevention (DLP), which is between the lines of the marketing copy.
The DLP is a device widely used to store customer information including credit
card and social security numbers in large companies. Using DLP, businesses may
search word documents and perform OCRs on PDFs for the identification of number
strings that imitate such sensitive data pieces.
The organization can then know
exactly where their sensitive data are and take steps to ensure that they are
not transferred or deleted. It is very useful to know the position of my
sensitive data, and it is interesting, to say the least, to see DLP technologies
shift from enterprise to customer. Unfortunately, however, without locking
yourself in a contract, you can do very little with this knowledge. You get the
option of encrypting and storing your details in a safe digital locker until
you register. Every intruder that tries to move or remove these files prevents
their connection and notifies the user.
