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Avast v4 8 1201 Professional English

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avast! 4 Professional Edition is a collection of high-end technologies

that work in perfect synergy, having one common goal: to give you the top

grade protection against computer viruses. It represents an ideal

solution for any Windows-based workstation.
avast! 4 Professional Edition is a complete ICSA certified antivirus

software for your company.
It obtained VB100% awards in 2002/4 Virus Bulletin comparative reviews.
Features:
- Antivirus kernel
- Simple User Interface
- Enhanced User Interface
- Resident protection
- Script Blocker (Professional Edition only
- P2P and IM Shields
- Network Shield
- Web Shield
- Automatic updates
- PUSH updates
- Virus Chest
- System integration
- Command-line scanner
- Integrated Virus Cleaner
- Support for 64-bit Windows / Vista
- Internationalization
*** Antivirus Kernel
New version of avast! antivirus kernel features outstanding detection

abilities, together with high performance. You can expect 100% detection

of In-the-Wild viruses (the ones what are really spreading amongst

people) and very good detection of Trojan horses, all that with only a

minimum number of false alarms.
The kernel was certified by ICSA; it frequently takes part in the tests

of Virus Bulletin magazine, often yielding the VB100 award.
*** Simple User Interface
Simple User Interface is used to start on-demand scanning, work with the

results, change various options etc. Basic resident protection settings

can be modified here. Simple User Interface is the main applicationof

avast! 4 Home Edition. You can start additional avast! modules from here,

such as the Virus Chest, Updater or Log Viewer.
*** Enhanced User Interface
Unlike the Simple User Interface, the scanning is performed by so called

"tasks". First, you define a task, including various parameters - areas

to scan, what to scan, how to scan, etc.
Having the task, you can (possibly repeatedly) run it. Each task

generates a list of results; you can work with them later.
*** Resident protection
Resident protection, i.e. the real-time protection of the computer, is

one of the most important parts of an antivirus program today. avast!

features a powerful resident module that is able to detect the virus

before it has any chance to infect your computer.
E-mail protection consists of two independent modules; first, there is a

generic scanner working on the SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 protocol level. It is

capable of protecting any existing e-mail client that uses these

protocols. Second, there is a special plugin for MS Outlook only; it is

completely transparent, requiring no special settings.
New feature of version 4 is heuristic analysis of e-mail scanners. It is

extremely useful in protecting against new, unknown viruses and worms

that are not possible to detect by the usual means. The heuristic module

performs a thorough investigation of every e-mail message and watches for

suspicious signs that might announce virus presence. When the number of

those signs exceeds the user-defined level, the message is considered

dangerous and the user is warned.
*** Script Blocker
The resident protection of the Professional Edition includes an

additional module, not contained in the Home Edition - Script Blocker.

This module watches all the scripts being executed in the operating

system (so called WSH scripts - Windows Scripting Host). It also
scans all the scripts run as a part of a web page within your web browser

(Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and Mozilla).
*** Automatic updates
Automatic updates are another key point in virus protection. Both the

virus database and the program itself can be updated automatically.
*** PUSH updates
A special feature of the Professional Edition are PUSH updates. It is a

dramatic change in the philosophy of updates. Usually, every installed

program checks every now and then whether a new version is available.

PUSH updates, however, are initialized by our server; they result in your

computer quickly responding and performing the necessary update. The

system is based on the
SMTP protocol, i.e. on usual e-mail messages. The updates itself are

controlled by the avast! resident e-mail providers (MS Outlook and

Internet Mail).
*** Virus Chest
The main properties of the Virus Chest are complete isolation from the

rest of the operating system (no outside process, i.e. no virus either,

may access the files inside) and the fact that the files inside the Chest

may not be run (i.e. there is no danger in storing viruses
there).
*** System integration
avast! antivirus features outstanding integration into your system. The

scanning can be started directly from Windows Explorer, by clicking a

folder or a file with your right mouse button and selecting the

corresponding choice from the menu.
Another interesting feature is a special screen-saver that performs

scanning for viruses during its run-time. avast! antivirus works together

with your favorite screen-saver, so you don't have to change to anything

you wouldn't like.
Another new option is the boot-time scan (Windows NT/2000/XP/.NET only).

It is important in the case that a virus is suspected to be active on

your computer. The boot-time scan is performed before the virus may get

activated, so the virus cannot influence the scanning in any way.
*** Command-line scanner
Experienced users may like another Professional Edition feature -

command-line scanner. The scanning can be controlled by many arguments

and switches; to use as a pipe****, a special STDIN/STDOUT mode is

available.
The module is intended to be used in BATCH programs. Its output is the

same as the output from the Enhanced User Interface tasks (including the

report files).

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