Avast! Pro Antivirus 6.0.1035 Beta is considered as a simple yet useful program with which you can protect your computer from a possible virus infection or other malware threat. If you use it correctly, and in combination with other programs such as data backup utilities, it will significantly reduce the risk of your computer being attacked or infected by a virus, and thus the risk of losing important or private data.Based on the award-winning avast! antivirus engine, avast! antivirus contains all of the features you would expect in a modern antivirus program. It incorporates anti-spyware technology certified by West Coast Labs' Checkmark process, as well as anti-rootkit and strong self-protection capabilities, but now provides even faster scanning with improved detection ability. It contains several real-time "Shields" which continuously monitor your email and internet connections and check the files on your computer whenever they are opened or closed.Major Features:Core TechnologiesAntivirus and anti-spyware engine Innovative scanning engine protects against viruses, spyware, and other malicious agents.Real-time anti-rootkit protectionPrevents stealth malware (‘rootkits’) that, when loaded by the computer’s OS, are invisible to ordinary scanners.Silent Firewall avast! Internet Security onlyStops hackers, using heuristic and behavioral analysis and a white list of safe applications.Antispam avast! Internet Security onlyComprehensive spam and phishing filter, which works as a plug-in to MS Outlook and a generic POP3/IMAP4 proxy for other email clients.avast! WebRep Provides website reliability and reputation ratings according to community-provided feedback.avast! CommunityIQThe technology uses a global network of sensors to provide with data taken (anonymously) from the actual web-browsing experiences of an opt-in group of avast! users. This info is then used to protect all avast! users with the most up-to-date information on viruses and infected websites.Because of avast! CommunityIQ, avast! has discovered 89,082 infected websites and protected 123,176,306 people from visiting them in the last 30 days.Hi-Tech FeaturesBoot-time scanner Scans your computer for infections before the OS can start to activate any viruses beneath it (now applies also to 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista).avast! SafeZone Opens a new (clean) desktop so that other applications don’t see what’s happening – perfect for banking or secure ordering/shopping – and leaves no traces once it’s closed.AutoSandbox Prompts users to run suspicious applications in the virtual Sandbox environment.avast! SandboxProvides an extra layer of security for you to run your PC and its applications in a virtual environment – where any attacks are thus targeted (instead of your real PC).avast! Real-time Shields – a team of 24/7 guardsFile System ShieldReal-time scanning of opened/executed files.Mail ShieldScans all incoming/outgoing email for malware (a special plug-in is used for MS Outlook).Web Shield Scans all visited web pages, downloaded files, and java scripts. Thanks to the intelligent stream scanning feature, the Web Shield doesn't slow your web browsing.P2P Shield/IM ShieldChecks files downloaded via P2P programs and while using IM or “chat” programs.Network ShieldProtects against network-based viruses with two main components: a URL blocker for malicious URLs, and a lightweight intrusion-detection system.Script Shield Detects malicious scripts hidden in web pages and prevents them from hijacking and potentially damaging your computer.Behavior Shield Stops ‘zero-day’ threats and unknown malware before virus definitions have been obtained.Others64-bit support Supports the 64-bit architecture platforms of Windows 7 and Windows Vista.Heuristics engineProactively finds malware undetectable with normal definitions and virus signatures.Code emulatorUses dynamic translation (a method much faster than traditional emulation) for both generic unpacking and within the heuristics engine.Automatic processingInfected files are processed automatically, without requiring user instructions.Smart virus definition updatesIncremental updating minimizes the size of regular update files.Fast application of updatesNew format for the virus definition file means faster updates and reduces demand on CPU/memory, for uninterrupted computing.Multi-threaded scanning optimizationAllows the splitting of large files between cores, which accelerates the scanning process on new multi-core CPUs and makes avast! run even faster.Wake-up/Scheduled scanningSchedule scanning at night or whenever you don’t need to use your PC.Command-line scannerRuns a scan directly from the command line.Requirements:Operating Systems SupportedWindows 7Windows Vista (any Edition excl. Starter Edition)Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higherMinimum Hardware RequirementsProcessor Pentium 3128 MB RAM100 MB of free hard disk space