Another avast! favorite, the antivirus screensaver is basically a special screensaver that is able to run a full system scan when it makes most sense – i.e.when the system is idle.

Note: the boot-time scan is currently available only on 32-bit operating systems.Ģ. from the desktop icon), and from the right click context menu, select “Schedule boot-time scan”. In order to run a boot time scan, open avast’s user interface (run avast e.g. Therefore, it is wise run the boot-time scan whenever there’s a suspicion that the system may be infected. Moreover, the boot-time scan uses direct disk access (bypassing the Windows file system drivers), allowing us to see even the most stubborn rootkits. The principal advantage here is that at the moment the scan runs, the vast majority of malware is still dormant (hasn’t been chance to activate yet) and is thus easily detected, and removed. The boot-time scan is a unique feature in avast that allows you to perform a full hard drive scan before Windows boots.

In this article, I’d like to pinpoint 5 features of avast! that we feel are pretty unique, and differentiate us from the pack.ġ. In addition, most of these tests only perform on-demand scans, completely ignoring the on-access (and pro-active) parts of the product. The problem is that these reviews and tests often produce conflicting results, making the situation even more confusing. More experienced users sometimes try to search for independent reviews and pay attention to detection rates measured in comparative tests.

They consider all the applications pretty much equivalent (function-wise) and usually decide which one to use according to subjective things like prettiness of the user interface, ease of use or lightness on system resources (and of course, the price). Most users are not able to tell the difference between various antivirus software applications.

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