There are 4 shields in Avast Free Antivirus. You can find more advanced options in the settings screen in Avast Free Antivirus.
You can set scans to run automatically at a time and date that you select using the built-in task scheduler. You can customize the settings of each scan type to your liking: these options include scanning for potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), follow links during a scan, test whole files, scan archives, and more. The custom scan has 2 predefined options: a quick scan and smart scan.
#AVAST FREE ANTIVIRUS NOT UPDATING FULL#
You can run a full virus scan, a targeted scan (only scans selected folders/drives), boot time scan and custom scans.
Out of these, only 3 ( Virus Scans, Core Shields, Virus Chest) can be used in the free version, i.e., the rest are locked behind a paywall. The Protection tab has the following options The side-bar on the left is home to 3 more tabs: Protection, Privacy, and Performance. You can also run a "Smart Scan" from this screen. which is called Status, tells you whether the program's modules are running fine. The InterfaceĪvast Free Antivirus has a user-friendly GUI with large icons which are properly labeled. That's also useful, instead of wondering whether the system is running slow because of the Antivirus or because the VM is using more RAM. I also felt that real world usage is better anyway since I could get a first-hand experience of the program's resource usage when I'm browsing, working, watching movies, etc. It did block the EICAR test file, a few adware and malicious virus test web pages which I tested in Sandboxie instantly though. Since I tested Avast Free Antivirus on my not-so-powerful laptop, I didn't/couldn't test real malware samples.
Usually, those are done in virtual machines and on powerful computers. Why isn't this a review? Well, in my opinion an antivirus review should include serious malware tests and the detection rate, false positives, etc.
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