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Avast : The Avast! Home Edition anti-virus is free for non commercial use, given that the user has acquired a freely available registration key from the site within 60 days of installation to continue using the product. Besides the basic virus scanner to protect local folders, Avast! also includes modules to scan online file transfers. There are modules that scan files transferred during regular browsing, peer-to-peer activities, Instant Messaging, communicating through newsgroups and e-mail. Avast! creates a database of the files in the system when the system is idle. This "Virus Recovery Database" can be used to recover files damaged by a virus.

The free Home Edition only allows using the simple interface of main program window.

You can download it from http://www.avast.com/

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