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Downloading, Installing, and Registering the free avast! HOME antivirus software for Windows
Posted by ljfrench on 07/02/2009 at 14:49 UTC
Entropical Solutions has been recommending the use of avast! antivirus to our Windows-based customers for many years. avast! is a balanced antivirus solution offering real time protection, frequent virus database updates, and an unintrusive interface. Compare that to other solutions from Symantec or Mcaffee, which often lock down a machine and barrage the user with requests for access by this program or whatnot. Such an interface is functional, but confuses the lay-user, in our experience, often to the point that they don't properly use the software.
Of course, avast! wants everyone to pay for its 'professional' product in a tiered pricing scheme. avast! makes the registration of its free software both required and difficult, all the while presenting an quick and easy paid solution.
Ultimately, it's up to you, the client. But if you follow these steps (the free version is home use only), you'll be able to be virus free without the fee.
Thanks for reading.