الثلاثاء، 22 نوفمبر 2011

Norton Internet Security+Antivirus-2012 Lifetime License Win-7-Compatible

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 Norton Internet Security+Antivirus-2012 Lifetime License Win-7-Compatible

Norton Internet Security+Antivirus-2012 Lifetime License Win-7-Compatible
Norton Internet Security + Antivirus 2012 Lifetime License | 320MB


Norton Internet Security runs quietly in the background to detect and block today's complex threats and to protect your identity when you buy, bank, or browse online. The friendly and efficient product design helps minimize confusing security alerts and system slowdowns that can get in the way of your online experience. Norton Internet Security- provides essential protection from viruses, hackers, spyware, spam and other privacy threats.
A comprehensive set of security tools, Norton Internet Security helps keep you safe online as you surf and email, swap files, download programs, and chat. In addition to protecting against viruses and unwelcome intrusions from the Internet.

NIS also allows you to automatically block annoying banner ads and pop-up windows, set up parental site blocking options for restricting access to specific Web sites, and selectively determine which, if any, Java applets and ActiveX controls should be allowed to download and execute on your computer. Enjoy the Internet with award-winning protection!

Key Technologies:
- Anti Virus
- Anti Rootkit
- Bot Protection
- Norton- Safe Web
- Smart Firewall
- NEW! SONAR- 2 Behavioral Protection
- NEW! Norton System Insight
- NEW! Norton Insight Network AntiSpam
- NEW! Norton Download Insight
- NEW! Norton Threat Insight
- Spyware Protection
- Identity Protection
- Pulse Updates
- Network Monitoring
- Parental Controls
- Vulnerability Protection
- NEW! Professional Strength AntiSpam
- NEW! Norton File Insight

Key Benefits:
- NEW Delivers clear threat and performance explanations-Gives you greater insight into downloaded applications and files by telling you where they came from, if they can be trusted, and how they may impact your PC-s resources and performance.
- NEW Identifies unsafe web sites right in your search results-Warns you of dangerous web sites and suspicious sellers so you can surf and shop online with confidence.
- IMPROVED! Stops online identity theft, viruses, spyware, bots and more-Guards your PC, online activities, and your identity against all types of Internet threats.
- IMPROVED! Stops attacks before they get on your PC-Proactively blocks hackers and prevents dangerous software from downloading to your computer when you surf the web.
- Uses intelligence-driven Norton Insight Network for faster, fewer, shorter scans-Detects and eliminates dangerous software with the shortest scan times of any security product.

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DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.16 + DefenseWall HIPS 3.16 (Eng/Rus)

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 DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.16 + DefenseWall HIPS 3.16 (Eng/Rus)



DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.16 + DefenseWall HIPS 3.16 (Eng/Rus)

DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.16 + DefenseWall HIPS 3.16 (Eng/Rus) | 18.15 MB

DefenseWall Personal Firewall - the world's first personal firewall, sandbox! For the ordinary user it is very difficult to configure and use the usual "classical" firewalls. The vast majority of panic when he sees a lot of windows with obscure them from security issues, which need something to respond. Most of the answers to such questions are far from correct, allowing malicious code to do its work on the user's computer.




DefenseWall Personal Firewall is totally different from the standard, "classical" schemes of work in software security. You hardly even notice it at work, automatically providing the highest possible level of security immediately after installation.

DefenseWall is based on the concept of "sandbox" that uses untrusted software restriction zone of rights and a bit of virtualization. The new version of the program is integrated bi-directional firewall. This means that malicious applications can not only infect your computer and transmit information via the Internet attackers.

Malware software (including viruses) do not materialize on your hard drive from the expanse of the universe, and come through the quite tangible sources of contamination browsers, USB-flash drives, email, IRC, multimedia clients, ICQ (instant messaging clients), Skype, P2P (eg, through the torrent). These programs all thumbnails are automatically added to the untrusted zone DefenseWall. If any malicious code tries to attack your computer, using untrusted sources for the spread of computer, all attempts to infect your machine or steal confidential information (usernames, passwords) are unsuccessful. A component control connections to the internet will make it impossible to attempt to transfer information from your computer to hackers.

DefenseWall protects you immediately after installation, no training mode does not. For more information, refer to "the technical part," below.

Try DefenseWall Personal Firewall now and you'll be pleasantly surprised by the simplicity of the program ratio and the level of their own security.

Technical section:
In terms of "trusted / untrusted zone ', control of inbound works as follows. It blocks the "listening" ports of trusted processes, since they are potential sources of attacks on the trusted zone sandbox. Only non-trusted processes can work with such ports, unless they, of course, permitted to access the Internet. In the case of incoming attack on the listener port, the attacker gets right into the sandbox, which will not cause substantial harm to the system.
In a corporate setting, DefenseWall automatically opens the 445, 136, 137, 138, and 139 ports. However, untrusted processes can not get access to these ports. This greatly minimizes the possibility of attacks. If you have installed and run the server HTTP / FTP / SMTP / proxy, you must add them to the list of untrusted applications as a potential source of danger from the threat of external attacks on their vulnerabilities.

Some features:

* No learning period (as in the classical solutions).
* The absolute minimum of windows with confirmation in the industry.
* Full compatibility with other solutions in the security field.
* No need to configure anything (configure ports, sockets, ...).
* No need to verify the changed application.

DefenseWall HIPS (Host Intrusion Prevention System) - this is the easiest and simplest way to protect yourself from malicious software, which is not capable of protecting your anti-virus when you're online! Using the technology of next generation proactive protection, DefenseWall help you achieve the maximum level of protection, without requiring you to any special knowledge and constant online updates databases. No signatures, no popup windows, no false positives. It's just a reliable and transparent protection, easy to use and powerful.

DefenseWall HIPS divides all applications into Trusted and nedoverennye.Nedoverennye applications are launched with limited rights to modification of critical system parameters in specially allocated for them in the virtual zone that separates them from trusted applications. In the case of penetration of the untrusted applications malware it will not harm your system and can be closed with just one click! With DefenseWall work on the Internet has never been so easy, safe and easy! Try it and see for yourself!

Why do I need a HIPS if I already have antivirus and firewall?
The firewall monitors only network connections, antivirus protects both from known malicious modules. But the writers of malicious code change them so quickly that antivirus software is not able to detect these modified modules. That's why you need a HIPS-it protects you from malicious applications of all types, known and unknown, without the need for any signatures was.

DefenseWall Personal Firewall - the world's first sandboxing-style personal firewall solution! Average users find it difficult to setup and use your typical firewall and security program. For most average users, program popups and questions are confusing. There is always the chance a user will make the wrong choice and allow malware to cause damage to their system. DefenseWall Personal Firewall is a different kind of security program. You won't even notice it's installed and providing the highest firewall and system protection.

DefenseWall HIPS (Host-based Intrusion Prevention System) is based on a sandboxing approach that uses rights restrictions and partial virtualization. It now comes with an integrated firewall. What this means in simple terms is that malicious files will not have the 'rights' to perform any unwanted changes to your system or be able to make any unwanted connections.

Malware stems from various sources such as internet browsers, usb flash drives, e-mail, multimedia clients, IM, IRC, P2P, and VoIP. All of these programs are automatically marked by DefenseWall HIPS as "untrusted". If malware attempts to install on your system via an "untrusted" program, DefenseWall's inbuilt restrictions (HIPS) will prevent your system from becoming infected. And if malware tries to steal your information such as financial and banking passwords through an "untrusted" program, the Personal Firewall component will stop malware cold from calling home.

And the best part is, DefenseWall protects you right out of the box. For more detailed information, see technical part below.

Try DefenseWall Personal Firewall today, and you will be convinced in its security and simplicity!

Why do I need HIPS if I already have an anti-virus and firewall?
Firewalls control your network activity, antivirus protects you only from known malicious modules. But their writers modify those modules so quickly, that anti-viruses are unable to detect them untill you will be infected with it. That is why you need a HIPS solution-it protects you from all types of malicious software (malware), known and unknown, with no signatures need, proactive way.

Technical section:
In the "trusted / untrusted" terms, Inbound Firewall protection of DefenseWall works as follows: it considers a listening port of a trusted process as a potential source of attack and therefore blocks it. Only "untrusted" processes are allowed to be connected outside. In case of an inbound attack, an attacker is routed to the sandbox. In the corporate environment, DefenseWall automatically opens ports 445, 136, 137, 138, and 139. However, the untrusted processes can't connect to these ports. All of this minimizes potential harm from the malicous code being spread by exploits. If you have a HTTP / FTP / SMTP / proxy server, they should be added to the untrusted applications list as a potential source for vulnerability exploitation and thus a source of infection.

Features:

* No learning modes (as seen with firewall and HIPS programs).
* Mininimal popups.
* Compatible with third-party security software and programs.
* No need to configure ports and sockets.
* No application checksum re-calculations.

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Tipard Blu-ray Converter 6.3.10

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 Tipard Blu-ray Converter 6.3.10


Tipard Blu-ray Converter 6.3.10
Tipard Blu-ray Converter 6.3.10


Tipard Blu-ray Converter is professional Blu-ray Converter to convert Blu-ray disc or Blu-ray m2ts files to DivX, MP4, AVI, 3GP, MPEG, FLV, etc. and HD formats. Moreover, this Blu-ray converter can also rip DVD and convert video files to any others with highest speed and best output quality. Plus, with newly adopted NVIDIA CUDA technology, AMD APP Acceleration and multi-core CPUs supporting technology, the converting speed is 6X faster now.


Convert Blu-ray, DVD and any video
Support automatic deciphering
Put the playlist together for Blu Ray movies
Mighty editing functions

Convert Blu-ray Disc, DVD and video
Powerful Blu-ray Converter, DVD Ripper, and Video Converter
Rip Blu-ray files
Easily rip Blu-ray Disc, DVD or Blu ray files to any other video/audio formats like DivX, MP4, AVI, 3GP, MPEG, FLV and high definition MTS, TS, AVCHD files.
Convert any video files
Support any format of video files (including HD files) and convert any video to other formats for you to enjoy on any players or multimedia devices.

Edit Blu-ray Disc and video
Powerful editing functions to create the perfect output video for you
Crop video
You are allowed to cut off black edges and unwanted playing area. Also you can adjust the video aspect ratio to fit your player’s screen.
Trim and merge
Trim any segment of a Blu-ray movie by setting its start and end time or just dragging the slide bar, and merge several video/DVD pieces together for better watching experience.
Watermark video
Add a text/image watermark to the video. Also you can set its position and transparency.
Preview and Snapshot
The built-in player helps you preview the output video effect. And you and capture your favorite Blu-ray movie pictures and save it as JPEG, GIF or BMP formats. You can also set the saved folder or it will be saved automatically in the defaulted folder.
Set video effect
Adjust the video brightness, saturation and contrast.
Deinterlacing
For the interlaced HD video, check Deinterlacing to convert the interlaced files to the progressive one for you to enjoy successively.

Adjust output settings
Provides you with more choices to make a unique output video
Adjust the specific output parameters
While you convert video or rip DVD, you can set the specific output parameters including Video Encoder, Frame Rate, Video Bitrate, Resolution, Audio Encoder, Sample Rate, Channels, Audio Bitrate. For resolution, you can write in your own parameters.
Audio track and subtitle
Select your preferred audio track and subtitle according to need.
Choose output profile
Tipard Blu-ray Converter provides you with numerous output profiles for you to select.
Load the playlist
This Blu-ray Converter can load the BD playlist to help you figure output the play order.

Fast and easy to use
Provides you with the best user experience
Give you 6X faster converting speed
The newly adopted NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology can totally accelerate your PC GPU, so as to finish your converting task with ultra-high speed and best output quality.
This Blu-ray ripper also supports multi-core CPUs, which can take full advantage of your PC power to accelerate the converting speed.
Automatic decryption
This Blu-ray Converter can automatically decipher your Blu-ray disc.
Easy to use
The intuitive interface can make the operation quite easy, and it is suitable for both beginners and advanced users.

Tipard Blu-ray Converter 6.3.10
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VMWare ThinApp 4.7.0 Build 519532

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VMWare ThinApp 4.7.0 Build 519532


VMWare ThinApp 4.7.0 Build 519532

VMWare ThinApp 4.7.0 Build 519532 | 52 MB

Run any version of virtually any application on a single operating system without conflicts. You can even run multiple versions of the same application. Plug VMware ThinApp, formerly known as Thinstall, into your existing management infrastructure and accelerate your software development and desktop deployment. Deliver and deploy applications more efficiently, more securely, and more cost-effectively with agentless application virtualization.

100% Agentless Application Virtualization
• Application isolation. VIsolated applications run in a virtual bubble in restricted user accounts without requiring any host modification. Deploy Office 97, 2003, 2007, and .NET applications on the same OS without conflict as the applications run independent of one another.
• Zero-runtime execution. With no installed agent, no footprint is left on the endpoint device. Applications run directly from the compressed state without first caching data to the hard disk, achieving better performance and security of data.
• 100% User Mode execution. Client runs on locked-down, unmanaged “kiosk” PCs without Admin rights to execute applications, enabling it to be used on managed and unmanaged PC.
• Block-by-block network streaming. Applications virtualized execute once the minimum amount of code required to run the application is available in the desktop’s memory. For example, less than 10% of Microsoft Office needs to be physically streamed to the client in order for it to run. LAN streaming has an average start-up time of just a few seconds.
• Sandbox environments for terminal services. Provide sandboxing for applications running in a terminal services environment so that multiple users can run their own sandboxed application without affecting each other. If one instance of the application tries to make system-wide changes, other users running the same applications are not affected.
• 64-bit operating system support. Enables applications to be virtualized and run on 64-bit systems.
• Execution on thin clients. Tested and certified to run virtualized applications on Windows XP-based thin clients.
• Compatibility with a broad range of applications. Proven deployments on simple-to-complex applications ranging from basic Microsoft Office to custom applications with Java or .NET.

Conflict-free Application Delivery
• Active Directory integration. VMware ThinApp does not require any distribution, streaming, or activation servers or agents. It works with AD, ESD enforcement tools, and open protocols so no additional hardware, software licenses and ongoing maintenance costs for backend infrastructure is required.
• Execution from USB key with portable profiles/user settings. Enable a user to run critical applications from a USB key while maintaining corporate security requirements.
• Integration with 3rd-party application management solutions. Creates .MSI and/or .EXE file that plugs into existing electronic software delivery systems (Inventory, Configuration Management Database, Definitive Software Library, Packagers) without additional integrations required.
• Application Sync. Enables application updates for mobile users as well as third parties on the corporate extranet, ensuring availability of the latest version of the application, reducing patch risks to machines that are taken off the network. Update virtual applications via http/https over the LAN or WAN leveraging existing software delivery systems.

Simplified Application Packaging
• Application Link. Allows packaged applications to dynamically establish dependencies ("links") with other packaged applications. Administers create separate packages of interdependent components such as Java or .NET runtimes and the applications that rely on them. Each component is delivered independently while sharing resources across multiple ThinApp packages.
• Package it once, deliver to many. Execute a packaged application on Windows NT, Windows PE, or XP Embedded without retesting or repackaging the application for each operating system.
• System snapshots. Provides administrators with a rapid three-step process for pre- and post-install system states for packaging simplicity and for supporting applications that require a reboot during the installation process.
• ISV embeddable. Organizations can deliver their custom application throughout their extranet using VMware ThinApp application virtualization technology.


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الخميس، 10 نوفمبر 2011

DAEMON Tools Lite 4.45.1.0236 2012

DAEMON Tools Lite 4.45.1.0236   

                                              


DAEMON Tools Lite 4.45.1.0236

DAEMON Tools Lite 4.45.1.0236 | 14 Mb

Daemon Tools - emulator CD / DVD-drives with the support of many security systems. It supports many image formats CD / DVD. The program emulates a conventional disk drives and the type of protection BACKUPcopies (SafeDisc), Securom and Laserlock. A small and handy utility for working with CD images in various formats, including ISO, CCD (CloneCD), BWT (Blindwrite), NRG (Nero), and others. When you start the game using the image of the disk can simulate the conditions to circumvent the many schemes of copy protection. DAEMON Tools can be used as an excellent virtual CD (DVD)-ROM.

The program works through the system tray menu with which you have access to all commands. You can select the number of added virtual drives, mount images for each of them. To identify each drive, you can choose any letter English alphabet, which is available. Also, for each virtual device can be set to your region code. It should be noted that the connection and disconnection of virtual drives occurs almost instantaneously and without having to reboot. Features can be expanded with additional modules, which in large quantities are produced by third parties.

Features:
Create a *. iso and *. mds images
Virtualize up to 4 drives
Work with images formats: *. iso, *. nrg, *. b5t, *. b6t, *. bwt, *. ccd, *. cdi, *. cue, *. isz
Compress and password-protect images
Use a new gadget to the Sidebar in Windows 7, Vista

In this version:
   
New Features
Support for APE images;
Added a new type of virtual drive emulation for the base - DT;
Improved portable unit;
SPTD 1.78.

Bug Fixes
Incompatibility between DAEMON Tools and Power2Go, PowerDVD;
Ignoring the blocked applications in the removal process.





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الثلاثاء، 8 نوفمبر 2011

Avast Internet Security 2012

Avast Internet Security

CNET Editors' review

by: Seth Rosenblatt on March 03, 2011
The bottom line: After the last version's radical new interface that brought this security stalwart into a visual comparison with its competitors, Avast looks to the future with version 6's edgy improvements.
Review:
Editors' note: Portions of this review are based on CNET's review for Avast Free Antivirus 6.
Avast made great strides in its previous update. Version 5 set the stage for the modern, massively popular, and free security suite with a new interface that ditched a quirky, late-'90s jukebox style for a more polished look. Easier to navigate, it also became easier to add new features.
Make no mistake; Avast 6 adds features both big and small. Some that had previously only been available to paid upgrade users are now free for all versions, and newer features have been seamlessly added to the interface experience. If you're familiar with Avast 5, upgrading to Avast 6 won't be that big of a leap.

Avast wants you to play in its sandbox

Installation
Installing Avast is a painless process that compares well against its free competitors like AVG, although--like those competitors--it's much slower than installing paid programs like Trend Micro, Kaspersky, or Norton. Some items of note during the installation that will come up later in the review: to completely avoid the new Windows 7 and Vista desktop gadget, or the new WebRep browser add-on, you must choose the Custom install option and uncheck those here.
Automatic installation of these features is frowned upon, although Avast does provide a clear method for uninstalling them. It's just not as simple as a check box that gets its own installation window, since you have to go through the Customize menu, which makes the auto-install sort of surreptitious.
On the plus side, installing Avast doesn't require a reboot, and using its uninstall tool we detected no remnants in the Registry or on the desktop. Avast has said that the installer has shrunk for all three versions by about 20 percent, although it's still a large download at around 57MB for the free version.

Avast Internet Security 6 (screenshots)

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Interface
Avast 6's interface is virtually identical to the previous version's. Perhaps the most major change, aside from a slight lightening of the gray in the color scheme, is the removal of the Windows Explorer-style forward and backward buttons. We actually liked those, since they made it easy to return to a previous pane, no matter how deeply into the settings you had explored.
The only other change is the addition of the Additional Protection tab to the left nav area, which hosts the new AutoSandbox and WebRep feature controls.
For users new to Avast, the sleek user interface is a change that came at the end of 2009. The gray-and-range color scheme stands out well on the screen, and the tab-based navigation on the left makes it easy to navigate between features. Highlighted with the familiar security colors of green for safe and red for dangerous, the Summary tab gives up-to-date info on shield status, auto-updates, virus definitions, the program version, and whether the silent/gaming mode is on. There's also an unobtrusive ad urging you to upgrade to Avast Internet Security 6.
The Summary tab contains a second submenu, Statistics. If you're curious to see how Avast's shields have been performing against threats, here's where you can get your math geek on. For each shield, it tells you how many files were scanned and when, and presents the data in a concise graph.
Avast 6 keeps its interface from Avast 5, and adds features both big and small. Some that had previously only been available to paid upgrade users are now free for all versions, and newer features have been seamlessly added to the interface experience. If you're familiar with Avast 5, upgrading to Avast 6 won't be that big of a leap.
(Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET)
The scans live in the second tab, where you can choose and adjust four default scan types plus a custom scan option nestled into the bottom right corner. Real-time shields live in the third tab, and again the clean interface comes into play here as navigating what could be a mess of options and tweaks is instead dead simple. Click on a shield to reveal a real-time chart of what the program's been defending you against, with a Stop button and settings options at the top of the window. Another button at the top takes you to the advanced settings for that shield, and links at the bottom expose the shield's history as a graph and export a log file.
Below the Additional Protection tab, which we covered above, the Maintenance tab contains the virus chest and manual update buttons. On the top right of the interface live the Help Center and the Settings, from which you can get much more granular control of Avast. This includes everything from toggling the system tray icon to managing updates to password-protecting Avast access. This is also where you can "uninvolve" your anonymously submitted data from Community IQ, the Avast crowdsourced behavioral detection engine.
One last change: a green Like Avast button has been added to the bottom of the left nav that expedites your Avast-related social networking. Fortunately, it's unobtrusive.
Features and support
As mentioned, the two big new features in the free version of Avast 6 are the AutoSandbox and the WebRep add-on. The debut of the AutoSandbox makes Avast the second antivirus option to offer a sandboxing tool for free. Competitor Comodo introduced a sandboxing tool in January 2010. Avast's sandbox probably works differently, as Comodo has a pending patent on its version. And certainly, one of the most frustrating things about sandboxing technology is that there are some indications that it doesn't work perfectly.
The AutoSandbox, new in both free and paid Avast versions, automatically places suspicious programs in a virtualized state when it suspects them of being threats. As the program runs, the sandbox keeps track of file behaviors and what it reads and writes from the Registry. Permanent changes are virtualized, so when the process terminates itself, the system changes it made will evaporate.
(Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET)
Avast's version automatically places programs in a virtualized state when it suspects them of being threats. It walls off suspicious programs, preventing them from potentially damaging your system while allowing them to run. As the program runs, Avast's sandbox keeps track of which files are opened, created, or renamed, and what it reads and writes from the Registry. Permanent changes are virtualized, so when the process terminates itself, the system changes it made will evaporate.
The company hasn't said whether the virtualized state begins after the program already has access to your system, so it's theoretically possible that it could be compromised. There's not a single security feature in any program that hasn't been been compromised at some point, though, so "theoretically hackable" is true of all security features.
The AutoSandbox is different from Avast's paid-upgrade sandbox, and the paid upgrades to Avast Pro and Avast Internet Security include both the automatic version and the older, manually initiated version.
You can access the AutoSandbox settings from the new Additional Protection option on the left nav. It defaults to asking the user whether a program should be sandboxed, although you can set it to automatically decide. There's a whitelist option for programs that you always want to exclude from the sandbox, and you can deactivate the feature entirely.
Avast 6 also marks the debut of the program joining (or succumbing to) the browser-security add-on, with the new WebRep. Security add-ons have a long-standing word-of-mouth reputation for decreasing browser performance, although Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate's impact meter pegs Avast's plug-in at 0.07 second, well below the threshold of 0.2 second that IE uses as the default upper limit for browser performance impact.
WebRep works with IE and Firefox out of the box, and Avast says it plans to release a Chrome version soon. It supports a search result ranking and Web site reputation service that uses a combination of data from Avast's virus labs and user voting to determine a safety score for a site. User voting is a crapshoot for many security vendors, although Avast is known for its vast user base and their passionate support of the program, so the company's plans to give users incentives to vote could easily work in its favor. And make no mistake, Avast fans are truly fanatics: Avast Free has an average 4.5-star rating from Download.com readers, extremely unusual for a program with more than 15,000 votes.
It's important to note that the add-on installs to both Firefox and IE as you install Avast 6. If you don't want it, it's surprisingly easier to remove from within Avast instead of from within the browser. Currently, removing the add-on using the browser's interface will cue Avast to reinstall the add-on the next time the computer is rebooted.
Many of Avast 6's small improvements are worth noting as well. The Troubleshooting section now comes with a "restore factory settings" option, which makes it easier to wipe settings back to a familiar starting point, and comes with the option to restore only the Shields settings, leaving other changes untouched, like permanently running in silent mode. There's a new sidebar gadget for Windows 7 and Vista, and you now can set automatic actions for the boot-time scan. Available under the Scan Computer tab, the boot-time scan customizations give you far more flexibility in managing the lengthy and time-consuming boot scan.
Two features that have trickled down to the free version in Avast 6 are the Script Shield and site blocking. The Script Shield now works with Internet Explorer 8 and 9's protected mode.
Avast doesn't offer an on-demand link-scanning feature, like AVG and Norton do, although the company says that the way that Avast's Web shield behaves ought to protect you automatically from any malicious URLs by automatically preventing the URL from resolving in-browser. A page will appear letting you know that Avast has blocked the site because it is suspected to contain a threat.
If you're running Avast Pro Antivirus 6 or Avast Internet Security 6, the big new feature is the introduction of SafeZone, a virtualization feature that the company envisions people using for secure online banking. The basic difference between SafeZone and AutoSandbox is that the sandbox is designed to allow suspicious activity to run within a safe, walled-off, easily discarded environment, while SafeZone is the opposite. SafeZone creates a secure space that, ideally, prevents threats from getting in.
The AutoSandbox, new in both free and paid Avast versions, automatically places suspicious programs in a virtualized state when it suspects them of being threats. As the program runs, the sandbox keeps track of file behaviors and what it reads and writes from the Registry. Permanent changes are virtualized, so when the process terminates itself, the system changes it made will evaporate.
(Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET)
SafeZone is accessible from the right-click Windows Explorer context menu, from the middle icon in the Windows 7/Vista desktop gadget, and from the Additional Protection tab in the Avast interface.
The difference between Avast Free and Avast Pro is that Pro gets the SafeZone, whereas Avast Internet Security differentiates itself by including SafeZone, antispam measures, and a firewall.
If you're new to Avast, the core features are what make it one of the best security suites around. The antivirus, antispyware, and heuristics engines form a security core that also includes multiple real-time shields. The adjustable mail and file system shields join the pre-existing behavior, network, instant-messaging, peer-to-peer, and Web shields. The behavioral shield is a common-sense feature, as security software publishers draw on their large user bases to detect threats early and warn others.
Other features include a gaming mode that can be used to permanently "silence" Avast notifications, and an "intelligent scanner" that only looks at changed files after establishing a baseline.
Program scans live in the second tab, where you can choose and adjust four default scan types plus a custom scan option. What's useful about Avast's layout here is that you can adjust all Avast-related scans from this tab. This includes Quick and Full scans, the Removable Media scan, and the Folder scan. In a polite turn, running a scan does not prevent you from exploring the rest of the program.
You can also schedule a boot-time scan and access scan logs from the scan tab. While running a scan, Avast will tell you not only how long the scan has taken and how many files have been examined, but also how much data has been tested and how fast it's being tested. As with the summary graphs, Avast exposes a lot of data here.
Performance
As far as Avast's impact on system performance goes, in a real-world test Avast completed its scans in a timely yet not blazingly fast manner. A Quick Scan took about 20 minutes, and the Full Scan took 59 minutes. RAM usage was surprisingly light, with Avast 6 only eating up about 16MB when running a scan.
As you can see in the chart below, CNET Labs benchmarked Avast 6 as having a moderate impact on system performance. It wasn't the overall best suite we tested, but the three versions of Avast did perform better than average in every category execpt one.
There were some notable areas where Avast did well. Avast had a minimal impact on startup time, with Avast Internet Security 6 adding 6.25 seconds, Avast Pro Antivirus 6 adding 5.76 seconds, and Avast Free Antivirus 6 slowing down the boot cycle by around five and a half seconds. All three posted a tiny impact on system shutdown, around 1.3 seconds slower than an unprotected computer. Scan times as well were competitive, slower than AVG, Trend Micro, and Panda, but faster than most competitors including Microsoft Security Essentials, Norton, and Ad-Aware. Also, Avast Pro Antivirus posted the best Cinebench score we recorded.
Avast's one point of weakness in the lab was its MS Office decoding test performance, where it was slightly slower than average but by no means the slowest suite tested.
Security Program Boot time Shutdown time Scan time MS Office performance iTunes decoding Media multitasking Cinebench
Unprotected system 42.5 11.28 n/a 917 180 780 4795
Protected system (average) 50.07 15.00 988.96 1,047.19 200.19 832.69 4,755.73
Avast Free Antivirus 6 47.9 12.4 697 1053 199 798 4742
Avast Pro Antivirus 6 48.21 12.5 665 1083 199 798 4793
Avast Internet Security 6 48.75 12.43 695 1086 201 804 4792

*All tests measures in seconds, except for Cinebench. On the Cinebench test, the higher number is better.
You can read more on how CNET Labs benchmarks security software.
All the security features in the world do you no good if they don't keep you safe, and on that count Avast performs well in general. However, as results from independent efficacy testing groups indicate, Avast could be better.
AV-Test.org gave Avast 5, the previous version of Avast, a passing rating in its most recent test, on a Windows Vista computer from the fourth quarter of 2010. Avast 5 barely surpassed the minimum score of 12, notching 13 out of 18. It reached 3.5 out of 6 in Protection, 4.0 out of 6 in Repair, and a 5.5 out of 6 in Usability. Many other suites scored the same or higher, including F-Secure, Kaspersky, Norton, and Panda. Among its free competitors during the fourth-quarter test, Avast scored better on the key metric of Protection than Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0, but worse on Protection than Avira 10.0 (4.0 out of 6) and AVG 10.0 (4.5 out of 6).
AV-Comparatives.org, on the other hand, showed progressively better scores for Avast from August 2010 through November 2010 on its "whole product" test. However, Avast's cumulative rate of blocking threats was 96.4 percent, below AVG's cumulative 97.1 percent and Avira's 98.7 percent. Still, the positive improvements in the last two months indicate that Avast has been adapting to changes in the threatscape--never a bad thing. Overall, Avast earned an Advanced certification, along with seven others, including AVG. An Advanced+ certification was earned by four others, including Avira.
Dennis Labs' most recent evaluation of Avast occurred back in August 2010, when the lab scored Avast 5 at 93 percent and above the 87.5 percent average for that test. It was the only free antivirus application to do so. Other above-average scores were reached by G Data, Eset, Kaspersky, and Norton, which scored 100 percent on Dennis Labs' test.
Judging from these results, Avast is clearly one of the best security products around, although there's definitely room for it to improve.
Conclusion
When it comes to your security, Avast Internet Security 6 gets a lot right. It's got a usable, uncluttered interface, solid although not stellar benchmarks, and a set of features that keeps it at the forefront of Windows security. Using the Internet safely is no longer just about not getting phished and downloading only known-safe files, and the improvements in Avast 6 address modern security risks comprehensively.
Although we'd like to see stronger efficacy benchmarks in the future, Avast's impact on system performance is light in the most important categories of startup, shutdown, and scan speed. Avast remains one of the best free security options around and is well worth downloading

Publisher's Description

From AVAST Software:

Avast Internet Security has all the features of Avast Free Antivirus, plus a Silent Firewall, an antispam filter, a command-line scanner, and the new Avast SafeZone (a clean, isolated desktop, so that other applications--even keyloggers--cannot see what's happening), designed specifically for secure online shopping or banking. Leaner and meaner version 6.0 provides even faster protection than its predecessor and offers a web-reputation browser extension as well, all combining for real-time security against known and unknown forms of malware. Avast Internet Security provides maximum protection, designed for those who shop and bank online or store sensitive data on their computers. Accurate threat updates via Avast CommunityIQ technology ensure worry-free downloading, surfing, social networking, and gaming.
What's new in this version:
  • New Script Shield - now scanning deeper and supporting more host processes
  • Web Shield now scanning all processes by default
  • Stability improvements in aswSP.sys
  • Better tracking of file sources
  • WebRep now working in new versions of Firefox
  • Under-the-hood improvements in the Behavior Shield and Sandbox modules
  • Solved a compatibility problem with certain Steam-based games
  • Minor improvements in the product UI
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