Software Review Avast Free Antivirus 2020 The most popular freebie... really ??

[Warball Communauty]

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Hello !



Avast is a company based in Prague, Czech Republic.
A leader in free and wearable products, it is very well known in the world of cyber security.
For 2020, Avast is betting its know-how on Artificial Intelligence and the ability to detect unknown threats in depth.
Interface level, no change, Avast remains as it is.
At the performance level, Avast improves on URL and malware detection.
Its Cyber-Capture is just as effective because it has thwarted the trap of fake crack and our home-made Ransomware!
But, Avast still has many shortcomings...
He still doesn't know how to defend himself against an attack.
The JAVA Trojan horse quietly infected the system while Avast was silent...
Another black spot, Avast is in complete retreat from Phishing. None of them have been blocked.
And finally, Avast is accused of spying on its users via its navigation extensions...

Avast is still a good antivirus for a free one!

 

[DSD27]

The best thing about Avast Free is its Hardened Mode, because it's what the competition doesn't have for free. It was disabled.
Web Shield and the browser extension don't block Phishing?

 

[Warball Communauty]

The best thing about Avast Free is its Hardened Mode, because it's what the competition doesn't have for free. It was disabled.
Web Shield and the browser extension don't block Phishing?

Obviously it should, but Avast can't know about the Phishing I gave him.

 

[DSD27]

You weren't using the browser extension, it would have warned you that it was a phishing site.

 

[Warball Communauty]

You weren't using the browser extension, it would have warned you that it was a phishing site.

Not always very effective...
Besides, she's targeted for data theft. (Jumpshot)

 

[DSD27]

The extension logo would never be green on those websites, even if for some reason it could fail to block them or warn you.

 

[Evjl's Rain]

Avast developers told me, without the extension, avast wouldn't be able to block most of the phishing
The web shield can only block known, verified phishing (outdated). They asked us to install their extension. Obviously, we should not.

combining avast hardened mode aggressive with a total script blocker => very hard to bypass

 

[DSD27]

Avast developers told me, without the extension, avast wouldn't be able to block most of the phishing
The web shield can only block known, verified phishing (outdated). They asked us to install their extension. Obviously, we should not.

combining avast hardened mode aggressive with a total script blocker => very hard to bypass

Exactly, that's the point of the extension, Phishing. Why not? I'm pretty sure whatever issues they had with the extension were solved. The extension is signed by Microsoft, Google and Opera.

 

[Ink]

And that sums up why Antivirus software are ineffective against modern web-based threats.

 

[LDogg]

Avast + Scriptsafe + (maybe) Netcraft for phishing links and you're golden (website based only).

~LDogg