Is Avast a legitimate antivirus?

A few legit antiviruses are McAfee, AVG, Avast!, Norton, and Kaspersky. Some of these are free (like Avast and AVG) and some of these have a trial version and a paid version (like Norton or McAfee). Memorize a few names of rogue antiviruses as well.

Is Avast the best PC security/anti-virus?

Avast is a better all-round antivirus solution than Bitdefender, especially so for less tech-savvy users. Avast also provides marginally better protection against malware threats compared to…

Does the free version of Avast have a firewall?

Mobile Security forum, hopefully one of the moderators can move it to the correct forum. Only the Avast Internet Security version has a firewall, the free version doesn’t have a firewall, so you need to have your firewall enabled.

Is Avast Free Antivirus enough?

Avast Antivirus is a mostly-great product that will absolutely keep your computer secure. Its free version offers a huge amount of security, although usability issues make it difficult to access some of its more granular features without getting besieged by pleas for an upgrade.

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Does Avast really stop malware?

Malware detection and blocking. To protect users, Avast detects and immediately reports any suspicious files or behavior. This state-of-the-art infrastructure and access to an immense amount of security data gathered from hundreds of millions of devices around the globe gives us the largest, most advanced threat-detection network in the world, and lets us provide unrivaled zero-dayprotection.

Is Avast safe to install?

Avast also offers 2 paid premium versions that are better than the free version but still not among the best paid antiviruses. You should definitely avoid free antivirus software because as soon as you install them they will tell you that you should upgrade to the full version to get real security.