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[Humpty]

Don't use it myself but that could change soon and some others may be interested.

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Main New Features
Web Shield
NNTP (Newsgroup) Scanner
Outlook Express archive unpacker
Lower memory footprint
New language packs
Finer recognition of malware types

Avast link

[rridgely]

This version has been out for a while I think....
The ram usage is ok if you disable some of the useless shields.

I hate the interface and it doesn't have auto scanning so I would never put it on a pc I fixed.
I also haven't seen the new detection rate first hand.(and yes I've scanned infected pcs with it. I always ended up just using sysclean on them in the end.)

[CeeCee]

I have been using Avast! couple of years and it is just great. That 4.6 version has been out quite a while now. Here's Avast! revision history: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-4-home_pro-...on-history.html

[hazelnut]

After switching from CA (formely Etrust) to Avast, I must admit I am quite used to it now and have found it to be good on my system.

I think that people's systems can determine how good an app works for them. So sometimes a really good app gets a bad write up simply because it doesn't gel with the users apps and specs.

[Humpty]

Version history shows 4.7.942 which was in beta but released on the 15th this month.

Yet the link in my first post says "The latest version of avast! antivirus - 4.6".

Link to Avast 4.7

Should get my facts straight before posting, eh.

Sorry peoples.