Today February 28th the long awaited avast 8 is now released to the public and is open to windows 8 however it does not seem to be supported on Macs at the time of this post. I will cover what makes this such an upgrade to avast 7 and talk about the new features that are included in this major update to the worlds most popular antivirus.
Free Features
Antivirus: As always all versions of avast get access to their award winning antivirus engine. Which has been rewarded time after time by av-test.org.
Remote Control: All of the avast products come with the ability to control your computer or have your friend control your computer to solve an issue. This is a great tool and to stop someone that is controlling your computer you just have to move your mouse and take manual control this can stop people from infecting your computer if you give someone the password to the connection.
Limited Software Updater: You do get access to the software updater you have to do it manually thought the automatic is for internet security and up.
Browser Cleanup: This is very simple if you install something that has a bad reputation like Babylon or an ask toolbar then Avast can help you get rid of it.
Pro Antivirus $39.99
Secure Banking information: Avast pro and above allows you to protect your banking information which is a must have for today's growing use of online banking. It offers you a lot more protecting so your vital account information will not be stolen by some sort of online hacker.
Surf Risky Sites? They have another form of online protection, and they have improved their avast web rep to be in real time so that we are more secure than before. They have made the updates to the web rep stream in real time which is how they are now far better than before because you used to need to update the entire engine separately. But now you get all the updates in what they call near real time.
Internet Security $49.99
Sandbox: Avast Internet Security allows all users to load programs into the sandbox, and if it is found to be malicious in nature then you will not have to worry; avast will prompt you to delete it. This is a must have for today's growing use of trojans.
Two Way Firewall: Avast internet security gives you a powerful to way firewall that blocks outgoing and incoming connections. This is far better than the standard windows firewall which only blocks inbound connections. This basically means that if a hacker is trying to get into your computer from another location he will fail. also if he already got into your computer then the firewall will block the connection.
Secures Personal Data: This is meant to protect you from getting your banking information and other forms of passwords from getting logged and it avoids you from going into a malicious site. This seems to be a little repetitive since they have already secured your banking information and it blocks phishing scams.
Blocks Phishing Scams: This protects you from going to an illegitimate website and protects you from malware that gets in from your computer. It will also protect you from downloading fake antivirus programs that are trying to hijack your computer. These programs will try to force you to pay to remove malware that may not be on your computer in the first place, but now they have your account information and your money that you spent on the product.
New Avast Premier $69.99
Keeps Your Programs Updated Automatically: From what I was able to do in the beta this is a much needed work in progress because there are not a lot of supported programs when I was in the early beta I noticed that it only updated my browsers.
Lets You Remotely Control Your Computer: This can be thought of as a remote desktop which I did a full in depth analysis on what a remote desktop is. This can be thought of as another TeamViewer, but you are paying for it. So this can be a no dealer for you because there are many other free programs that do the same thing as this but for free.
Can Securely Wipe Your Hardrive: Personally I don't feel that this feature is necessary because a hard drive wipe is pretty secure in the first place however it is very secure in the sense that anyone can use this to do a proper hard drive wipe. So if you need to wipe your hard drive and don't know how to do it let this program do it for you because it makes it far better.
In Conclusion
Avast 8 is far better than Avast 7 so you should upgrade as soon as possible. A far as buying the premier upgrade it is up to you if they work on the auto update feature then this will definitely be the best program that Avast has ever made the new features are great and they don't seem to slow down the computer that much considering they have reduced the amount of RAM that is needed for the program to run. But if you have the money get Avast Internet Security if you really want to buy the Premier version then you need to be willing to spend $70 on a 1 year license.
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