Avast usually has three varieties of antivirus i.e. Avast Free Antivirus, Avast Internet Security and Avast Premier. Out of these three as the name itself suggests the first one is free whereas one need to pay some amount to get official license of the next two versions. The internet Security has fewer features when compared to Avast premier and Avast Internet Security has more features more than free version of Avast software. Avast is known for its antivirus all over the world and it recently released the latest version of free antivirus. i.e. Avast free antivirus 2015.Please go through this article to know whether the free version of Avast antivirus is really capable of securing your system or not.
Most of the users use computer as entertainment and gaming device and to make it secure they usually opt for free antivirus programs. Only professionals may opt for buying the antivirus programs where as the most users are satisfied with the performance of free antivirus. Mostly users don’t want to spend heavy amounts on the softwares which get outdated every year. They use the antivirus just to protect their personal computer or laptop from external threats and malicious attacks.
Several other free antivirus are available like AVG, Norton, Comodo, QuickHeal etc. but none of them is popular like Avast. AVG is the only free antivirus software which is giving stiff competition to the Avast. These free softwares are completely safe and are capable to make your system secure and safe unless you use your system to advanced options like hacking, viewing websites loaded with malicious content, illegal websites etc. Avast announced that this software will meet all the antivirus requirements of 2015 though it got released two months before the start of the New Year.
When compared to Avast free Antivirus 2014, this program is loaded with several new features and advanced mechanisms. Earlier http websites are scanned whereas encrypted https websites are not scanned but with the latest antivirus you can even scan https websites also and it can remove malware content and virus which are tightly encrypted. So the hacker’s idea to use encrypted systems is no more harmful if you use free Avast antivirus 2015.
Free version of Avast Antivirus is designed keeping the basic home requirements in mind and this is not at all suitable for entrepreneurial solutions or servers. You need to upgrade the antivirus to other levels if you really want to use it for commercial applications. This software uses different scanning methods starting from boot-scan, removable drive scan, particular folder or entire system etc. This software is even capable to scan devices like mobile phone, camera etc. which can be attached to PC through USB.
Finally if your usage is limited to your personal PC, the Avast antivirus 2015 is worth to try and update it regularly so that it can detect the latest viruses also. The options present like Firewall, secure VPN, browser cleanup etc. made it unique and user friendly interface made it really popular among users.