Avast 5 debuts today with several new feature, This edition is FREE OF CHARGE for non-commercial & home use only. The basic free version, formerly known as the Home Edition, includes an attractive and obviously affordable set of features. The antivirus, antispyware, and heuristics engines form a security core that also includes multiple real-time shields. [...]

Spyware is a type of malware that is installed on computers and collects information about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user. Typically, spyware is secretly installed on the user’s personal computer. Sometimes, however, spywares such as keyloggers are installed by the owner of a shared, corporate, or [...]

AVG Free provides the bare necessities when it comes to security, but that should be enough for savvy Windows users. You’ll get a combined antivirus and antimalware engine, LinkScanner, and e-mail scanning. AVG Free 9 introduces a few new features, with improvements focused on performance, including claims of faster scan and boot times. One new [...]