avast! 5.0 is a free antivirus program available for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. It is a fairly full featured virus scanner similar to AVG free. Some of its key features are:

• Silent/Gaming Mode
• Anti-rootkit protection
• Automatic updates
• Boot time scanning (32 bit only)
• Scheduled scanning
• Wake up for scan (wakes up Windows from hibernate or sleep to perform scheduled scan) Continue reading →