Avast antivirus comes with a broad set of features packed into a compact package. Its malware engine scored a perfect score in my tests, and its web security was effective in identifying sites that were phishing that slipped through Chrome and Firefox’s default detection systems. The performance scanner did a great job of keeping its impact on the speed of your system to minimal. In fact Avast’s performance scanner proved more efficient in decreasing the CPU use than any other program I tried.
Apart from the malware protection and performance scan, Avast offers a host of other tools. Avast One is the only one to offer an VPN and an image vault, and an instrument for monitoring data breaches. The security toolkit it offers is quite extensive, with the ability to run applications in, as well as a router security scanner to identify potential vulnerabilities.
Avast has a comprehensive support website with a knowledge base if you encounter problems. The search function makes finding answers to frequently asked questions simple. If you’re unable to find the answer you can use the Avast forum is a solid source of assistance from other users.
Avast might claim that it has stopped selling data regarding its users, but the history of this practice is still popular in many people’s minds. In January 2020, PCMag and Motherboard revealed that Avast sold the location and other details of its users to third parties through its Jumpshot subsidiary. Avast has been able to stop this practice and is now asking users to sign up for the service when they install new installations of its desktop AV software. In its privacy policy Avast explains that all information provided by consumers is “stripped off and de-identified prior i loved this being shared with a third party.”
