avast! 4 Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package designed exclusively for home users and non-commercial use .
Features overview of avast! Home Edition 4.7 :
* Antivirus kernel
* Automatic updates
* Simple User Interface
* Virus Chest
* Resident protection
* System integration
* P2P and IM Shields
* Integrated Virus Cleaner
* Network Shield
* Support for 64-bit Windows
* Web Shield
* Internationalization
Changelog Version 4.7.981, April 14, 2007
* fixed extra-long duration of the boot-time scan under Windows Vista
* WebShield: improved compatibility with Windows Vista
* WebShield: better support for HTTP method CONNECT in upstream proxy scenarios
* fixed a minor memory leak in aswrdr.sys
* auto-updates now use much less CPU resources (should not interfere with other CPU-intensive programs running on the computer, e.g. games)
* added a new unpacker: "installers"; useful especially for detection of malware droppers
* Outlook/Exchange provider: improved compatibility with Outlook 2007
* boot-time scanner: fix for the case when there"s the /NOGUIBOOT option in boot.ini
* fixed a problem in Standard Shield under Windows Vista related to saving of Word 2007 documents on FAT partitions
* email alerts now use correct formatting even for non-Latin characters
* fixed a rare problem in Standard Shield related to handling of disk volumes mounted to NTFS directories
* further enhancements in executable unpackers
* fixed a bug in ZOO unpacker
* task scheduler: it"s now possible to specify which days of week the task should run
* command-line scanner (ashCmd.exe) now supports a couple of more command-line options, mostly related to handling of infected files[/li]
* mail scanner: improved deleting of entire emails (virus embedded in email body)
* fixed opening of the sounds settings dialog under certain operating systems
* avast! screensaver now available even under Windows Vista 64-bit
* better detection of corrupted/modified VPS file
* WebShield: other minor fixes
* added Macedonian, Croatian and Portuguese (not Brazil) language packs