Avast! Home Edition Updated – 5.0.418

14 February 2010 Categories: Antivirus Updates, News

The following updates have been made to Avast! Home Edition:

  • stability improvements in the Behavior Shield
  • improved compatibility with MBAM Pro (Windows XP)
  • improvements in the rootkit scanner
  • solved a vulnerability in AavmKer4.sys (Windows 2000/XP only) – special thanks to Tobias Klein
  • ProAV + IS: solved a problem with Acrobat hanging when opening pdf files directly from IE
  • firewall: low-level packet rules are back in the Expert settings
  • improvements in the licensing engine
  • new languages: Traditional Chinese, Swedish, Korean, Bulgarian, Hungarian

If you’ve been having problems with Avast you should upgrade to this latest version.

Please ensure you are running the latest version of your antivirus software. Run your updates frequently and schedule a scan of your computer to run daily.

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