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compatible with all major browsers.
Thanks to a tool called "Intelligent Stream Scan" the impact on the security Web browsing speed is almost negligible.

Automatic Updates

As we said a virus to be effective needs to be updated and it avast! We are meeting with the automatic updates are incremental that with the transfer of new or missing data thus reducing transfers heavily.

Trash Virus

A special folder on the hard drive is called Virus and the trash is nothing but a place where, thanks to particular property, isolate viruses. The main feature of trash virus is the 'complete isolation from the rest of the operating system.

Avast! Virus Cleaner

Avast! Includes Virus Cleaner, a tool designed for the complete removal of the most common infections from computers already infected. So, besides preventing the attacks is able to eliminate the common malware.

Avast! Home Edition can be downloaded free of charge for home use, non-commercial at the following address http://avast.com/ita/download- avast-home.html

Once downloaded setupeng.exe (for the program in English) click on it to start the simple installation program. We accept the defaults and the question Do you want to set up a control virus hard disk to reboot? Answer Yes. We choose Restart and then click on Finish.

Once restarted the computer, make sure you connect to the Internet, start the software and click registration program in the window that appears. Compile the form online and click Register. Back in avast!, and type the code received our e-mail in Insert the Code License and press OK.
Attention! Although avast! Home Edition is free, we have 60 days in which to register after which the software will stop working.

Remaining connected to the Internet, updating the virus definitions. We click with the right mouse button on avast! and choose in systray Update / Update iAVS. If we want to upgrade the program choose Updating / Upgrading Program.

After being updated, the start antivirus and choose what examine him: hard disks, removable media or individual folders. These three options are located on the right of: to perform a full system scan button click on Local Disks. Do not forget to scan compressed files also. At the top of the window is a section with an indication Scan Standard. We select the item Check File Zipped. You will notice a slowdown in scanning but in this way the software will be able to monitor and detect possible viruses from files ZIP and RAR.

Bootstrap scanning clicking on Start. If a virus is detected avast! the signals with a pop-up window containing the actions to perform and advice on how to proceed. We click on Repair to clean up the infected files. A few seconds and the virus will be definitively defeated.

From this moment we perfectly clean up your computer from viruses and constantly protected as long as regularly updating the software and the virus definitions.

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