avast! 4.5 Officially Released!

avast! Home Edition is now free of charge for HOME users for NON-COMMERCIAL use. You can find more info here. If you are not a home user or you use your computer for profit, you are asked to use the commercial version - avast! Professional Edition.

To use the Home Edition, you should register it. After the installation you have 60 days to do the registration. The registration process is very easy and will take you only a couple of minutes.

All the setup packages are in the form of self-extracting executables and are digitally signed by ALWIL Software.

If you already have the latest avast! installed and would like to add a new language only, you don't have to download the whole program again. You can just modify installed components of avast! program via Control panel -> Add/Remove programs -> avast! Antivirus -> Change/Remove -> Change

Main New Features
Support for new archives and packers
Network Shield
Support for new P2P and IM programs
Transparent email (SMTP/POP3/IMAP4) scanner
New language packs
TCP scanning daemon

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1968.html

 

Hi my friend
This is all you need do!

All the setup packages are in the form of self-extracting executables and are digitally signed by ALWIL Software.

If you already have the latest avast! installed and would like to add a new language only, you don't have to download the whole program again. You can just modify installed components of avast! program via Control panel -> Add/Remove programs -> avast! Antivirus -> Change/Remove -> Change.

In your case Bazz i would uninstall OK to be on the safe side

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Ditto! Right clicked avast icon, select updating, program update.

 

Hi BAZ
The help file states this
VRDB

VRDB stands for "Virus Recovery Database"; it was known as "Integrity Database" in previous avast! versions. The aim of VRDB is to help when, despite all the security measures, a virus gets inside the computer and the files are infected. With the help of VRDB, it is possible to repair infected files (return them exactly to their original state). VRBD is announced by an icon with the letter "i" in the system tray (next to the clock). If the icon is animated, the database is being created right now.

VRDB PRINCIPLE

avast! creates an integrity database, i.e. it stores information about the actual state of the files, doing it three versions back for each file. The database creation/maintenance is performed either when the computer is idle, or when the screen-saver is running (any screen-saver, not only the avast! one). This database, once it is created, is updated each three weeks (this value may be changed by editing avast4.ini).
If any file is infected by a virus, it is possible to repair it, i.e. turn it to its original state. If there are multiple versions of the file in the database, you can choose which version you want to restore.

SETTINGS

The settings of VRBD can be changed by clicking on the icon in the system tray with the right mouse button. There are three options:

Generate VRDB when computer is idle. avast! will create its database only when the computer is idle, i.e. when it is not being used.
Generate VRDB only when screen-saver is running. avast! will create its database during the time screen-saver is running. It may be any screen-saver, not only the one included in avast!
Disable VRDB generation. avast! will neither create, nor update the database. If you select this option, it will not be possible to repair virus infected files in the future!
Hope this answers your query

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Hi BAZ
The file to check is avast.int
file usually found here...
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\integ

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Hi Murphy
It is all down to personal preference. As for myself i like both

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Hi Murphy
It is to close to call. Best thing is to give them both a try and let us know what you decide on

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