The description of Avast Free Antivirus - Play With New Friends
Introducing Remote Access ShieldEnjoy even stronger protection against hackers. This new feature lets you choose who can remotely access your computer and lets you block the rest. (Premium Security users only)• Ransomware Shield is now free - We’re now offering this feature to Avast Free Antivirus users to maximize their ransomware protection • Easier USB drive protection - We’ll now ask you to scan USB drives when you plug them into your computer. (You can also turn this off in your notification settings)• Improved taskbar icon - There’s no need to keep your antivirus open during scans. You can now see your scan progress from the Avast taskbar icon• Better botnet protection - Web Shield is even better about stopping malware from connecting to malicious serversThings to note• We are no longer releasing new versions of Internet Security and Pro. Every Pro/IS user updated to 20.5 version will end up on Premium Security to enjoy the full feature-set of the paid version• Teaser: We've added support for scanning Google QUIC protocol in Webshield, though it's enabled only for some users at the moment. We plan to fully scale it in the upcoming version. Points of improvement: - Signing in via Google or Facebook — If you choose one of these to sign in, we’ll now redirect you to their websites instead of doing it inside of our app - Improved performance — Your antivirus now runs even smoother thanks to tighter integrations with the Windows registry and boot optimizations.What’s new? - Expanded Password Protection — We now protect your passwords in the beta versions of browsers, too. (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and AVG Secure Browser - Premium Versions Only)- Rescue Disk improvements — Windows 7 users can celebrate knowing this feature works for them again, and we've improved its performance and made sure it properly cleans up related.DLLs for all users.-Bug stomping — Just the usual bug fixes that keep your antivirus going strong.Enjoy even stronger protection against hackers. This new feature lets you choose who can remotely access your computer and lets you block the rest. (Premium Security users only)• Ransomware Shield is now free - We’re now offering this feature to Avast Free Antivirus users to maximize their ransomware protection • Easier USB drive protection - We’ll now ask you to scan USB drives when you plug them into your computer. (You can also turn this off in your notification settings)• Improved taskbar icon - There’s no need to keep your antivirus open during scans. You can now see your scan progress from the Avast taskbar icon• Better botnet protection - Web Shield is even better about stopping malware from connecting to malicious serversThings to noteThings to note• We are no longer releasing new versions of Internet Security and Pro. Every Pro/IS user updated to 20.5 version will end up on Premium Security to enjoy the full feature-set of the paid version• Teaser: We've added support for scanning Google QUIC protocol in Webshield, though it's enabled only for some users at the moment. We plan to fully scale it in the upcoming version. Points of improvement:Points of improvement: - Signing in via Google or Facebook — If you choose one of these to sign in, we’ll now redirect you to their websites instead of doing it inside of our app - Improved performance — Your antivirus now runs even smoother thanks to tighter integrations with the Windows registry and boot optimizations.What’s new?What’s new? - Expanded Password Protection — We now protect your passwords in the beta versions of browsers, too. (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and AVG Secure Browser - Premium Versions Only)- Rescue Disk improvements — Windows 7 users can celebrate knowing this feature works for them again, and we've improved its performance and made sure it properly cleans up related.DLLs for all users.-Bug stomping — Just the usual bug fixes that keep your antivirus going strong.
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