We first stumbled across Avast Antivirus when we finally got around to installing Windows XP x64 edition to see what mysterious powers we could unleash from our first hot new Athlon 64 processor. Other than support for more memory, it turns out the 64 bit version of XP was more trouble than it was worth – including being incompatible with our perfectly good antivirus software.

So, knowing the only safe computing is computing with an active antivirus package, our first activity after installing XP x64 was to find a compatible antivirus package. Our search didn’t last too long because the only 64bit antivirus package we could find at the time was Avast, and the price was right.

The free version of Avast is available for all flavors of Windows XP and Vista as well as Linux. It’s free home users who are willing to register with Alwil. As far as we know, we’ve not received any junkmail as a consequence of the restration.

Now, if you want a free antivirus package for Windows Server or your Mac, you’ll probably have to look elsewhere.

After you install the antivirus software you’ll get frequent updates to the virus signature, usually daily. It’s our experience that the software is as reliable as any paid offering and that Alwil is as trustworthy as they come.

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