Prague, Czech Republic - 29th March 2008 -
for immediate release – ALWIL Software a.s. is
pleased to announce the next major release of avast! antivirus,
avast! 4.8.
avast! antivirus 4.8 is a major technology upgrade to the avast!
product line, which includes the addition of anti-spyware
detection, certified by West Coast Lab’s Checkmark process, and the
implementation of anti-rootkit capabilities, all directly from
within avast! antivirus.
Eduard Kucera, ALWIL Software a.s. CEO, said of the release,
“While only an upgrade of avast!, this version represents a major
evolution of the avast! offering to users. Many of our competitors
charge extra for anti-spyware or anti-rootkit detection, or don’t
add the functionality at all. We don’t think that a partial
solution in scanning is a solution at all.” Mr. Kucera continues,
“With this upgrade, we have once again shown outstanding
innovation in the industry, by adding this functionality to the
avast! core scan engine technology.”
avast! antivirus 4.8 is available now for download from www.avast.com and is available in
three Editions. For non-commercial home use, avast! Home
Edition is available free-of-charge. For commercial
deployment avast! Professional
Edition and for commercial home deployment avast! Professional
Family Pack (available for up to ten computers and one
Windows Home Server) can be downloaded for a free trial from
www.avast.com, or directly purchased
from the product page, or from any authorized avast!
reseller.
The more than 50 million current avast! Home Edition or
Professional Edition users need only upgrade their software, no
need to download again, in most cases this will be fully automatic
for most users. Other users can follow the update notification
prompt to keep their software up-to-date. All licensed users will
receive the program upgrade as part of their subscription (free or
paid).