How to install a free antivirus

We will consider installation on an example of a popular antivirus Avast. However, it should be remembered that the free version of this application is only available for assembly "For home". In turn, the version "For business" is paid.

First of all the anti-virus distribution must be downloaded from <! - noindex -> the official site <! - / noindex ->. After the download, run the installer. To install a free Avast anti-virus, you should know that it is not recommended to install it if any other program that performs the same functions is installed on your computer.

After starting the installer, click on the button "Express installation". This type of installation indicates thatThe installation will take place with the default settings. In addition, at this stage Avast can offer you to install an Internet browser Google Chrome, if it was not installed previously.

Installation of the antivirus takes only a couple of minutes. After it is completed, a dialog box appears with the inscription "Installation completed".

Further you must register the installed program. Despite the fact that the application is free, it is still necessary to conduct such a procedure. After the first start of the antivirus in the main window, you will see a button "Register your program". Click on it and in the next window that appearschoose the basic type of protection. After that, you should fill out a very simple form, in which you must specify your name, email address and country. Then click on the button "Registration for a free license".

After that A letter on successful registration of the program will come to your mailbox. Then the antivirus will offer to go for 20 days totrial version of Avast Internet Security for comparison. However, we recommend that you install the Free Antivirus version first. You can go to the paid version at any time. To refuse the offer to install a trial version, simply close the dialog by clicking on the cross in the upper right corner.

It is worth noting that after 365 days the registration will need to be completed again. As you could see, Install a free Avast anti-virus is pretty simple. It is only necessary to access the World Wide Web to download the distribution program.

It should also be stressed that The application has a fairly user-friendly interface. Avast is updated automatically immediately after the operating system starts. The main protection in the antivirus is the so-called file system screenIt follows absolutely all the operations that take place on the files. Also in the program there is network and mail screens to monitor the network and check the mailmessages for viruses. Another Avast anti-virus is equipped with a rather advanced heuristic analysis function, effective against suspicious programs, which are not known in the virus databases.

Besides, the program has several methods of scanning, the ability to block specifiedInternet resources, as well as automatic sandbox - a function for running suspicious programs in a special mode, through which running applications can not cause harm to the operating system.

Finally, it should be said that in addition to Avast, there are several free antiviruses, for example, Avira, AVG and many others. We have considered installing only one application, since The installation procedure for all programs of this type is very similar.