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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: soks5 on November 20, 2009, 03:48:45 PM

Title: difference between home and pro version
Post by: soks5 on November 20, 2009, 03:48:45 PM

Just one question. Is there any difference between home and pro version except script blocking???
Difference in working antivirus programs.

Title: Re: difference between home and pro version
Post by: DavidR on November 20, 2009, 04:48:29 PM

In avast 4.8, essentially no, most of the differences are of a non-security level, like no automated actions, scheduled scanning, the user requires interactive input upon detection, a less configurable Interface.

This however is about to change when avast version 5.0 is released and some functionality won't be in the free version. This however, won't leave the user any less well protected than they are now and some other aspects will be available, the same single user interface, automated actions, scheduled scanning, etc. will all be available as will a behaviour shield.

There isn't a definitive comparison for avast 5.0 as far as I'm aware but you have probably visited this page - avast! Home V Avast Pro differences http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_version_comp.html (http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_version_comp.html). So I would imagine that there will soon be a comparitive page for avast 5.0.