Does Avast Free Antivirus catch keyloggers?

[Rixuel]

Hi,

I've a curious question:

Does Avast Free Antivirus catch keyloggers too?

[Pondus]

yes, it will catch everything that is bad code

[Lisandro]

Sure
It will be marked as infected or, at least, PUP (potential unwanted program).

[Rixuel]

Oh ok, thank you very much

[DonZ63]

Every comparative I have seen shows keylogger protection to be Avast's weakest area. It always scores on my bottom of the pack.

[Gargamel360]

PUP detection is off by default.

[REDACTED]

I've a curious question:

Does Avast Free Antivirus catch keyloggers too?

No it dont have Safezone. Avast Internet Security have Safezone.

http://www.avast.com/da-dk/download-documentation
The avast! safeZone is an additional security feature that allows you to browse the web in a private, secure environment, invisible to the rest of your system. For example, if you do your banking or shopping online, or other security-sensitive transactions, you can be sure that your personal data cannot be monitored by spyware or key-logging software

[DavidR]

The information given above your hasn't changed in this now very old topic.

Key loggers can be both legit (business/parental installed to monitor activity, etc.) and malicious, depending on who installed it on the system - this would then be considered a PUP as outlined above - enable PUP scanning.

The fact that you highlight the use of the safezone to combat key-loggers, doesn't mean that avast doesn't detect key-loggers. The safezone is only in the Pro/AIS/Premier versions not the free version.