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What is the new heuristics engine that I read about?
« on: March 17, 2011, 08:08:00 PM »
I read an article on softwarecrew.com (http://www.softwarecrew.com/2011/01/avast-updates-its-free-and-paid-anti-virus-suites-to-5-1/)about a heuristics engine that Avast introduced with 5.1 release. Just wondering what it is and the benefit? Thanks.

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Re: What is the new heuristics engine that I read about?
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2011, 11:11:01 PM »
Heuristics are designed to detect previously unknown viruses before they can cause any harm. For more info see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic_analysis :)
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