![]() ![]() This will scan for devices on the network:Īllows running apps in a “sandbox” environment where they can’t do any damage to your computer: ![]() Useful if you suspect your neighbor or anyone else is leeching on your Wi-Fi network. Here are screenshots of those showing what they do: In the Protection section, of the 9 options available (as in the screenshot above), beyond the virus scan, I’d consider the Core Shields, Wi-Fi Inspector and Sandbox to be the most handy. The other program considered malware here, pcTattletale, could at least be understood since it’s a tool for spying on employees (see my pcTattletale review). Same with identifying Soda PDF as malware - it’s obviously legitimate software. As mentioned in my Advanced SystemCare review, the software is 100% safe and I’ve found nothing to indicate it’s malware of any kind, nor could I find any information online on why it should be considered malware. For some reason Advanced SystemCare PRO, a piece of software I’d tried, liked and reviewed a few days earlier (see my Advanced SystemCare PRO review), was identified as “Malware,” which doesn’t seem right to me at all. I thought these were some curious results. When it finally finished, this was the result: As expected, this took much longer on my laptop than the smart scan. The main thing most users of this software will be interested in is the Virus Scans and the “full” virus scan, which searches much more comprehensively than just the “smart” scan which is run when you first install the software. There’s a fair bit here, so I won’t go into too much detail on each option. However, this is just an ad for “Avast Cleanup Premium,” so you can ignore this.Īfter running the scan and skipping a couple of screens, you’ll finally be taken to the main dashboard of the software:Īs you can see, there are 4 main sections: So there was nothing of concern found here.įinish the scan and you’ll be prompted to look at programs that may be slowing down your computer. I’m not sure why Avast Internet Security identified these 81 “sensitive items” that are “prime targets for attack,” as they were just Word documents I’d saved on my computer on a folder on the desktop. The Advanced issues scan was the slowest, but also finished within a couple minutes. On my laptop this ran very quickly, completing the first 3 of the above very quickly (within a couple of minutes).
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