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Effectiveness of Avast free antivirus
Avast is very effective as almost all the virus files get detected and it doesn’t let any malware pass through. Avast has been working hard to identify more and more new viruses and malwares so that it can keep itself updated and keep your PC protected from all the threats doing the round in the internet.
In order to keep you protected it has provided you with so many scanning options. The quick scan will offer you a scanning of those areas which are mostly prone to malware function. The full system scan performs an out an out scan of your whole system and this process is time consuming. Removable media scan as the name suggests scans all the removable media which is attached to your PC currently. Select folder to scan is the option you can choose when you want to scan a particular folder that you think might contain some threats. Boot time scan will run automatically next time the system started after you click the start button. It has a RAM footprint of 82 MB and you will get around 13-second impact on the startup time but if you have faster hard disk then you won’t be able to notice the difference on boot time at all.
Therefore with so many options of scanning your PC you can be rest assured that you are in safe hands and all your important documents are secured from any kinds of threats.
