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It's probably best to leave this alone, but if you're having connection troubles and you're sure you know what you're doing, you can tweak operations down to the protocol, port and packet levels. The system automatically detects and manages internet connections made by your various apps and background processes. Overall, this is a very positive story, but there is one catch: once again, you don't have to buy Avast Premium Security to get any of this, because both the core anti-phishing layer and Avast's browser extension are available with Avast Free.ДЄvast Premium Security's firewall is a capable tool which more than covers the security basics. It added safety ratings to our Google search results, for instance, and although these failed to identify a number of risky sites, it helped us avoid some genuinely dangerous links.ДЄlthough we didn't test it thoroughly, Avast's tracker blocking appeared to be effective, too, identifying even more privacy threats than Bitdefender's Anti-Tracker add-on. From the URLs we were able to test, though, we also found that it wasn't as effective as Bitdefender.ДЄvast's Chrome extension, 'Online Security', is highly rated (4.4 on the Chrome store), easy to use, and delivered reasonable results in testing. Normally we test anti-phishing ourselves, but Avast's security was so tight that it prevented our automated test system from completing its checks. Furthermore, there's built-in blocking of malicious links and scanning of downloads, and Avast's Online Security browser extension gives safety ratings on your search results, blocks trackers and keeps you away from malicious websites.ДЄV-Comparatives' 2020 Anti-Phishing Certification Test didn't rate Avast highly, with its 85% detection rate placing it fifth out of five behind Kaspersky (90%), Avira (91%), Bitdefender (95%) and Trend Micro (95%.)

Its Real Site system aims to prevent malware hijacking your DNS. (Image credit: Avast) Blocking malicious sitesДЄvast Premium Security includes multiple layers of protection for your online activities.

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Avast scanned 50GB of test data in 40 minutes, falling to 31 minutes on the second run.Д«itdefender Antivirus Plus was a very similar 39 minutes on the first run, but dropped to under a minute on second. Regular scans were slower, though, and didn't reduce much over time. Smart Scans took just 10 seconds on our test system, which is as fast as we've seen.

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If you're running a lengthy full system scan, for instance, you're able to run a separate targeted scan on a removable drive you've just connected, and maybe check some recent downloads, all at the same time. The engine supports running on-demand scans in parallel, too, a level of flexibility you won't always see elsewhere.

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You're able to define what to scan (all hard drives, the system drive only, removable drives, archives, more), how to treat any threats, set scan priority to optimize performance, and more. There are plenty of configuration options, too. And, if that's not enough, you can create custom scan types to do whatever you like.

The Full Scan checks your entire system the Targeted Scan examines specific files or folders the Boot-Time Scan checks for threats before Windows starts.

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The Smart Scan is essentially a combination of a Quick Scan for malware and system-wide checks for unsafe settings and passwords, dubious browser add-ons and missing software patches. There are no annoying restrictions to try to persuade you to upgrade, and no gaping holes in its feature set: you get antivirus, malicious URL filtering, and some welcome bonus extras including an extra anti-ramsomware layer to protect your most important document folders, and speedy scanning for network vulnerabilities.ДЄvast Premium Security gives you many more scan options than most of the competition.

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You can jump to the reviews of those individual products by clicking on the links in the bar at the top of this page, but bear in mind that this article is really designed to be read all the way through, as the core features of Avast Premium Security are present in both the free package and the Ultimate suite.ДЄvast Free Antivirus is one of the most popular antivirus apps around, and it's easy to see why. (c) our review of the free offering, Avast Free Antivirus

(b) the top-end package, Avast Ultimate, and (a) a full evaluation of the Avast Premium Security suite, along with our reviews of the additional features incorporated with the rest of the range: On this page, after our brief intro, youвЂ™ll find This is our all-in-one roundup reviewing every Avast consumer security solution for 2021.

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