AVAST CLEANUP CNET PC

AVAST CLEANUP CNET PC

While the smart scan is the primary scan Avast asks you to do, scroll down Avast One’s Home page and you get shortcuts to run a deep scan, a targeted scan on a specific folder or set of folders, initiate a VPN scan, or use the PC optimization tools. Not a deal breaker, but this could be handled better. The constant requirement to continue at the end of each phase gets a little annoying. That’s fine, but it requires user intervention to initiate each phase instead of just plowing through the entire scan and delivering a report at the end. The one issue with Avast’s approach is that it does the scan in three stages: browser threats, viruses & malware, and PC cleaning. A smart scan gets you to use at least some of these capabilities, which is important considering some of them used to cost extra and now are just included in the suite. This is a good idea since many top suites come with PC cleaning and maintenance utilities, but often require you to activate them. Go there for details about competing products and how we tested them. Note: This review is part of our best antivirus roundup.

The price is right, and its protection is excellent. For this review we’re looking at Avast One Individual.Īvast One is a very good security suite. It has a new design, three pricing tiers, a lot more features included without extra cost, and the pricing is much better than last we looked.

Avast still offers Premier as a step down, but Avast One is a suite well worth considering if you’re interested in solid antivirus plus some extra features and multi-device coverage. That’s changing a little bit, and for the better, with Avast One, the company’s new top-tier product. There are two things Avast’s paid security suites have been known for besides solid protection: good design and high prices. Both the Individual and Family plans are well worth a look for anyone looking for a solid third-party security suite.

Smart scan requires too much user interventionĪvast One is a much needed improvement with excellent pricing, and all the features you’ve come to expect from this premium suite.

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