Good news for Windows users who have been running the popular free Avast antivirus software. Avast antivirus version 5.0 Beta has been released and is available to download. The UI of the Avast 5.0 has got a complete facelift and it now supports Windows 7 officially.
According to Avast blog, Avast 5 product will be offered in three flavors: Free antivirus (the home edition), Paid antivirus and Internet Security suite.
Along with features that are available in the existing Avast 4.8, Avast 5 comes with a few additional features. Another good thing about the Avast 5 is that all the three flavors will have the same antivirus engine, which indicates that virus detection rates will be same on all the three flavors.
You can download the Beta version of Avast 5 from here. Note that this is just a Beta version of the upcoming Avast 5, install at your own risk!
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