What’s Avast?

Avast is the powerful security for your digital life. Avast blocks all webcam-hacking, and stops ransomware before it starts. It protects your PC, home network, and passwords against zero-second threats with smart cloud-based detection. It updates your apps automatically and shreds your data permanently when you say so. That’s why you’ve never seen protection like this before. Avast keeps spies and snoops off your webcam. Right now hackers can really hijack your webcam. Webcam Shield makes anything and anyone get your permission before they can use it so nobody takes a peek unless you say so. You can even disable your camera for good — and enable it again. Ransomware Shield of antivirus keeps your most important files from being encrypted and held hostage, and lets only trusted apps alter them in any way. Data Shredder of Avast makes sure your personal photos, bank statements and other private documents get obliterated — for good. So even though you sell your PC, your delected files and data will not be retrieved. Avast Automatic Software Updater keeps your apps and programs up to date with the very latest safety patches and performance upgrades, so you’re not exposed to hackers finding security holes from out of date versions.