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avast! is one of the most robust antiviruses available in the market. The Home edition, which is free for personal use, boasts of a 6-shield real time protection, a strong virus and malware scanner, an excellent infection remover and a “chest” to isolate tough viruses from your system. Another good feature of avast! is it’s skinnable interface – you can use any of the fifty-something skins available on the website! By default, avast! uses the “Silver Panel” skin, which looks great but can be highly confusing for beginners. When I had tried avast! for the first time about two years ago, the only reason I threw it out was because of this skin. If you too are having the same problem with the Silver Panel skin, this explanatory screenshot will probably help you out.

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Should you continue to have more problems, feel free to ask me through a comment. I will be covering more of avast! in coming days, do stay tuned.