![]() All those home routers, game consoles, baby monitors, smart TVs, and many other IoT devices are easily targeted because of well-known security vulnerabilities. Wi-Fi Inspector looks for unsecured Internet of Things devices in your homeĪnother cybersecurity prediction for 2017 is the rise of enslaved Internet of Things (IoT) devices. It then steps in, stops, and quarantines the threat. This is a powerful tool against ransomware because Behavior Shield can expose unknown samples of ransomware by looking at the behavior of the code as it executes. Because of this growing threat, our combined teams decided to integrate an AVG behavior analysis technology we call Behavior Shield into Avast 2017.īehavior Shield sniffs out suspicious behavior of any software running on your computer in real time. In 2016, Avast identified more than 150 new strains of ransomware for Windows OS, and the Avast Threat Labs detected more than 28 million ransomware threats globally. Here are some of the features that we you to know about: On behalf of the entire team, I can say with confidence that the Avast 2017 collection of products - Avast Free Antivirus, Avast Pro Antivirus, Avast Internet Security and Avast Premier - is the most lightweight, state-of-the-art protection that we have ever launched. ![]() ![]() As the product manager for Avast 2017, it is with great pleasure that I tell you about our redesigned, next-gen security software. That is exactly what has happened in the last few months since Avast acquired AVG Technologies. When two creative, technologically advanced teams come together to create something, the result is outstanding. Avast 2017 is designed to combat today’s most prevalent threats such as ransomware and unsecured IoT home devices.
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