Corporate networks
     Avast Business Protection

Certified, lightning-fast antivirus for your business

  • Built for simplicity and high performance
  • Certified, award-winning antivirus & anti-spyware engine
  • Detects 'rogue' computers on the company network
  • Easy, web-based central management
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Why choose this product?

avast! Business Protection is built upon our certified antivirus engine and provides what you need for data loss prevention at your end points and servers: web-based central management/updating, remote installation, real-time security alerts, scheduled automatic scanning, and more.

We recommend this solution for less complex networks without email servers. Otherwise, please see our Business Protection Plus.

Don't let new threats steal your business data

Our improved Behavior Shield stops "zero-day" threats and unknown malware, before virus definitions have been obtained.

Secure your online data exchange

avast! Web Shield checks every email, chat, download, or web page. Combined with our virtualization tools (avast! SafeZone™, Sandbox, and AutoSandbox™), it results in the most sophisticated online protection available.

Have a bird's eye view

Our comfortable, web-based dashboard lists all current problems and recommended solutions.

Save time and costs

Install and update remotely, to save both time and costs associated with traditional deployment at individual end points.

Core protection

Antivirus and anti-spyware engine

Innovative scanning engine protects against viruses, spyware, and other malicious agents.

Real-time anti-rootkit protection

Prevents stealth malware (‘rootkits’) that, when loaded by the computer’s OS, are invisible to ordinary scanners.

avast! Community IQ

Provides the best, most up-to-date signature-based detection, because the global avast! user community provides samples of new viruses.

avast! WebRep

Provides website reliability and/or reputation ratings according to community-provided feedback.

Behavior Shield

Stops ‘zero-day’ threats and unknown malware before virus definitions have been obtained.

Web Shield

Detects streaming web content better, via high-performance tuning.

avast! SafeZone

Opens a new (clean) desktop so that other applications don’t see what’s happening – perfect for banking, secure ordering/shopping – and leaves no traces once it’s closed.

AutoSandbox

Prompts users to run suspicious applications in the virtual Sandbox environment.

avast! Sandbox

Provides an extra layer of security for you to run your PC workstation and its applications in a virtual environment – where any attacks are thus targeted (instead of your real PC).

OS supported:

  • Windows XP SP2+ 32-bit
  • Windows Server 2003, Vista, 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
    only RTM versions are supported (Windows 7 SP1 RC is currently also supported)
  • Windows SBS 2011

OS not supported:

  • Windows 2000
  • Windows XP 64-bit (with any SP installed)
  • Windows Server 2003 64-bit

Server

Integrated protection for file servers

Includes high-performance scanning, superior scalability, and support for clustering (even in active-active mode), and integrates perfectly with Microsoft SharePoint via Microsoft's own virus-scanning APIs.

SharePoint Server plugin

Tightly integrates with SharePoint 2003/2007/2010 Servers via Microsoft's own AV interfaces.

Low resource usage

Stays light on system resources, to reserve server resources for your business needs.

Management console

Web-based console

Comfortable dashboard lists all current problems, recommended solutions, and other actions. Accessible from everywhere via web browser, so additional applications are not needed to manage your network.

Remote installation and updates

Saves both time and costs associated with traditional deployment at individual end points. Full network administration is unnecessary for operation.

Auto-discovery of new/unprotected (or ‘rogue’) PCs

Notifies you when potentially unprotected/harmful PCs connect to your company network.

Ability to schedule/run scanning jobs

Schedule scanning at night or on weekends (whenever PCs are not needed).

Comprehensive reporting

Set your own parameters for what information gets reported and how often.

Real-time alerts

In case of infection or other undesirable activities, the central console receives immediate real-time alerts.

Others

64-bit support

Supports the 64-bit architecture platforms of Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

Boot-time scanner

Scans your computer for infections before the OS can start to activate any viruses beneath it (now applies also to 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista).

Intelligent Scanner

Reduces the number of required file scans up to 80% through a white list of safe applications. Files identified as safe are not rescanned unless they change.

To run avast! Business Protection your computer network must meet the following criteria:

Workstation

Operating Systems Supported

  • Windows 7 - x32/64bit
  • Windows Vista (any edition excl. Starter Edition) - x32/64bit
  • Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher - x32/64bit

Minimum Hardware Requirements

  • Pentium 3 Processor
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 380 MB of free hard disk space
    • Please note that avast! Business Protection Plus runs only on PC operating systems with Windows XP or later.
    • Older Windows operating systems (Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000) are not supported.

Other 3rd party prerequisites

  • Microsoft Silverlight 4

Server

Operating Systems Supported

  • Windows 2003 - x32/64bit
  • Windows 2008/R2 Server (any editions, excl. Core), latest SP x32/x64bit
  • Windows SBS 2011

Minimum Hardware Requirements

  • Windows 2003
    • Pentium 3 Processor
    • 256 MB RAM
    • 200 MB of free hard disk space
  • Windows 2008/SBS 2011
    • Pentium 3 Processor
    • 512 MB RAM
    • 200 MB of free hard disk space

Note: Minimum Windows system requirements have to be met!

Other 3rd party prerequisites

  • Microsoft Silverlight 4

Administration Console

Operating Systems Supported

  • Windows XP SP3 or higher
  • Windows Vista (any Edition excl. Starter Edition), latest SP
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 2003 Server (all editions), latest SP
  • Windows 2008/R2 Server (any editions, excl. Core), latest SP
  • Windows SBS 2011

Note: the latest SP and a fully updated OS is recommended!

Minimum Hardware Requirements

  • Pentium 3 Processor
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 900MB of free hard disk space
  • Internet Explorer 6 or higher or other Silverlight-enabled browser

Note: other 3rd party pre-requisites will be installed during the setup by the installer if they are not present. These are the Microsoft .NET Framework 4, SQL Server EE 2008R2, IIS

Other 3rd party prerequisites

  • Microsoft Silverlight 4
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)

Networking Requirements

  • Valid SMTP server in reach of the management service
  • Availability to connect to the AVAST update servers
  • Windows workgroup or active directory network
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installed

Please also note that avast! will not run properly if you have other antivirus software on your network.

Compare with avast! Business Protection Plus

avast! Business Protection secures all important points in your network. If you need additional end-point protection like antispam and firewall (important, for example, for laptops outside your network), we recommend avast! Business Protection Plus. Check the following comparison table to find out more.

Feature comparison

Business Protection
Antivirus with central control
Business Protection Plus
Maximum capability for all points
Client protection Yes Yes
Server protection Yes Yes
Central management Yes Yes
File servers protection Yes Yes
Email servers protection Yes
Firewall (workstation only) Yes
Antispam (workstation only) Yes
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Prices are reduced by segment1 year2 years3 years
5 to 19 licenses38.21 EUR57.32 EUR68.78 EUR
20 to 49 licenses34.62 EUR51.94 EUR62.32 EUR
50 to 99 licenses31.04 EUR46.56 EUR55.87 EUR
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