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If you want Avast to automatically fetch and apply the patches, you’ll need to upgrade to the Premium package, but the warnings alone provide valuable insight that other packages miss.
Then there’s the Wi-Fi scanner, which sniffs out all other devices on your wireless network to help you spot any intruders, and warns you if it detects any insecure passwords or other vulnerabilities that could be exploited by an attacker. Again, the software can’t actually fix such issues, but it can at least indicate where you need to shore up your defences.
The Avast Ransomware Shield meanwhile does the same job as Windows’ built-in Controlled Folder Access feature, but in a much more user-friendly way. When an untrusted program tries to write to a protected location, Avast immediately flings up a requester that lets you block or approve the app with a single click, rather than requiring you to rummage around in the settings.