Avast 2015 Introduces New Feature Called Home Network Security Scanning

Avast antivirus 2015 has stormed the cyber security market with its unique and new feature called Home Network Security Scanning (HNS). This feature scans the user’s router for identifying potential security problems and vulnerabilities that can leave the system vulnerable to cyber attacks and other forms of intrusions. 

These routers can be vulnerable to threats attacks when used for personal and business purpose. Hence, protecting the router is very important to make sure the network and its users remain secure.

The Avast Antivirus 2015 HNS feature safeguards the users from various threatening situations that can lead to safety and security vulnerabilities of information and data.

Below mentioned are some of these situations.

§                     Unsecure Wireless Network and Lack of Encryption: 

Un-encrypted wireless networks can lead to unauthorized people using your internet connection and its bandwidth by connecting to the Wi-Fi. This can give them access to the devices connected such as printers, network-disk drives, laptop, tablets etc.

§               Access to Network Router via Internet: 

Hackers have a bad habit of stealing private information. The hackers can access the router device and make changes in the device settings that can disable the internet connection and help them in stealing private and confidential data.

§                      Compromised Internet Connection and High Jacking the Router:

 In case your router gets hacked and high jacked the hackers can easily redirect your most viewed web-sites to fake IPs and introduce harmful cyberspace threats to the user’s computer. This can lead to infecting the machine with dangerous applications and codes such as virus, Trojan, spyware, adware, root kit etc.

§                     Easy Unauthorized Access to Devices Accessible from Internet: 

It is important to secure and firewall the IPv6 addresses before any device connects to the router using this setting. The problem lies with the router device that is unable to firewall the connected devices using IPv6 settings.  

It is important to safeguard the Home Network to avoid any type of loss and damage caused by threats on the cyberspace and people of negative influence. Avast has introduced the Home Network Security Feature on various security products that give an extra benefit to the user to make sure safe and secure environment.

In case, you are using an Avast security product and facing technical problems in its normal operations. Then contact Avast Tech Support Number and get help from the experts to get the tech-issues resolved. Like any other software, Avast security software applications can develop technical problems some time due to various factors. 

The tech-problems can cause malfunction or problems in continued protection from both online and offline threats. Therefore, it is the recommendation of the product manufacturer that the customer shall immediately contact Avast Tech Support Number.