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Avast Essential Business Security
Avast Essential Business Security helps deliver device security for small businesses that wantremote visibility and centrally controlled protection against viruses, phishing, ransomware, andadvanced cyberattacks.

Essential cyber protection and security control foryour small business
Device Protection
Safeguard your business devices against cyberattacks
Computers and servers are key entry points to business data. Fortify the security of yourdevices against online and offline threats such as malware infections, resulting slowdowns,and misuse. Get more peace of mind with Avast next-gen antivirus, backed by six protection
shields and an AI-powered threat detection network.

Data Protection
Prevent ransomware and data breaches
Keep your business and customer data safer from breaches, encryption, and downtime with afirewall and multiple protective shields.

Online Security and Privacy
Stay away from phishing, sniffers, scams, and other online threats
Help keep employees’ online activities safer and more private with Webcam Protection,
Passwords Protection, and Phishing Protection. So they can stay productive and worry lesswhen working from anywhere.

Remote Management
Manage your devices and security as you scale and growAs your business grows, so will your security needs. With our online management platform,
you can control your devices, Avast security services, and their subscriptions from one place- anytime, anywhere.

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Device Protection
File Shield

Scans programs and files saved on your PC for
malicious threats in real-time before allowing
them to be opened, run, modified, or saved. If
malware is detected, File Shield prevents theprogram or file from infecting your PC.

SandboxAllows you to browse the web or run anapplication in a completely isolated, safeenvironment. When you run an applicationin Sandbox, your activity and web content iscontained, which prevents damage to your PC.
This is useful when you want to run suspiciousor untrusted applications without risk.

Web Shield

Scans data that is transferred when you
browse the internet in real-time to help prevent
malware, such as malicious scripts, from being
downloaded and run on your PC.

CyberCapture

Detects and analyzes rare, suspicious files. If you
attempt to run such a file, CyberCapture locks
the file from your PC and sends it to the Avast
Threat Lab where it is analyzed in a safe, virtualenvironment.

Mail Shield

Scans your incoming and outgoing email
messages in real-time for malicious content suchas viruses. Scanning only applies to messages
sent or received using desktop email clients suchas Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird).

Behavior Shield

Monitors all processes on your PC in real-time
for suspicious behavior that may indicate thepresence of malicious code. It is designed todetect and block suspicious files based on theirsimilarity to other known threats, even if they are
not yet added to the virus definitions database.

SmartScan

Scans for malware, outdated applications,unsafe settings, and suspicious add-ons.

Rescue Disk

Enables you to scan your PCs before the systembooting. This significantly increases the chancesof detecting and removing malware because themalware is unable to counteract. If you suspect
your PC is infected with malware and all otherantivirus scans were unable to resolve the issue,
you can use Rescue Disk.

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Data & Network Protection
Advanced Firewall

Monitor network traffic between youremployees’ devices and the internet. Improve
blocking of dangerous or superfluous datatransmissions for better protection of yourbusiness against malicious data manipulation.

Ransomware Shield

Reinforce the protection of your sensitive
data and other critical business documents
against modification, deletion, or encryption by
ransomware attacks. Choose which applications
have permission to access your protected
folders and block the rest.

Remote Access Shield

Helps prevent Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
exploits and brute-force attacks by allowing
you to choose who can remotely access yourendpoints and block unwanted connections.

Network Inspector

Helps secure your network to prevent attackers
from accessing it and misusing your data. Itchecks the status of your network, devices
connected to the network, and router settings
to identify potential security issues that open
the door to threats.

Data Shredder

Allows you to irreversibly erase your files ordrives so that there is no way for anyone torestore and misuse your data.

SharePoint Server Protection

Checks all files uploaded onto shared storage
to help prevent malware from compromising
your data.

Exchange Server Protection

Scans and filters emails at the Exchange server
level – helping stop potential attacks before
they spread to the network.

Online Security & Privacy
Real Site

Supports safer web browsing and banking byhelping your employees avoid fake websites
created to steal sensitive data such asusernames, passwords, and credit card details.
It is designed to secure users against DNS(Domain Name System) hijacking.

Security Browser Extension

Scans websites for reputation and authenticity,
blocks ads, and puts devices in a ‘super-safe
mode’ for additional privacy.

Browser Cleanup

Checks browsers for add-ons with poor
reputation and helps remove cookies that
contain personal information.
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Webcam Shield

Help stop employees’ login information being
stolen from their web browser. Browser Shieldprevents malware from stealing cookies andpasswords saved in Google Chrome, Mozilla
Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Avast browsers.

Help prevent applications and malware fromaccessing PC’s webcam without the user’s
consent. Webcam Shield helps stop untrusted
applications from capturing images or videos
and compromising users’ privacy.

Flexible device management
Choose the management option that works best for your business.

Online management platformGet real-time visibility of cyberthreats, comprehensive reporting, and administrative capabilities- right from your web browser. Our cloud-based console lets you centrally manage your Avast
Business security services and their subscriptions.

Unmanaged (individual installation)

Ideal for small offices that do not need central management capabilities. Users can adjust device
settings according to their preferences and maintain complete control of their data.
On-premise management not available.

Avast Business Hub (onlinemanagement platform) features:

Integrated Services (available asadd-ons in the Business Hub)•••••••••••

Intuitive dashboard
Comprehensive reporting
Device and policy management
Centralized alerts & notifications
Real-time commands
Network Discovery & remote deployment
Basic Remote Access and support toolMulti-tenant support

Patch Management
Premium Remote Control
Cloud Backup

About Avast Business
Avast delivers easy-to-use, affordable, and award-winning cybersecurity solutions for small and growing
businesses. Avast provides integrated security services to protect your devices, data, applications, andnetworks. Backed by 30 years of innovation, we have one of the largest, most globally dispersed threat
detection networks in the world. Our cybersecurity solutions are built to provide maximum protection sothat you can worry less about cyberthreats and focus more on growing your business. For more information
about our cybersecurity solutions, visit www.avast.com/business.

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