About

Arch package for Avast Antivirus for Linux

Features

Core features

On-demand Scan
CLI Scan
Realtime On-Write Scan (FAnotify based)
Defend against zero-day attacks and other threats
REST API
.. and much more ;)

All details can be found here:

Community features

Graphical User Interface (in a very early state though): avast-gui

Packages

avast: Main package - provides the core scanner service (avast) and a command line scan utility (scan)
avast-fss: Avast File Server Shield is a service which provides Realtime On-Write scanning
avast-rest: Optional - contains an HTTP server which provides REST API for avast scanner service
avast-gui: Optional - an unofficial graphical user interface for Avast