Stupid questions about acronyms

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
1

Hello,

I’m a happy user of avast! 4 Home Edition since December 2003, and… sorry, never had any problem of any kind! Anyway, I’m pretty curious and I would enjoy to learn a little more about the meaning of these acronyms : ash, asw, iAVS, VPS and VPU.

Best regards,
pierrotlefou

2

Just one of the things I found on Avast’s website.

iAVS is fast, small, incremental and fully automated update via Internet. Updates are released at least twice a week.
3

hi!

ash - this is used in filenames - means Alwil Software - Home version
asw - acronym for Alwil SoftWare
iAVS - as said above - incremental AntiVirus update Service over the Internet
VPS - the extension of virus detection database file - very old one used for more than 15 years now - it originally meant Virus Pattern Strings. Of course it contains much more than strings nowadays :wink:
VPU - same as above (VPS) but used for incremental updates (today not only for virus data but also for updates of program itself!

Hope this helps :smiley:
Pavel

4

Yes, it helps ::slight_smile:
I’m now a very happy user :smiley:

Thanks a lot, Pavel!
pierrotlefou

5

Hi Pavel

ash - this is used in filenames - means Alwil Software - Home version
Since I'm a Pro user, what's the equivallant file for me? :) I can't find an asp. ;D
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Well, actually Pro version has the ash as well - it only has more of them ;D ;D

Pavel

7

The network editions (ADNM) use asw instead of ash.