When the words “free antivirus protection” come together, my normal thoughts are of the freebie antiviruses out on the market. These are Panda Cloud Free, AVG Free, Avira Free, Rising Antivirus Free, and of course, Avast Free. There have been several tests done on them and they haven’t always been star performers, but as of recent tests I’ve seen, Avast and Avira are often top choices in the winners. But many people like myself are very often concerned about resources used by antiviruses. This especially comes into play with my new computer that I purchased during my break in writing, a new 64 bit computer that I use for several different duties, gaming being high on that list, as well as testing different programs. And sure enough, the free antiviruses I’ve noticed are often several times lighter then their paid competition. In fact, according to Raymond’s testing, my favourite antivirus, ESET, is about the same speed as my present free antivirus, Avast!. It says a lot about a company that can give something like this away for free.

I will be honest though, my first thoughts when coming to Avast! always comes back to pirates. And not to be odd, but I’ve always had a thing for pirates, especially when the internet seems divided in a war of pirates verses ninjas. Don’t believe me? ThinkGeek used to sell Pirate and Ninja batteries that have long since sold out. They used to look like the same batteries below, and actually were one of the things I was debating about picking up… that and a Stuffed Tux.

In fact, some interesting Internet users have declared this past weekend “Talk Like A Pirate Day” in remembrance of this fad. And for this year especially, some companies took this “holiday” as a perfecting marketing opportunity. I’m aware of a now expired promotion to get a collection of Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate (or the ‘Monkey Island’ games) for about $5. And that’s when Avast! stepped up and offered an interesting new language choice. We know that they offer their services in English, in French, in German… and in Pirate?

Yep… in Pirate!

So… if you’re a fan of pirates or just want to use the joke interface for a while, you’ll have to be quick, because after the 22nd, you can’t download the language pack anymore. If you’re using Avast! already, all you have to do is hit Settings, Languge, then hit the Install Additional Langugues, and scroll down until you see Pirate Talk, checking it off and hitting okay. Once installed, select it from the drop down list, and hit okay. Once done, it will look like the above picture. Personally, I’ll be using it until they change it back to their normal language selections which will be the 22nd.

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