Lastest version of Avast antivirus

[Brink]

You're welcome. I wasn't expecting a new one this early.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

You're welcome. I wasn't expecting a new one this early.

I was just as surprised as you were! It's nice that they are thinking ahead or staying on top of all the virus and registry errors!
Have a great day and try to stay out of trouble.

 

[Airbot]

April 6th, 2010

New pre-release build of avast [5.0.492]


Changelog below-

   Information

What's new
Most notable improvements include:
- scanning and virus chest features now accessible even from Windows Safe Mode
- aswSP.sys: solved a minor stability issue (fixed duplicating of protected handles)
- Pro AV / IS: solved file enumeration problem on FAT32 partitions
- enhanced compatibility with various Winsock LSPs
- various improvements in the avast! sandbox
- improved cleaning of file infecting viruses
- added compatibility with screen readers; avast! should now be reasonably accessible to visually impaired users
- system files imported to the virus chest after upgrade from v4.8 are now removed
- IS firewall: solved a problem related to VPN connections (Windows XP)
- IS firewall: solved a problem related to Xbox360 media sharing
- IS firewall: solved a potential BSOD condition when changing logical drive mappings
- Pro AV / IS: ashCmd.exe switch /@ should work again
- minor improvements in the installer, especially when upgrading from avast v4.8
- avast! Screen saver can be now configured via the screensaver properties dialog
- minor fixes in the GUI
- added Dutch, Portuguese (Portugal), Norwegian, Finnish and Slovenian language packs

New pre-release build of avast

 

[Brink]

Thank you Aaron. First post updated.

 

[Brink]

New pre-release build of Avast [5.0.499] released. See first post for more details.

 

[Airbot]

Pre-Release Avast 5.0.504

   Information

What's new
Most notable improvements include:
- scanning and virus chest features now accessible even from Windows Safe Mode
- aswSP.sys: solved a minor stability issue (fixed duplicating of protected handles)
- Pro AV / IS: solved file enumeration problem on FAT32 partitions
- enhanced compatibility with various Winsock LSPs
- various improvements in the avast! sandbox
- improved cleaning of file infecting viruses
- added compatibility with screen readers; avast! should now be reasonably accessible to visually impaired users
- system files imported to the virus chest after upgrade from v4.8 are now removed
- IS firewall: solved a problem related to VPN connections (Windows XP)
- IS firewall: solved a problem related to Xbox360 media sharing
- IS firewall: solved a potential BSOD condition when changing logical drive mappings
- IS firewall: solved a potential crash when saving the packet rules
- Pro AV / IS: solved a compatibility problem with PerfectDisk 11
- Pro AV / IS: ashCmd.exe switch /@ should work again
- minor improvements in the installer, especially when upgrading from avast v4.8
- avast! Screen saver can be now configured via the screensaver properties dialog
- minor fixes in the GUI
- added Dutch, Portuguese (Portugal), Norwegian, Finnish, Slovenian, Turkish and Vietnamese language packs

And new in 5.0.504
- Pro AV / IS: solved a compatibility issue with Acronis True Image
- IS firewall: fixes for Internet Connection Sharing
- IS firewall: Windows 2000 compatibility
- IS firewall: solved a compatibility problem with Logitech Desktop Manager
- various fixes in the Outlook antispam add-in
- fixes in ashUpd.exe
- no crashing of AvastUi.exe anymore

pre-release build of avast [NOW 5.0.504]

 

[Brink]

Thank you Aaron. First post updated.

 

[Airbot]

You're welcome.

 

[Brink]

New Avast 5.0.507 version released. See first post for more details.

 

[Airbot]

May 1st, 2010

New pre-release Avast free/Pro/IS build 5.0.533

Changelog -

   Information

What's new
Most notable improvements include:
• Solved a bug related to submission of false positives
• Improvements in the Behavior Shield (realtime antirootkit part)
• Sandbox: many functional, stability and performance improvements
• Firewall: VPN compatibility fixes (should now work even in Public zone etc)
• Firewall: solved an issue related to hang and/or crash of the afwServ.exe process
• Finally compatible with major screen readers
• Various fixes in the Outlook antispam add-in
• Right-to-left support
• Added Croatian and Arabic language packs

New pre-release build of avast [5.0.533]

 

[Brink]

Thank you Aaron. First post updated.

 

[Brink]

New pre-release 5.0.542 build of Avast released. See first post for more details.

 

[Brink]

New 5.0.545 version of Avast released. See first post for more details.

 

[Airbot]

June 22, 2010

New Pre-Release Avast 5.0.584 - Free/Pro/IS

   Information

What's new
Most notable improvements include:
- improved interaction with Windows System Restore; namely, avast now auto-repairs itself when it detects a corrupted VPS due to a System Restore (or other reasons)
- aswSP.sys: solved a minor stability issue
- Solved a problem related to inserting of the license files
- Added the activation codes feature
- Improvements in the avast! sandbox
- Performance improvements in the Behavior Shield
- avast Screen saver now accessible even in 64-bit Windows
- Stability improvement in aswTdi.sys (solved a compatibility program with AVG)
- IS firewall: solved a potential BSOD condition
- Various improvements in the avast sandbox module
- minor fixes in the GUI
- added Catalan and Belorussian language packs

New pre-release build of avast [5.0.584]

 

[Brink]

Thank you Aaron. First post updated.

 

[Brink]

New Avast Pre-Release 5.0.590 released. See first post for more details.

 

[Brink]

New Avast 5.0.594 version released. See first post for more details.

 

[chimp78]

Yeah, I use this version, and really love it. Thanks to Avast for producing it for us

 

[Brink]

New Avast Pre-Release 5.0.656 released. See first post for more details.

 

[Brink]

New Avast Pre-Release 5.0.661 released. See first post for more details.