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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Ghostman 1 on August 02, 2012, 06:31:33 PM
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This new version of avast seems to did away with the email scan certification message, Which I do like, So , can I install an older version of avast and still get my updates and be protected ? Which version still has/uses the Certified message in the email scanner..? And can I turn OFF the update to get a newer version ?
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hey you can use the latest version of avast for that. ar you using programs like thunderbird for you email or is it outlock? if it is thunderbird you have to make a few chances in both avast and thunderbird so the can connect to each other.
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=76915.msg636942#msg636942 how to configure thunderbird and avast- might be hard to understand.
for outlock there have been a know problem between avast and outlock but should have been fixed in the latest version.
hope this will help you out.
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Hi there, and Thank you for responding, I am using Thunderbird, But in this new version of Avast it did away with the Inbound message is clean and the Outbound message was cleaned.. I cannot find option in the new avast, So, can I switch back to an older version that has this option ?? And can I still get update on an older version ?
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@mikaelrask you are missunderstanding...... this is not a SSL/TLS issue
this is about the "clean message" that avast insert in mails...... but is removed from last version
and not needed in my opinion...if avast did not stop it, well then you know avast think the mail is clean
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(Pondus) Please answer my Question, Can I use an older version That has these cleaning messages and still be able to update the definitions and not the program.. IF not, then I will remove Avast and switch to something else that does..
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Yes you can.
DJBone
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THANK YOU !!!!!!
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You're welcome!
You can download older versions from here: http://www.filehippo.com/de/download_avast_antivirus/
DJBone
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You're welcome!
You can download older versions from here: http://www.filehippo.com/de/download_avast_antivirus/
DJBone
or from here... ;)
http://www.oldapps.com/avast_antivirus.php (http://www.oldapps.com/avast_antivirus.php)
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Thank You guys, I went back to v.7.01407 and all is good.... ;D
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You're welcome.
DJBone
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@mikaelrask you are missunderstanding...... this is not a SSL/TLS issue
this is about the "clean message" that avast insert in mails...... but is removed from last version
and not needed in my opinion...if avast did not stop it, well then you know avast think the mail is clean
ok thanks for the information there pondus. i was abit tired when i wrote that ;)
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I'm still using IS 7.0.1426 on this machine. Are the "insert message" options removed from 'Pro' and 'IS' 7.0.1456 or only 'Free'?
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I'm still using IS 7.0.1426 on this machine. Are the "insert message" options removed from 'Pro' and 'IS' 7.0.1456 or only 'Free'?
The message in clean outgoing messages is always inserted in all versions. In infected incoming messages you could mark the subject if you want as in older versions.
DJBone
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I'm still using IS 7.0.1426 on this machine. Are the "insert message" options removed from 'Pro' and 'IS' 7.0.1456 or only 'Free'?
The message in clean outgoing messages is always inserted in all versions. In infected incoming messages you could mark the subject if you want as in older versions.
DJBone
Not any more. I've just checked on AIS 7.0.1456. The options are missing (not surprisingly same as Free) and so are the messages inserted in clean outgoing emails.
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The 'Insert Note into Clean Message' option is greatly depreciated in that it is easy to fake and these fake 'email scanned by XXXX (insert AV of choice) and found to be clean have been used in malicious emails in the past and who trusts that anyway, I certainly don't.
Why is it needed when if an inbound email is infected avast will alert, brand the email Subject and remove any infected attachment, etc. For outbound email it too would alert if infected/suspicious, etc. the only real benefit is promotion of avast. Who trusts it if the message is from other AVs, so why would they trust it is from avast!.
It really doesn't bring any additional in the way of security, potentially the reverse as opening an email could actually initiate a remote attack. So looking inside an email for a clean note could potentially put you at more risk, it certainly isn't something I would rely on.
As an avast user (who previously used the outbound clean note to promote avast) I believe that the above comments are why avast! took the decision to end this option. Not to mention that in some email clients (Incredimail I believe) this option wasn't completely compatible.
For me the thought of going backwards to an older version of avast with a lessor degree of protection or switching AV, for something which provides zero extra protection for what are cosmetic reasons, is not good.