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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Beta - Avast => Topic started by: hectic-mmv on June 16, 2017, 08:32:32 PM
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Hi everyone,
new beta version 17.5.2300 is released.
We fixed:
- Web Shield issues
- Ransomware Shield UI glitches
- general crashes reported by users
Download links:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=179943.0
Enjoy this beta!
We are looking forward to your feedback.
AVAST Team.
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Hi everyone,
new beta version 17.5.2300 is released.
We fixed:
- Web Shield issues
- Ransomware Shield UI glitches
- general crashes reported by users
Download links:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=179943.0
Enjoy this beta!
We are looking forward to your feedback.
AVAST Team.
Very nice grammar.......
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Hi everyone,
new beta version 17.5.2300 is released.
We fixed:
- Web Shield issues
- Ransomware Shield UI glitches
- general crashes reported by users
Download links:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=179943.0
Enjoy this beta!
We are looking forward to your feedback.
AVAST Team.
Very nice grammar.......
Time to start enjoying it and go home for me
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What happened to Status monitoring :o
Avast - Settings - General - Status monitoring
It is not available anymore ...
Greetz, Red.
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web shield issue, but not for https for play.google.com or bugs.chromium.org. problem persist
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It would help to expand on which Web Shield issues were fixed.
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Thanks for the new beta :)
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What happened to Status monitoring :o
Avast - Settings - General - Status monitoring
It is not available anymore ...
Confirmed. It's gone. :-\
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What happened to Status monitoring :o
Avast - Settings - General - Status monitoring
It is not available anymore ...
Confirmed. It's gone. :-\
Do you know if this was Intentionally or by omission/accident ?
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I really have no idea David :-\
Greetz, Red.
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I really have no idea David :-\
Me neither, my best guess is that is has been dropped (for whatever reason).
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I really have no idea David :-\
Me neither, my best guess is that is has been dropped (for whatever reason).
Thanks guys, I guess we will have to wait for a response, I think that many find this handy.
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Update went smooth. Only "issue" I caught is that even after updating via Settings, main UI shows nothing about Restart needed.
I believe there was this new string that said something: Restart required. We will continue to protect you but suggest you to restart your computer as soon as possible.
This (or any other restart request) is not visible on main UI. Maybe tied to the missing Status monitoring?
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I really have no idea David :-\
Me neither, my best guess is that is has been dropped (for whatever reason).
Thanks guys, I guess we will have to wait for a response, I think that many find this handy.
NP Dave. And I agree, it is/was a quite handy feature.
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Only "issue" I caught is that even after updating via Settings, main UI shows nothing about Restart needed.
Can't confirm it, I got the usual pop-up. (Screenshot attached)
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Only "issue" I caught is that even after updating via Settings, main UI shows nothing about Restart needed.
Can't confirm it, I got the usual pop-up. (Screenshot attached)
I got this too. But Main UI (when you open Avast) does not show anything about restart required. It used to show it.
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Only "issue" I caught is that even after updating via Settings, main UI shows nothing about Restart needed.
Can't confirm it, I got the usual pop-up. (Screenshot attached)
I got this too. But Main UI (when you open Avast) does not show anything about restart required. It used to show it.
I see. I didn't check it, but I will have a look at the main GUI after the next beta update. Cheers.
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I asked Petr Kurtin ( one of the Avast Head Developers ) why "Status monitoring" was removed in this Beta, but he has no idea either.
Greetz, Red.
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I asked Petr Kurtin ( one of the Avast Head Developers ) why "Status monitoring" was removed in this Beta, but he has no idea either.
Greetz, Red.
Thanks for that, looks more like an omission/accident. Hopefully we will see it return soon.
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I asked Petr Kurtin ( one of the Avast Head Developers ) why "Status monitoring" was removed in this Beta, but he has no idea either.
Thanks for that, looks more like an omission/accident. Hopefully we will see it return soon.
Hi guys, I asked about it on Slack, let's see... ;)
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Only "issue" I caught is that even after updating via Settings, main UI shows nothing about Restart needed.
Can't confirm it, I got the usual pop-up. (Screenshot attached)
I got this too. But Main UI (when you open Avast) does not show anything about restart required. It used to show it.
+1 Lord_Ami
Confirmed, nothing here too on the Main UI.
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Only "issue" I caught is that even after updating via Settings, main UI shows nothing about Restart needed.
Can't confirm it, I got the usual pop-up. (Screenshot attached)
I got this too. But Main UI (when you open Avast) does not show anything about restart required. It used to show it.
+1 Lord_Ami
Confirmed, nothing here too on the Main UI.
Nice :)
All in all, I think it has to do with the missing Status monitoring.
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What happened to Status monitoring :o
Avast - Settings - General - Status monitoring
It is not available anymore ...
Confirmed. It's gone. :-\
Hi yes status monitoring was removed as the system of warning messages has been changed. Now you can Ignore specific messages directly on the dashboard. The ignored warnings can be later found in the notification center.
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What happened to Status monitoring :o
Avast - Settings - General - Status monitoring
It is not available anymore ...
Confirmed. It's gone. :-\
Hi yes status monitoring was removed as the system of warning messages has been changed. Now you can Ignore specific messages directly on the dashboard. The ignored warnings can be later found in the notification center.
Does this mean that the user won't see that a shield is disabled if the AvastUI is not opened?
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No it doesn't mean that. The behavior of the systray icon stays the same. So in case a shield is turned off user will be notified by yellow mark on the systray icon, then UI opens with details why it's yellow. And with an option to ignore such warning.
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No it doesn't mean that. The behavior of the systray icon stays the same. So in case a shield is turned off user will be notified by yellow mark on the systray icon, then UI opens with details why it's yellow. And with an option to ignore such warning.
I just tested it, but it doesn't warn when "Ransomware shield" and "Real site" are disabled.
Greetz, Red.
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No it doesn't mean that. The behavior of the systray icon stays the same. So in case a shield is turned off user will be notified by yellow mark on the systray icon, then UI opens with details why it's yellow. And with an option to ignore such warning.
I just tested it, but it doesn't warn when "Ransomware shield" and "Real site" are disabled.
Hi Red, it works for me, see screenshots. Cheers.
Edit: I may correct myself, I did test it with behavior shield, it doesn't show up if ransomware protection is disabled (Real Site not installed).
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Stats still haven't returned.
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No it doesn't mean that. The behavior of the systray icon stays the same. So in case a shield is turned off user will be notified by yellow mark on the systray icon, then UI opens with details why it's yellow. And with an option to ignore such warning.
Surely that was the point of the status monitoring, to allow the user to disable notification on certain components in advance of any warning. Previously I believe the Behaviour Shield status monitoring option was off by default, how then would we know if an option was disabled for a shield ?
I had also unchecked the Program Update status monitoring option in this current beta session as I had many BSODs on one of the beta builds and decided to drop back to the last stable beta.
So are you saying that once you get the warning for the first time you can elect to ignore that for all time ?
If so how would the user reverse and temporary use of the status monitoring option in the past.
Or are you going to have to ignore it every time, which doesn't seem very intuitive to me.
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The new "ignore" feature does not remember what shields is ignored.
i.e. Once Behav shield got ignored, Mail shield will get ignored too.
Also, "Unignore" does not work for me.
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Yep, NON is right,
If you ignore it for one shield, all the other shields are ignored as well.
That can't be right imo.
Greetz, Red.
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yes Ignore and Unignore is still a little bit broken, working on fixing that
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yes Ignore and Unignore is still a little bit broken, working on fixing that
A bit broken, is a 'bit' of an under statement.
I have to say the old adage it is isn't broken, why fix ii. What was wrong with the previous function ?
To me it seems that there have been many things changed (not just this) for changes sake, possibly to show things are being done.
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It seems that a lot of Avast changes are to remove control of Avast (and it's settings) from the users, so we are blind. Avast seems to want total control of our computers.
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From the systray icon you can only disable all shields at once, and that is imo undesirable as that is too much of a security risk.
It should be possible to select which shield(s) you want to disable.
Greetz, Red.
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From the systray icon you can only disable all shields at once, and that is imo undesirable as that is too much of a security risk.
It should be possible to select which shield(s) you want to disable.
Greetz, Red.
Whilst that would be preferable, but that is one area 'that hasn't changed.' Whilst it is possible to disable one shield from the avastUI > Settings > components.
Something that for years was meant/promissed to be updated/improved is the very same avast tray icon context menu to allow easier access to UI areas. This has essentially remained unchanged, whilst all around us is changing and not necessarily for the benefit of the user.
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What was wrong with the status monitoring? It was perfect and one of rare AV's that had full control. With all others, as soon as you disable something, they keep on bitching about it till you enable it back, even if you don't want to for whatever reason. And it was a centralized control. Where will be these hide/unhide now? I just don't see it practical.
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Whilst that would be preferable, but that is one area 'that hasn't changed.
Well, at least you know now how much I use the systray options ;)
What was wrong with the status monitoring? It was perfect and one of rare AV's that had full control. With all others, as soon as you disable something, they keep on bitching about it till you enable it back, even if you don't want to for whatever reason. And it was a centralized control. Where will be these hide/unhide now? I just don't see it practical.
I agree.
Greetz, Red.
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What was wrong with the status monitoring? It was perfect and one of rare AV's that had full control. With all others, as soon as you disable something, they keep on bitching about it till you enable it back, even if you don't want to for whatever reason. And it was a centralized control. Where will be these hide/unhide now? I just don't see it practical.
+1
We need status monitoring!
Thanks,
Zeniit
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Hi Guys
I found an bug of ransomware protection,when i add folder or drive to this option my folder or my drive for protect not add even after restart windows.
Please fix this bug
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I found an bug of ransomware protection,when i add folder or drive to this option my folder or my drive for protect not add even after restart windows.
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You don't say what avast version you are using (free or paid version, AIS or Premier) ?
On the free version, only the default locations are protected. Those with the AIS or Premier paid versions can add additional folders to be protected.
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I found an bug of ransomware protection,when i add folder or drive to this option my folder or my drive for protect not add even after restart windows.
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You don't say what avast version you are using (free or paid version, AIS or Premier) ?
On the free version, only the default locations are protected. Those with the AIS or Premier paid versions can add additional folders to be protected.
When has this changed? Free protecting only default locations was just my suggestion or have they actually implemented it?
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I found an bug of ransomware protection,when i add folder or drive to this option my folder or my drive for protect not add even after restart windows.
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You don't say what avast version you are using (free or paid version, AIS or Premier) ?
On the free version, only the default locations are protected. Those with the AIS or Premier paid versions can add additional folders to be protected.
When has this changed? Free protecting only default locations was just my suggestion or have they actually implemented it?
I thought I had read it somewhere, other than just your suggestion.
If it hasn't been implemented, then the question asked of 'mohammadi.a1370' is even more crucial as it would appear those options are in the beta build.
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Hi Guys
I found an bug of ransomware protection,when i add folder or drive to this option my folder or my drive for protect not add even after restart windows.
Please fix this bug
Confirmed.
Although this was working ( I tested it myself ) it doesn't anymore.
Also two new folders ( specific related to my system ) were added to the default protection.
My guess is they ( trying to ) tweak it with micro updates, and that is also the reason for this issue.
I will ask on Slack.
Greetz, Red.
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Issue mentioned above is confirmed :
rednose: it seems that beta UI packages contain broken button or that. eta for fixing this is today.
Greetz, Red.
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Hi Red, thanks for the update/info. :) Cheers.
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I found an bug of ransomware protection,when i add folder or drive to this option my folder or my drive for protect not add even after restart windows.
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You don't say what avast version you are using (free or paid version, AIS or Premier) ?
On the free version, only the default locations are protected. Those with the AIS or Premier paid versions can add additional folders to be protected.
When has this changed? Free protecting only default locations was just my suggestion or have they actually implemented it?
i have AIS but not add folder or drive not add.
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When will this final version be?
17.5.2300
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Seems like new BETA is out (3001)
While tray icon displayed yellow exclamation mark before update, it did not show it later (after update) when restart is needed.
Should it show it?
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Issue mentioned above is confirmed :
rednose: it seems that beta UI packages contain broken button or that. eta for fixing this is today.
Greetz, Red.
Fixed in Beta 17.5.2301 which is availabe from the Avast UI :)
Greetz, Red.