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Consumer Products => Avast Mac Security => Topic started by: zilog on January 15, 2009, 02:36:32 PM
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Hallo again,
it seems that all reported flaws of 0.80-beta engine should be solved now, thus, it's the right time to pass this RC engine back to our betatesters :). VPS loading should be even faster, one new winexec unpacker was added, one minor race in daemon's logger fixed, CAB unpacker newly available in Preferences, and outer recursions into Time Machine volumes (to get reasonable time for overall scan) supressed.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR BETATESTERS:
installation:
0) if you don't have avast! for Mac yet, get it here: http://files.avast.com/files/mac/avast.2.74.zip (http://files.avast.com/files/mac/avast.2.74.zip)
1) download and unzip http://public.avast.com/~cimbal/md82.zip (http://public.avast.com/~cimbal/md82.zip), you will get new com.avast.MacAvast.MAD engine
2) quit both avast! and agent from avast's menubar (if grayed out, uncheck persistent mode in Preferences first)
3) go to the /Applications/avast!.app/Contents/Resources and make a backup of the previous com.avast.MacAvast.MAD
4) place the new com.avast.MacAvast.MAD file there, and run avast! again
verification:
hover mouse above VPS 0901xx-x text in the left upper corner - Engine version: 0.0.82-beta must be shown there (not 0.0.68 nor 0.0.69 nor 0.0.80-beta)
task:
do the scan of your harddrive - the more files/stuff = the better. the scan must complete flawlessly, daemon shouldn't die, neither the GUI.
in the case of any problem (futile cycling, crash), please let me immediately know (cimbal :at: avast.com). in the case of no problem, please let me immdiately know too :).
back to previous version:
apply the steps 1) to 4) again, just use the previously backed-up com.avast.MacAvast.MAD file (or, when lost, get one here: http://public.avast.com/~cimbal/md69.zip (http://public.avast.com/~cimbal/md69.zip))
... and note, it's NOT new version of avast! yet - just the release candidate of the core engine
Regards,
pc
Any help/report/suggestion will be very appreciated.
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10.5.6 Intel - Scan completed OK
10.5.6 PPC - Scan Completed OK
10.4.11 PPC - Scan Completed OK
I should note that none of my machines use Time Machine so I am unable to test if it does ignore time machine volumes.
Also all three still showed lots of Err 13 messages. I thought this was to be suppressed in the new release?
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10.5.6 Intel - Scan completed OK
10.5.6 PPC - Scan Completed OK
10.4.11 PPC - Scan Completed OK
I should note that none of my machines use Time Machine so I am unable to test if it does ignore time machine volumes.
Also all three still showed lots of Err 13 messages. I thought this was to be suppressed in the new release?
Hallo, thanks for the report, Mac.
err13s are still visible because you use former gui (complete new beta with its new gui, which can utilise all new features of the daemon, will come out after this engine is confirmed stable and uploaded to our web repository). this testing was about the stability of the new core.
regards,
pc
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10.5.6 Intel - Scan completed OK
10.5.6 PPC - Scan Completed OK
10.4.11 PPC - Scan Completed OK
I should note that none of my machines use Time Machine so I am unable to test if it does ignore time machine volumes.
Also all three still showed lots of Err 13 messages. I thought this was to be suppressed in the new release?
Hallo, thanks for the report, Mac.
err13s are still visible because you use former gui (complete new beta with its new gui, which can utilise all new features of the daemon, will come out after this engine is confirmed stable and uploaded to our web repository). this testing was about the stability of the new core.
regards,
pc
Thus, everything work for everyone as expected? Well, it's time to include this as base-version to the auto-update machinery. :)
regards,
pc
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I have just tried to follow your instructions to instal it on my iMAC (OS X 10.5.6 2.6Ghz Intel Core Duo) and I can't find an /appplications/avast!.app/contents/resources folder (Is it hidden from me?)
I deleted all the Avast associated files and downloaded 2.74 from scratch but still never ended up with such a folder . I downloaded the md82.zip file and created a new MAD file but because I can't find where to put it I can only get Version 0.0.68 to run.
I get 2 instances of 42110, one of 42128 and 9 of 42125 all of which concerns me but I waned to see if 0.0.82 came up with the same
If the resources folder is hidden, how do I find it or am i doing something more fundamentally wrong?
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I have just tried to follow your instructions to instal it on my iMAC (OS X 10.5.6 2.6Ghz Intel Core Duo) and I can't find an /appplications/avast!.app/contents/resources folder (Is it hidden from me?)
I deleted all the Avast associated files and downloaded 2.74 from scratch but still never ended up with such a folder . I downloaded the md82.zip file and created a new MAD file but because I can't find where to put it I can only get Version 0.0.68 to run.
I get 2 instances of 42110, one of 42128 and 9 of 42125 all of which concerns me but I waned to see if 0.0.82 came up with the same
If the resources folder is hidden, how do I find it or am i doing something more fundamentally wrong?
Hallo Keith,
few secrets:
- nearly all macos apps are in the fact directories (bound together by metadata), although they look like atomic files
- you can inspect them from terminal (directly, terminal rulez), or in finder, using ctrl-click above them, then show package contents
- 110 is a decompression bomb, will be there as well, don't worry it just says that it's an archive with suspiciously high compression ratio (sometimes (ab)used to protect malware from unpacking)
- 128 is a corrupted tar, you can verify it using tar tvf that_particular_file, whether it's really corrupted, if not, you could send it as sample to me :)
- 125 is a corrupted zipfile, use unzip -t that_particular_file to check it
regards,
pc
btw. we were about to wait with the release for new MacOS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (announced for Q1 2009) - but http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/01/has_amazon_leaked_snow_leopards_release_date_probably_not.html looks like they postponed the date to July 1...
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Hi, Thanks for coming back so quickly. Brilliant - we learn new things every day!! My next problem is that when I came to rename the MAD file it told me I didn't have sufficient access privilages. As it is my computer and no one else has access I can't see why I haven't got all the control available. Once again, I guess I have done something dumb. Where do I change the access rights?
Keith
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Hi, Thanks for coming back so quickly. Brilliant - we learn new things every day!! My next problem is that when I came to rename the MAD file it told me I didn't have sufficient access privilages. As it is my computer and no one else has access I can't see why I haven't got all the control available. Once again, I guess I have done something dumb. Where do I change the access rights?
Keith
Hallo,
normally, as common user, you can manipulate with things in Applications too (just, in preferences, check "administrator privileges" checkbox for your user account).
regards,
pc
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I let it run for 8 hours and it was still going when I stopped it (having scanned 4098934 items in 3396429 files) so I guess it is still not recognising my Time Machine system. I got the same errors which I will check as you described and let you know what I find. (Still loads of err 13's)
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This is an extract from my scan
iTunesX.tar OK
iTunesX.pkg.tar err 42128
Cache.db OK
av10-daily.vdb err 42125
av10-daily.vdb.sig err 42125
When I tried to copy and paste the above to save typing it this is what I got:
"/private/var/folders/e-/e--S8gC0F5KVE7s3ps8Ml++++TI/-Caches-/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate/swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/21/18/061-5634/nQbjLg3bn8hXTLwnKq2bDgnTPwj7vqfgFH/iTunesX.tar"
"/private/var/folders/e-/e--S8gC0F5KVE7s3ps8Ml++++TI/-Caches-/com.pctools.Smart Update/Cache.db"
"/private/var/folders/e-/e--S8gC0F5KVE7s3ps8Ml++++TI/-Caches-/com.pctools.SmartUpdate/Cache.db"
I tried to follow your instructions to list them out but once again I couldn't find them. I assume there is another trick to get at "private" files (hence I couldn't send them for you to take a look)
As an aside, it would be useful to be able to grab the full path of a file highlighted so that you can paste it wherever (reports, topic replies, terminal tests)
More to the point, do you think I have a virus?
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I let it run for 8 hours and it was still going when I stopped it (having scanned 4098934 items in 3396429 files) so I guess it is still not recognising my Time Machine system. I got the same errors which I will check as you described and let you know what I find. (Still loads of err 13's)
Hallo, time-machine volumes are excluded by default, are you sure it's the latest 0.0.82? In general, items-vs-files aren't the same numbers (compression, archives..), what's relevant is the progress bar below. 13s are pretty normal, on any system with reasonable user-separation privileges (= not windows :).
regards,
pc
btw. could you run in terminal: mount -a
... and paste the results here? I'm pretty sure that 0.0.82 would never recurse into mounted time-machine volumes.
bw2: yes, copy-pasting particular path would be useful, but in this gui, there's "gui-equivalent", called "reveal in finder".
btw3: no, you don't seem to have a virus. warnings have nothing to do with infection, in general. it warns about problems during the scan itself.
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When I hover the mouse over the top left I get "Engine version 0.0.82-beta". I got it from md82.zip that I downloaded on Friday. It's file size is 1,580,108 bytes. Most of the files in the package are dated December 10th 2007 with the MAD file saying 15th Jan 2009
I will gladly help out by doing something in Terminal but you will have to spell it out in words of 1/2 a syllabol
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When I hover the mouse over the top left I get "Engine version 0.0.82-beta". I got it from md82.zip that I downloaded on Friday. It's file size is 1,580,108 bytes. Most of the files in the package are dated December 10th 2007 with the MAD file saying 15th Jan 2009
I will gladly help out by doing something in Terminal but you will have to spell it out in words of 1/2 a syllabol
Well,
open Terminal Utility (Applications, Utilites), and type:
mount -v
... then, select the output with mouse, and apple-c apple-v copy&paste it here.
regards,
pc
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is this what you meant? I am intrigued. What is it and what does it mean?
khimac:~ Keith$ mount -v
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
fdesc on /dev (fdesc, union)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, automounted)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/Time Machine Backups (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled)
khimac:~ Keith$
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is this what you meant? I am intrigued. What is it and what does it mean?
khimac:~ Keith$ mount -v
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
fdesc on /dev (fdesc, union)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, automounted)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/Time Machine Backups (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled)
khimac:~ Keith$
Thanks. This is exactly the mountpoint, that's avoided in the daemon. are you sure, that by scanning the location "/Volumes", we recurse into the subdirectory "Time Machine Backups"? What option did you use for the scan?
pc
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My preferences are set at whatever default there is. (I noticed default scan location is simply /). When I clicked on the Scan Volume button I get presented with 2 choices, either my hard drive or the Time Machine hard drive. I clicked on my hardrive and off it went to do the scan. First it counts files and says there are in the region of 800,000 so where did the several million come from? Surely it has to be looking into my Time Machine system, unless it is getting into some sort of recursion in my main drive.
Do you want me to do anything else?
If a kick off another scan, can I get on with other stuff
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My preferences are set at whatever default there is. (I noticed default scan location is simply /). When I clicked on the Scan Volume button I get presented with 2 choices, either my hard drive or the Time Machine hard drive. I clicked on my hardrive and off it went to do the scan. First it counts files and says there are in the region of 800,000 so where did the several million come from? Surely it has to be looking into my Time Machine system, unless it is getting into some sort of recursion in my main drive.
Do you want me to do anything else?
If a kick off another scan, can I get on with other stuff
Hallo, i'm confused now. Macintosh HD is a link, from Volumes, to '/'. So, doing scan this way cannot enter the time-machine-mounted volumes. it's maybe time to capture full log. Quit both application and agent.
Then, open terminal, and write:
default write com.avast.MacAvast LogCompleteCommunication yes
restart avast, and do the scan. when done (~ manually stopped, when it really loops through Time Machine), return the default to normal:
default write com.avast.MacAvast LogCompleteCommunication no
... and send us (zipped, preferably) the file: ~/Library/Application Support/com.avast.MacAvast/BetaLog.txt
IMHO, by clicking "Macintosh HD" as the desired volume to scan, the action is to scan equivalent to scanning '/', and time machine volumes wouldn't be entered. that's why i'm confused now.
regards,
pc
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I entered terminal and typed what you said and got the following:
khimac:~ Keith$ default write com.avast.MacAvast LogCompleteCommunication yes
-bash: default: command not found
khimac:~ Keith$
I am sorry if I am not spotting something that is obvious but it is all new to me
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I entered terminal and typed what you said and got the following:
khimac:~ Keith$ default write com.avast.MacAvast LogCompleteCommunication yes
-bash: default: command not found
khimac:~ Keith$
I am sorry if I am not spotting something that is obvious but it is all new to me
hallo,
that was a pasted typo - of course, it's "defaults", the name of the command (http://public.avast.com/~cimbal/beta.html for details).
regards,
pc
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(Sorry - been away) I tried the creation of a log and did a scan fr 2 hours. It played up and stalled in the middle so I closed everything else and it kicked off but their was no file at the end so I will have to try again tomorrow. I have noticed that my screen goes black after a while (energy save) but when I move the mouse to see whats happening, it comes on for about a second then goes back again and won't come on until I left click. i.e.moving the mouse does nothing. This doesn' seem right to me. No other application behaves that way.
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I have tried 3 times now to create a betalog.txt file and although I follow your line for Terminal to the letter, I still cannot create a log file. Could I ask you to double check and type out again exactly what you need me to type. I know it is frustrating for you not to be sitting at my machine but I don't have the skills to work out what is going wrong. Is there a search I can do for files larger than X? Nowhere does your instruction set up a "betalog.txt' file so I assiue it must already be present but I cannot find such a file anywhere. if I have been saving every bit iof traffic associateed with avast then I guess there must be some file with quite a bit in it that i dated today so if I ca do a searc on all files created today that are bigger than X I should be able to find it.
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I have tried 3 times now to create a betalog.txt file and although I follow your line for Terminal to the letter, I still cannot create a log file. Could I ask you to double check and type out again exactly what you need me to type. I know it is frustrating for you not to be sitting at my machine but I don't have the skills to work out what is going wrong. Is there a search I can do for files larger than X? Nowhere does your instruction set up a "betalog.txt' file so I assiue it must already be present but I cannot find such a file anywhere. if I have been saving every bit iof traffic associateed with avast then I guess there must be some file with quite a bit in it that i dated today so if I ca do a searc on all files created today that are bigger than X I should be able to find it.
Hallo,
basically, there are 2 logs:
- server side log - the log produced by com.avast.MacAvast.MAD binary itself.
- client side log - the log produced by the GUI agent.
although the server-side log could be triggered also manually (just by running the server with proper switch - gui will accept its running instance), there are two ":standard" methods (be sure that yopu are the same user who launches the avast, when playing with defaults):
defaults write com.avast.MacAvast MADLogRedirection /users/myusername/mumadlog.txt
defaults write com.avast.MacAvast LOGCompleteCommunication yes
then, quit both avast and agent, re-run, and both logs will start to grow on your HDD. if not, you did something wrong.
regards,
pc
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Don't know if your still looking for scan results, but here ya go. I did not let the scan complete, but it did scan 5964389 files before I stopped it. And, I stopped it before it got to the Time Machine disk. This is on Intel/Leopard 10.5.6. I also threw in a disk I'd pulled from a used PC that I knew contained some infected files. I haven't gone so far as to cross check the 0.82 results with another virus scanner, but it did at least find some of the virii. It also picked up some false positives of known clean files (VMware Fusion virtual disks).
Err(ors) encountered:
5
13
212
42056
42110
42125
42126
42127
42128
42129
42130
42137
42145
42146
Identified virii:
Krile-5880
Win32:Apocalipse-10626/12256
Win32:Cardgen-B [trj]
Win32:Chifrax-AJ [trj]
Win32:Crypt=BCI [trj]
Win32:Delf-LEC [trj]
Win32:Driller
Win32:Neptunia-ABU [trj]
Win32:Oliga [trj]
Win32:Rbot-EFU [trj]
Win32:Spyware-gen [trj]
Win32:StartPage-178 [trj]
Win32:Tibs-BGG [trj]
Win32:Trojan-gen [Other]
Win32:VB-RG [Wrm]
Win32:Zapchast-DT [trj]
Win32:Zlob-CTC [trj]
Win32:Zlob-RM [trj]
I can do the scan again if you'd like to get some sort of log file or if you need to know how the Time Machine scanning works out.
Leland
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Don't know if your still looking for scan results, but here ya go. I did not let the scan complete, but it did scan 5964389 files before I stopped it. And, I stopped it before it got to the Time Machine disk. This is on Intel/Leopard 10.5.6. I also threw in a disk I'd pulled from a used PC that I knew contained some infected files. I haven't gone so far as to cross check the 0.82 results with another virus scanner, but it did at least find some of the virii. It also picked up some false positives of known clean files (VMware Fusion virtual disks).
Err(ors) encountered:
5
13
212
42056
42110
42125
42126
42127
42128
42129
42130
42137
42145
42146
Identified virii:
Krile-5880
Win32:Apocalipse-10626/12256
Win32:Cardgen-B [trj]
Win32:Chifrax-AJ [trj]
Win32:Crypt=BCI [trj]
Win32:Delf-LEC [trj]
Win32:Driller
Win32:Neptunia-ABU [trj]
Win32:Oliga [trj]
Win32:Rbot-EFU [trj]
Win32:Spyware-gen [trj]
Win32:StartPage-178 [trj]
Win32:Tibs-BGG [trj]
Win32:Trojan-gen [Other]
Win32:VB-RG [Wrm]
Win32:Zapchast-DT [trj]
Win32:Zlob-CTC [trj]
Win32:Zlob-RM [trj]
I can do the scan again if you'd like to get some sort of log file or if you need to know how the Time Machine scanning works out.
Leland
Hallo,
htnaks for youer testing. Yes, Time Machine volumes should be bypassed by default (and scanned only when selected directly). This works for me, but some people claimed that on their machine those volumes are still recursed into.
regards,
pc
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Hallo,
htnaks for youer testing. Yes, Time Machine volumes should be bypassed by default (and scanned only when selected directly). This works for me, but some people claimed that on their machine those volumes are still recursed into.
Cool. I'll go ahead and remove that PC disk since you don't need another scan...I know I'm safe, but it still makes me a little nervous. :)
Leland
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There hasn't been any activity in this forum is quite a while. Are you still Beta testing? I don't see any indication that the Beta is over and/or has moved into released status.
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Okay, I went ahead and replaced the default 'com.avast.MacAvast.MAD' file with the 0.0.82-beta version as instructed.
I ran a manual scan with "/" as the only scan location in the preferences list. My understanding is that setting should scan the entire volume "Macintosh HD" and nothing else.
When the scan started it counted p the files as usual, I could not get the exact count as the count display disappears as soon at it completed counting and begins scanning, however my best estimate of the file count was just a tad under 600,000 files.
The scan reached that count in reasonable time. Again I didn't time it, but it was under an hour for certain. However instead of stopping there it next proceeded to scan my Time Capsule volume. I say 'Time Capsule' is a generic sort of way because it is not in fact an actual Apple Time Capsule, rather my Time Machine backs up to my HP Media Smart Server's Time capsule emulator (I don't know what else to call it, so I'll call it an emulator) mounted as Volumes/Backup to HP MediaSmart Server.
I can actually watch it being backed up so yes I am certain of this. Because this volume is mounted over Wifi, as you can imagine it took several hours for this scan to complete.
Once that volume completed the scan next moved onto 'Volumes/Windows' where I have my Bootcamp Windows Vista installed, Since I also have Avast for Windows installed there, I don't really need to OS/X installation scanning the Windows partition, but again there seems to be no way to avoid it. I gets scanned whether I select it or not. Of course I can avoid the scanning of the Time Machine volume simply by unmounting it prior to running the scan, however there is no good way to dismount the Windows volume that I am aware of since it resides in the same hard drive as the Macintosh HD volume.
I the end the scan did complete successfully with a total file count of 832,465. As usual there were a number of 'error' messages, but no infections detected.
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Okay, I went ahead and replaced the default 'com.avast.MacAvast.MAD' file with the 0.0.82-beta version as instructed.
I ran a manual scan with "/" as the only scan location in the preferences list. My understanding is that setting should scan the entire volume "Macintosh HD" and nothing else.
When the scan started it counted p the files as usual, I could not get the exact count as the count display disappears as soon at it completed counting and begins scanning, however my best estimate of the file count was just a tad under 600,000 files.
The scan reached that count in reasonable time. Again I didn't time it, but it was under an hour for certain. However instead of stopping there it next proceeded to scan my Time Capsule volume. I say 'Time Capsule' is a generic sort of way because it is not in fact an actual Apple Time Capsule, rather my Time Machine backs up to my HP Media Smart Server's Time capsule emulator (I don't know what else to call it, so I'll call it an emulator) mounted as Volumes/Backup to HP MediaSmart Server.
I can actually watch it being backed up so yes I am certain of this. Because this volume is mounted over Wifi, as you can imagine it took several hours for this scan to complete.
Once that volume completed the scan next moved onto 'Volumes/Windows' where I have my Bootcamp Windows Vista installed, Since I also have Avast for Windows installed there, I don't really need to OS/X installation scanning the Windows partition, but again there seems to be no way to avoid it. I gets scanned whether I select it or not. Of course I can avoid the scanning of the Time Machine volume simply by unmounting it prior to running the scan, however there is no good way to dismount the Windows volume that I am aware of since it resides in the same hard drive as the Macintosh HD volume.
I the end the scan did complete successfully with a total file count of 832,465. As usual there were a number of 'error' messages, but no infections detected.
Hallo,
that's a common problem - people tend to install all those (censored) things like backup-pseudo-filesystems, and expect (some) that antivirus should recurse into (because they are their legal files, accessible and existing), but other people claim it takes too long and they don't want this recursion into those FS "snapshots".
thus, i disabled by default recursing into time-machine mounted volumes, but when there are other offsprings of those volumes mounted too, user will have to specify whether to recurse into them (default) or not (must set an exclusion for the particular path) manually.
also, there's the quickscan option, and people can specify what directories they want to have scanned by one-click action.
regards,
pc
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This is apparently the area where I get hung up. Exactly how to manually exclude a particular path. For example, not just the backup path, but how to exclude the 'Windows' partition say if you have bootcamped.
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This is apparently the area where I get hung up. Exactly how to manually exclude a particular path. For example, not just the backup path, but how to exclude the 'Windows' partition say if you have bootcamped.
Hallo, original idea was "to include", because possible targets of malware are in minority (home directory, user's temp etc.).
Next version has also "to exclude" list. But, anyway, the best usage scenario is to scan regularly your preferred set of directories, and one-a-week or so the rest of the system.
regards,
pc
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I would really appreciate if this works. I tried the demo version on my Macbook awhile ago, but it said the scanning engine couldn't initialize.
I havn't tried the beta yet, so I'll have to wait and see.
I was checking the other option I saw at the Apple store, it was "ProtectMac". I checked their FAQ, and apparently they only have 1-year licenses, for $44.99 USD. Clearly Avast is better in this regard, and I want to purchase the 3-year license for the Mac Avast, but I want to know if I can use any student discounts, while I'm attending ITT. Are there student discounts for college users?
I try installing the Beta at home, and log back in, with the results. Perhaps I can get the demo installed now, if the beta doesn't work.
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I would really appreciate if this works. I tried the demo version on my Macbook awhile ago, but it said the scanning engine couldn't initialize.
I havn't tried the beta yet, so I'll have to wait and see.
I was checking the other option I saw at the Apple store, it was "ProtectMac". I checked their FAQ, and apparently they only have 1-year licenses, for $44.99 USD. Clearly Avast is better in this regard, and I want to purchase the 3-year license for the Mac Avast, but I want to know if I can use any student discounts, while I'm attending ITT. Are there student discounts for college users?
I try installing the Beta at home, and log back in, with the results. Perhaps I can get the demo installed now, if the beta doesn't work.
Hallo,
make sure that 400.vps exists in your ~/library/application support/com.avast.MacAvast. If not, get fresh one here: http://files.avast.com/files/latest/400.vps
or it's also available (slightly older version) inside /Aplication/avast!.app.
regards,
pc
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I tried installing the pkg file, and then placing the MacAvast.Mad file in the application contents/resources folder, but I still got this screen showing up.
I also went and downloaded the latest 400.vps and placed in the initial resources library, under the application's resources folder. Is there another location where the proper library is?
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/676/avastd.jpg)
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I tried installing the pkg file, and then placing the MacAvast.Mad file in the application contents/resources folder, but I still got this screen showing up.
I also went and downloaded the latest 400.vps and placed in the initial resources library, under the application's resources folder. Is there another location where the proper library is?
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/676/avastd.jpg)
Hallo, place the 400.vps to your home, ~/Library/Application Support/com.avast.MacAvast.
regards,
pc
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Hello Zilog... this is interesting - my system doesn't have an avast! folder as outlined in step 3 of your instructions to replace the MAD engine. All I have is the avast!.app application. I downloaded avast 2 days ago, played with it for awhile, decided to follow your BetaTesters instructions, so I deleted the app and started all over again, following your instructions and links. Now I have VPS 091226-0 of 26.12.2009, engine version 0.0.68.
I wouldn't mind being another Mac beta tester. I found one, possibly two, bugs and have a few suggestions so far.
I'm running this on a 1.6GHz PowerPC G5 (PowerPC 970 (2.2)) single CPU; 2.25GB SDRAM; OS-X 10.5.8; 2 hard drives (80GB and 500GB); no Bootcamp; no Time Machine.
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Hello Zilog... this is interesting - my system doesn't have an avast! folder as outlined in step 3 of your instructions to replace the MAD engine. All I have is the avast!.app application. I downloaded avast 2 days ago, played with it for awhile, decided to follow your BetaTesters instructions, so I deleted the app and started all over again, following your instructions and links. Now I have VPS 091226-0 of 26.12.2009, engine version 0.0.68.
I wouldn't mind being another Mac beta tester. I found one, possibly two, bugs and have a few suggestions so far.
I'm running this on a 1.6GHz PowerPC G5 (PowerPC 970 (2.2)) single CPU; 2.25GB SDRAM; OS-X 10.5.8; 2 hard drives (80GB and 500GB); no Bootcamp; no Time Machine.
Hallo,
of course does, all app are folders, in the fact. Just some metadata inside make it appear as an atomic file, in Finder (but not in terminal). Also, in Finder, you can click on "Show package contents", to go over this Jobstacle.
Regards,
pc
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This .82 beta was release in Jan. 2009
Here it is Jan. 2010
Has no futher work been done on the Mac version of Avast in more than a year?
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This .82 beta was release in Jan. 2009
Here it is Jan. 2010
Has no futher work been done on the Mac version of Avast in more than a year?
Nope, a lot of changes were made, but our third party didn't still fix the latest beta from mid-december 2009 (bug at 10.4 systems in the installer, and few other flaws, which prevented it from public release). It contains scheduler, incremental on-the-fly update of both engine/vps, more comprehensible list of findings etc. So, i'm waiting form the fixed package atm, i'll urge it again.
regards,
pc
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This .82 beta was release in Jan. 2009
Here it is Jan. 2010
Has no futher work been done on the Mac version of Avast in more than a year?
btw. the engine is at the moment 0.0.90-ppc or 0.0.90-x86 (not 0.0.82).
pc