Avast AV Beta News [Business-Produkte]

[Asyn]

Avast for Business - Win Client Release Version [17.4.2520]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Updated GUI engine
• Fixed several crashes in Web Shield (including corruption of large downloaded files)
• Fixed crashing during update of virus definitions on 32-bit OS
• Viruses detected by File Shield are now correctly moved to quarantine
• Firewall profile is correctly recognized also when you connect via different network adapters
• Fixed problem with empty windows profile on Windows 10 after avast update
• Right-click explorer scan now runs in main window

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=65.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/avast-for-business

[Asyn]

Avast for Business - Data Center Status Page [Neu]

Nobody likes outages including us and therefore we are doing out best to keep AfB up and running 100% time. However, time to time we have to restart out servers to make changes for you and therefore outage is necessary. To ensure that you will have all updates regarding the Avast for Business outage we bring alive this status page - from now on, this will be the fastest way how to be notified about scheduled or occurred downtime.

AFB Status Page: https://avastbusiness.statuspage.io/

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=65.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/avast-for-business

Hinweis: Do not forget to subscribe..!!

[Asyn]

Avast for Business - Console Release Version [2.28]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Added information whether a device has automatic program update and virus definition turned ON
• Bugfixes (either too small or complicated to describe)

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=65.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/avast-for-business

[Asyn]

Avast Business On-premise Management Console [Beta 2.28]

Changelog/Fixes:
• New 3 antivirus tiers that you can apply to your devices
   » These editions are designed to address specific needs: Antivirus protection / Data protection / Identity protection
   » For an overview of what components are included in which edition, see the attached Screenshot
   » These 3 editions of antivirus can be combined within one account/console. So compared to AfB where you can have only one type of license to all devices, now you will be able e.g. to buy 10 Antivirus for a workstation, 1x Antivirus Pro for your Exchange server and 5x Antivirus Pro Plus for your sales team who are working remotely and therefore SecureLine might be good for them. You can control all of them within one account/console - no need to create another one. During the activation of the newly added device or directly on the device detail you can tell which of all your available editions you want to assign to the device. You can change assigned edition whenever you want.
• Beta version of Win AV 17.5 is included
• Now you can control installation/uninstallation of AV components via settings template (like in AfB)
• Security fixes
• The Agent has been rebranded from AVG to Avast brand
• Minor UI bugs - you might have not noticed them but we’ve fixed them anyway

Known issues:
• “Agent” is digitally signed by AVG
• Update of the previous beta to this one doesn't work, you have to make clean installation of the console and then reinstall even clients
• Only “Start Trial” billing functionality works, any other features (e.g. Buy now, Renew license) are not yet available
   » “License expired” header shown immediately after application of a licence
   » At the moment no way to renew license
• 3 restarts are needed for newly added device in order to works properly
• SecureLine and Avast Passwords not available yet
• Client still shows “Fix all” button
• Mirror feature still unavailable for Mac AV
• Upload licence file widget is obsolete and will be removed
• After installation of AV you will see a dialog informing that UI failed to load. You can ignore this dialog as UI works as expected.

Hinweis: We would appreciate any feedback from your side, not only obvious bugs but also any comments regarding things that doesn't make sense from your point of view, or any suggestion for improvements. One last thing we want to share a little secret with you - this version of the Management Console will be available also as a Cloud version.

[Asyn]

Avast for Business - Console Release Version [2.29]

Changelog/Fixes:
• After deleting one packet rule, you can't remove next
• URL link "Chat with our Support"

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=65.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/avast-for-business

[Asyn]

Avast for Business - Console Release Version [2.30]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Ability to define a group/settings template into which device will be automatically added after activation
• Bugfixes

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=65.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/avast-for-business

[Asyn]

Avast Business On-premise Management Console [Beta 2.30]

Changelog/Fixes:
• The SMTP configuration has been moved from the console installer directly into the Console under the "General settings"
• AV installer creation - ability to specify into which group will be device added after activation and which policy settings will be applied to it
• Antivirus now contains all componets which are available for each tier
• “Agent” is digitally signed by AVG
• Update of the previous beta to this one doesn't work, you have to make clear installation of the console and then reinstall even clients
• “License expired” header shown immediately after application of a licence
• 3 restarts are needed for newly added device in order to works properly
• SecureLine and Avast Passwords not available yet
• Client still shows “Fix all” button
• Upload licence file widget is obsolete and will be removed
• After installation of AV you will see a dialog informing that UI failed to load. You can ignore this dialog as UI works as expected.

Known issues:
• Only “Start Trial” billing functionality works, any other features (e.g. Buy now, Renew license) are not yet available
• At the moment no way to renew license
• Mirror feature still unavailable for Mac AV - The new Mac AV version which will support this feature will be released soon. Once it will be released (we will let you know here), even Mac device will be updated via the Mirror server.

Hinweis: We would appreciate any feedback from your side, not only obvious bugs but also any comments regarding things that doesn't make sense from your point of view, or any suggestion for improvements. One last thing we want to share a little secret with you - this version of the Management Console will be available also as a Cloud version.

[Asyn]

Avast for Business - Win Client Release Version [17.5.2522]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Diverse Verbesserungen und Fehlerkorrekturen

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=65.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/avast-for-business

[Asyn]

Avast for Business - Console Release Version [2.32]

Changelog/Fixes:
• New language for the console - Norwegian
• Couple of minor bug fixes

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=65.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/avast-for-business

[Asyn]

Avast for Business - Console Release Version [3.1]

Changelog/Fixes:
• When installing a new device only Mail/Web/File Shields will be installed till the license will be applied which cause that additional components defined in the license will be installed afterward
• Couple of minor bug fixes

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=65.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/avast-for-business

[Asyn]

Avast Business On-premise Management Console [RC 3.1]

Hello everyone, it's Friday, it's the time when some starts thinking what to do on weekend. Well, we were thinking how to help you even with this and especially if the rainy weekend is ahead of you, you might be willing to take a look at the release candidate of the new on-premise console (cloud version will have the same features). The long ride is almost over, the package is almost done, but not our passion, we already start working on new improvements that will push your satisfaction with our products to another level. Stay tuned and please continue feeding us with your feedback.

Changelog/Fixes:
• Diverse Verbesserungen und Fehlerkorrekturen

Steps to guide you through testing:
Please note: This is not an antivirus installer. You are about to install a solution for management of your devices, a management console through which you will be able to download and install the antivirus.

1. Choose a console type
    • Docker image - available via Docker hub
       » https://hub.docker.com/r/avastsoftware/management-console/
       » This type is multi-platform and requires more advanced IT admin skills
       » Follow the instructions on how to run the console
    • Windows installer - available to download here
       » http://bconprem.d.avast.com/avast/bconprem/avast_business_mc_setup.exe
       » Open the .exe file and go through all the installation steps
       » We are highly recommend install into Virtual Machine or test environment

2. Get your trial license
    • Generate your trial license (choose one for the product, the rest of them can be started directly from the console later on)
       » https://business.avast.com/public/#trial
    • This license has an expiration period of 60 days
    • You can insert this code once inside the console (both Docker and Windows)

3. Sign-up to the console and upload the trial license
    • Sign-up and create your company account
    • Once on the dashboard you can insert your generated license code
    • Click the “add devices” button to download the installer of agent

Fragen & Feedback: absfeedback@avast.com
Informationen: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=77.0

Hinweis: We would appreciate any feedback from your side, not only obvious bugs but also any comments regarding things that doesn't make sense from your point of view, or any suggestion for improvements. One last thing we want to share a little secret with you - this version of the Management Console will be available also as a Cloud version.

[Asyn]

Avast for Business - Win Client Release Version [17.6.2525]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Improved Anti-Phishing prevents you from falling victim to scams and fake sites (no browser extension needed!)
• We now recommend scanning for hidden network threats when you first connect to a new network
• Our systray icon now shows when you have a security notification
• Improved threat detections are now more visible and more informative about threats
• Diverse Verbesserungen und Fehlerkorrekturen

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=65.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/avast-for-business

[Asyn]

Avast for Business planned system maintenance

Scheduled for Sep 6, 03:45 - 04:15 EDT

Information: We will be deploying a brand new version of our Cloud Console during this maintenance window. The downtime shouldn't be longer than 10 minutes. https://business.avast.com portal won't be accessible and devices won't synchronize with backend servers during this time.

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=65.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/avast-for-business

[Asyn]

Avast for Business - SafeZone Browser [Info]

Hi all, as of today on all newly installed devices won't be installed SafeZone Browser together with Antivirus. This will have an impact only on newly installed devices. Those devices which already has the SafeZone Browser installed won't be affected and the SafeZone Browser remains installed and ready to use. This change is a "preparation" for an upcoming update to newer and improved version of the SafeZone Browser. Once it will be ready we will inform you about that.

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=65.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/avast-for-business

[Asyn]

Avast Business - Neues Produkt-Portfolio für KMU/KMB

Hello everybody, I'm very proud that today we released a new product portfolio for SMBs. As I said in my previous post, it was a wild ride and we have just warmed up. Thanks all of you guys here for your feedback, it's extremely helpful and useful for us in order to sharpen products to accomplish your goals. Big up to our R&D teams who bring this alive!

Fragen & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=77.0
Allgemeine Informationen: https://www.avast.com/de-de/business

Hinweis: Stay tuned ... we have more in the pipeline.