I would like to announce the new
avast! Free Antivirus 8.0 BETA, which brings support for Mac OS X 10.9 (a.k.a Mavericks). Please note this versions does not support OS X 10.5.x at all, and requires 10.6.8 or newer. If you use development preview of Mavericks you should use the 6th one.
Please keep in mind that, despite the amount of work we spent on it, it is still beta and there can be some rougher corners here or there. Most changes were under the cover so user does not notice much except completely new install (and uninstall) procedure.
I think we can assume that final OS X 10.9. will come quite soon, so the beta stage shall be probably quite short. So please test and report any bugs you encounter.
UPDATE: Beta2 with some fixes is available:
- HTTPS scanning is by default off.
- Retina-ready resources.
- Some install/uninstall issues fixed.
NOTE: If you have the previous beta1 installed, uninstall it 1st, preferably with the uninstall utility from the beta2 DMG. There were some fixes in the uninstall process.
Download link:
http://files.avast.com/files/beta/avast_free_antivirus_mac_setup-beta2.dmgThanks and enjoy.
Avast Mac team