Hello Everyone,
We are happy to announce the beta version for the upcoming program update for Endpoint Protection Client, Small Office Administration console and Enterprise Administration console is finally here. We must first thank you ALL for your continued support and patience with us while we have been developing and upgrading these product.
Compared to some of our previous Beta releases, this one is unique because the product itself is a merge of two avast products (ver.8+ver.10) . We encourage you to begin testing as soon as possible to help us identify any potential bugs or issues before our official release date, which is set to 9th of December.
The updates include:
1. Windows 10 compatibility
2. Win XP VPS update issue fix
3. Behavior Shield functionality is now part of File system shield
4. Enterprise Administration DB updates
5. New Firewall and Mail Shield
And Many other minor tweaks and fixes
**There is no restriction on this public beta however please note that this should be used in testing environments as this is not a final release and you may experience unexpected results.
For many of you who have issues with Windows 10 compatibility I would recommend that you install the managed client for your specific product line of Endpoint to protect your clients and then once the official program update is available to update your console's and then push out the new client via a new installation or a program update.
Of course, you will not have to redeploy once the official console updates have been released. You will only need to update your console either by downloading the installer over the current or by updating via the control panel as you may have done in the past. Once the console has been updated, then you can push out the new program update to all of our clients.
Those of you who have an XP VPS Update issue, I recommend that you do the same until the final release version is available for the console.
There are some things you should know which are already known issues:
1. Settings may apply to managed computer with delay
2. Firewall may require additional restart
3. The Console reports may show Win 10 as Win 8
Installing the Beta
1. Updates require new installation or program update of managed EP client.
2. **Update initiates automatic computer restart after the installation/update is finished.
Download links + versions
AEA (ver.8.0.373.0): (Console Updates Only)
http://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_enterprise_epsp.exehttp://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_enterprise_eps.exehttp://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_enterprise_epp.exehttp://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_enterprise_ep.exeSOA (ver.1.3.3.72): (Console Updates Only)
http://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_console_ep.exehttp://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_console_eps.exehttp://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_console_epp.exehttp://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_console_epsp.exe Managed EP clients (ver.10.1.1605.490): (Client update only, recommended when resolving Win 10 compatibility or XP VPS Update issue)
http://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_av_ep.exehttp://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_av_eps.exehttp://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_av_epp.exehttp://files.avast.com/test5beta/setup_av_epsp.exeI recommend that before installing that you first uninstall the previous product using the uninstall utility tool below, then reinstall using the managed client links above.
Avast cleaner:
http://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avastclear.exeWe just want to thank all of our business customers, reseller customers and all for your patience and continued support while we were updating this product. For any feedback please contact us at absfeedback@avast.com.
If you find there are any bugs, please indicate that in your Subject Line so we can actively inform our developers.
Thank you again for your patience and cooperation.
Kind Regards
Che Johnson
Avast Senior Corporate Support