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Offline hectic-mmv

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Avast beta 17.5.2295, 17.5.2296
« on: May 19, 2017, 09:13:28 AM »
Hi everyone,

new beta version 17.5.2295 and 17.5.2296 is here  8).

This is more service release. Internally, we did major change in our internal infrastructure which should improve release and development process.

Under the hood there are fixes of:
- crashes in installer during VPS update
- update GUI framework renderer - libcef
- fixes in licensing library

Known issues:
 - [fixed in 17.5.2296] due to changes in driver signing, this beta may fail to install/run on new Windows 10 x64 devices with enabled secure boot. If the issue occurs, disable secure boot temporarily. It is going to be fixed in next beta.

Download links:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=179943.0


Enjoy this beta!
We are looking forward to your feedback.
« Last Edit: May 22, 2017, 05:15:12 PM by petr.chytil »

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Re: Avast beta 17.5.2295
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2017, 09:22:58 AM »
Testing...
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Re: Avast beta 17.5.2295
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2017, 10:02:39 AM »
Testing.... :)
1.GUI opening improve but need more work.
2.There is nothing new related to anti-ransomware. :(

« Last Edit: May 19, 2017, 10:19:02 AM by Be Secure »
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Re: Avast beta 17.5.2295
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2017, 12:51:35 PM »
Thanks for the new beta :)
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Re: Avast beta 17.5.2295
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2017, 05:15:19 PM »
I have just edited the original beta announcement. Please note, that:

Due to changes in driver signing, this beta may fail to install/run on new Windows 10 x64 devices with enabled secure boot. If the issue occurs, disable secure boot temporarily. It is going to be fixed in next beta.
« Last Edit: May 19, 2017, 05:21:13 PM by petr.chytil »

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Re: Avast beta 17.5.2295
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2017, 10:57:57 PM »
Avast (2294) has an exclamation mark and is telling me that I 'need' to update to 2295 - to a Beta version?
Surely there should be a notification only for full releases. Also, there seems to be little benefit from the changes, especially lack of protection from ransom ware and other recent dangers.
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Re: Avast beta 17.5.2295
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2017, 11:24:14 PM »
Avast (2294) has an exclamation mark and is telling me that I 'need' to update to 2295 - to a Beta version?
Surely there should be a notification only for full releases. Also, there seems to be little benefit from the changes, especially lack of protection from ransom ware and other recent dangers.

If you have previously used the beta version you are on the beta stream and will be notified of a new beta. You need to install the regular program version to get away from the beta stream releases.
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Re: Avast beta 17.5.2295
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2017, 12:41:38 AM »
Also, there seems to be little benefit from the changes, especially lack of protection from ransom ware and other recent dangers.

Hi Giraffe :)

I don't agree with you here.

Avast Proactive Protection aka Behaviour Shield protected you perfectly well against the recent WannaCry Ransomware for example :

http://weblog.av-comparatives.org/proactive-protection-wannacry-ransomware

Greetz, Red.

« Last Edit: May 20, 2017, 01:23:28 AM by Rednose »
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