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Offline Lubos-78

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Hello everyone,

Brand new version of Avast Driver Updater product is now available in Beta (20.1.139)!

In this phase of a product lifecycle it is very important to get as much feedback as possible therefore we would like to ask you to help us with testing.

What's new in Avast Driver Updater product?
  • Over 5,000,000 drivers: We have a much larger database of drivers than in the previous product.
  • Safety checks: Our threat lab checks every single driver before it gets to your PC to ensure safety and security for your devices.
  • Brand new setup and update technology: We improved the installation and update user experience.
  • Brand new and easy to use UI: It has never been easier to update your drivers.

How can you help?
  • Download the Beta version: https://honzik.avcdn.net/setup/avast-du/beta/avast_driver_updater_online_setup.exe.
  • Execute the installation package and go through the wizard to install the product.
  • The product shall guide you or you can freely navigate through it and try it on your own to see how it works.
  • Please try as much features as you can to see how they work and check whether there are any bugs or unexpected behavior.
  • If you find any bugs during testing, please create a new thread in this forum section.
  • Please provide us also with feedback about what you like most and what you would change.
  • Since we aim to deliver the best Driver Updater product - would you add anything that is missing? Do not hesitate to share your feedback!

Known issues
  • If you already have Avast Driver Updater installed on your PC - do not reinstall it with this Beta version or otherwise you would lose your current license. Proper license migration will be resolved in the public version in couple weeks.

Thank you & enjoy the beta testing!
AVAST Team.
« Last Edit: August 03, 2020, 09:41:15 AM by Stellarman »

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Thanks Lubos, testing it asap...
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Thanks Lubos, testing it asap...
Found a minor bug (screenshot), else the beta is running smooth here.
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
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Thanks Lubos, testing it asap...
Found a minor bug (screenshot), else the beta is running smooth here.
Hi, I rechecked it today and it's fixed now. Cheers
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
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Hi Bob,

we did a couple changes, could you please give it another try on your machine as we have troubles to induce the very same situation in our environment?

Thank you.

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Hi Bob,

we did a couple changes, could you please give it another try on your machine as we have troubles to induce the very same situation in our environment?

Thank you.
All drivers are up to date. Thanks for the feedback.
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FYI, I got this from ADU (see screenshot) today.
Quite strange, as old/new version are the same. ;)
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FYI, I got this from ADU (see screenshot) today.
Quite strange, as old/new version are the same. ;)

Hi,

so based on the logs you sent me yesterday I got this reply from our developers:

If the user would click on "Driver versions", the date of the drivers would be visible. The problem with this driver is that we have a driver with a new date in the database, but the manufacturer has not raised the version number.

So it is kind of an internal problem, we currently consider adding the data into the details as well but this needs to be discussed with our UX guys.

Thank you.

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Hi Stellarman, thanks for the info..!! :)
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0