The new version has now been officially released (as 4.8.1282). Thanks to everyone who helped testing!
Hi *,
here I'm again. The next program update of avast 4.x Home/Pro is approaching, and as usual, it is my pleasure to provide you with a stable (even though pre-release) build for you to test.
How to install it (provided you have a previous version of avast Home/Pro already installed):
1. NEW! go to avast settings, and on the Troubleshooting page, disable the avast self-defense module (this is NECESSARY for the update to complete successfully)
2. download and run the following program: URL removed
3. after it completes, re-enable self-defense module (disabled in step 1.)
That's about all it takes.
This build contains quite a number of new features, but most of them are actually hidden under the hood (related to the AV engine). One nice new feature is malware URL blocking in the Network Shield provider. That is, we now block access to malware distribution sites before you even have a chance to download the bad stuff. Also, as has already been said, there's a new option to report false positives (directly from the virus alert dialog) as well as submit statistical info about a malware occurrence. We also fixed the long-standing issue related to actions on infected files with non-Latin character names and many other things that have been reported since the last update.
Any comments on this release are welcome and appreciated!
Thanks
Vlk