Avast! 5.1 Beta soon?

[EvilDust]

When will you start the beta test of Avast 5.1?  I ask because you said Avast 5.1 will be a complete native 64bit software.

 

[Mr.Agent]

5.0 has just been released let them to fix the bug and translate for 5.0 first wow !

[DavidR]

Certainly not before the ink is dry on avast 5.0 release.

I don't recall that it was said Avast 5.1 will be a complete native 64bit software.

[Hermite15]

Certainly not before the ink is dry on avast 5.0 release.

I don't recall that it was said Avast 5.1 will be a complete native 64bit software.

me neither... they only said it will probably support bootscan on 64 bit systems...but in another post, not related to 5.1, they also said that they aimed at producing a full 64 bit avast...later...

[EvilDust]

DavidR, you wrote in a reply to my post "64 bits native soon?" in beta forum:

"Not in the initial version 5.0, but it is being developed probably 5.1.

As has been said in other topics it isn't something that will see major differences for those with x64 OS, so the priority for now is the delivery of version 5.0."

I use now Microsoft Security Essentials 64 bits, it use more momery than Avast 5 but it's native 64bits on a 64bits OS and I see the difference.

[DavidR]

Sorry but I didn't I would have remember that as there has been much discussion about a native 64bit version and that isn't ion the radar. So there is no way I would have said that as I don't know when avast will have a native 64bit version of avast.

What is in relation to and what I sure was mentioned is that avast 5.1 may include the boot-time scan for 64bit OS, that doesn't imply a native 64bit version of avast.

[EvilDust]

Ok, thanks for you anwser.  I'll wait for a 64bits version maybe one day, yet I'll stay with Microsoft Security Essentials.

[Hermite15]

Ok, thanks for you anwser.  I'll wait for a 64bits version maybe one day, yet I'll stay with Microsoft Security Essentials.

and what would be the benefits of a full 64 bit version, when compared to the current one? what's missing now exactly, just curious  

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it's native 64bits on a 64bits OS and I see the difference

can you elaborate, what difference do you see ?

[rdmaloyjr]

and what would be the benefits of a full 64 bit version, when compared to the current one? what's missing now exactly, just curious

The only thing missing now is boot time scanner for x64bit.

Boot time scanner for x64bit may be ready in 5.1, hopefully.

It will probably be a long time before there is a pure 64bit version of avast!, avast! 6

[EvilDust]

Logos, quand tu as un processeur 64bits et un Windows 64bits, le rendement de ton ordinateur sera beaucoup mieux si tu y exécute que des logiciels 64bits natifs, ca va de soit.  Si tu es équipé comme tel, fait le test et tu verras par toi-même.  J'ai testé bien des antivirus compatible 64bits comme Avast et Nod32 qui sont pourtant très légers mais c'est seulement lorsque j'ai installé des antivirus 64bits natifs comme CA r8 ou Microsoft Security Essentials que j'ai pu voir une différence, même s'ils consomment plus de mémoire, les ressources système sont beaucoup moins affectées.

Même si certaines personnes ne comprennent pas, c'est pas grave.  C'est aussi une question d'avancement en technologie.  Depuis 2004 que Windows XP 64bits est sorti et les CPU 64bits bien avant ca mais les concepteurs de logiciel trainent toujours de la patte pour optimiser leurs codes.  Et pourtant, Ca pas tant trainé lorsqu'on a fait la transition entre le 16bits au 32bits.  Et dire que le prochain Windows sera peut-etre uniquement 64bits et que Microsoft pense déjà à un Windows 128bits.  J'en connait qui auront beaucoup de travail à faire pour se rattraper!

 

[Hermite15]

faut poster en anglais, tu vas te faire taper sur les doigts  ... ce que tu me décris sont des considérations (assez théoriques) d'ordre général qu'on connait tous. Tu me parles d'impact sur le comportement global du sytème, ça reste vraiment à démontrer. Moi je ne constate pas ça.

[Vlk]

English, please.

[igor]

Btw, it doesn't make any sense to say that "you see the difference" between 64bit MSE and something else.
Did you compare (the same versions of) MSE in 32bit and 64bit? If not, there's nothing to see the difference about - comparing apples to oranges (like e.g. 64bit version of MSE to 32bit version of avast!) is nonsense, it says absolutely nothing about 32 or 64 bits.

[Hermite15]

Btw, it doesn't make any sense to say that "you see the difference" between 64bit MSE and something else.
Did you compare (the same versions of) MSE in 32bit and 64bit? If not, there's nothing to see the difference about - comparing apples to oranges (like e.g. 64bit version of MSE to 32bit version of avast!) is nonsense, it says absolutely nothing about 32 or 64 bits.

he wasn't comparing MSE 64 to avast, but the behavior of the system when 64 bit security sofware is installed to how it performs when 32 bit AV is running... to what I answered there wasn't much to notice  On a side note, MSE is generating, with its own processes, unexpected CPU pics 

[EvilDust]

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