Avast AV Beta News [Windows]

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.6.2418]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Fixed issue with not running AV service and UI when user enabled passive mode and restarted
• Fixed crash in UI
• Fixed issue with Instup.exe and Icarus.exe generating a lot of FW rules and asking for permission
• Fixed issue that Chrome browser was not installed even when the checkbox was selected in Chrome browser offer
• Fixed issue when in some rare cases creation of rescue disk failed
• Fixed issue when there was a conflict with windows installer

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.6.2419]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Fixed handle leak

Known issues:
• Instup.exe and Icarus.exe generating a lot of FW rules and asking for permission

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.6.2420]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Fixed heap corruption dumps

Known issues:
• Instup.exe and Icarus.exe generating a lot of FW rules and asking for permission

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Avast AV Release-Version [20.6.2420]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Simplified privacy settings - We've updated our privacy settings to make it easier to manage your privacy
• Payment notification - If for any reason your payment fails during an automatic subscription renewal, we’ll now let you know on the main dashboard
• Malfunctioned Chrome distribution upon install
• Nasty Passive mode error (frozen UI, disabled service)
• Some more rare Rescue Disk creation failures
• IDP incorrectly stating that detection can/can't be removed
• Handle leak
• Heap corruption fix
• UI issues when Remote Access Shield or Real Site were disabled as custom install components
• Tray icon misbehavior when enabling/disabling components
• Disabling confusing Firewall toaster on Unidentified network

Infos & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=236705.0

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.7.2421]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Moving configuration from files to registry keys to improve related performance and reliability
• "Avast Passwords" component is not installed by default -> User needs to manually check it during setup
• Accessibility support for blind/impaired people in setup - Part 1 (The most of texts in setup should be read by screen reader app if it is installed (NVDA, JAWS) but task is not complete. There are still issues that some elements are not read at all / are read twice or in wrong order -> Usability is not perfect. We will try to improve it in next BETA builds.)
• Sensitive Data Shield status reported correctly even after disabling passive mode
• Icarus.exe process does not ask for connection permission (in Firewall) anymore

Known issues:
• Stopping SmartScan may freeze the UI (You need to restart the machine if you encounter the issue)
• Reset and restore (from backup in file) of the settings does not work properly
• Setup can crash during AV uninstall (It is not visible to user and AV should be completely removed from PC but some .mdmp files can be created in the root of the system drive, e.g. c:\)

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.7.2422]

Changelog/Fixes:
• User Interface: numerous accessibility improvements, including new colors, sizes, etc.
• Stopping SmartScan may freeze the User Interface
• Kernel crash (BSOD) caused by aswNetHub.sys (Avast Network Security) driver
• Fxed crash of setup during AV uninstall

Known issues:
• Smart scan can be automatically executed after the update from presious 20.7 BETA build
• There is issue with installation the product into a folder containing diacritics (and other characters may be affected too)
• Not all configuration is removed from registry after uninstallation
• Reset and restore (from backup file) of the settings does not work properly
• List of sensitive documents found or already protected shows just one file (although all found files are protected - user interface problem)
• Changing User Interface language may require a reboot to take effect

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.7.2423]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Not all configuration is removed from registry after uninstallation (just settings that needs to remain)
• Reset and restore (from backup file) of the settings does not work properly
• Changing UI language no longer requires a reboot
• List of sensitive documents found or already protected shows just one file (although all found files are protected - user interface problem)

Known issues:
• Smart scan can be automatically executed after the update from presious 20.7 BETA build (actually not so common as there must not be any UI openning before the update)
• There is issue with installation of the product into a folder containing diacritics (and other characters may be affected too)

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.7.2424]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Firewall not blocking ICMP requests during UDP scanning

Hinweis: We found out that there could be a problem with stopping our main Avast Service during restart or shutdown of the computer. If you encounter such a problem we would really appreciate to let us know so we can ask you for some diagnostics data from the machine.

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.7.2425]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Small bugfix related to user interface status when free edition is upgraded to paid one

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Avast AV Release-Version [20.7.2425]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Signing in via Google or Facebook - If you choose one of these to sign in, we’ll now redirect you to their websites instead of doing it inside of our app
• Fixed shield statuses - The on/off statuses for Password Protection and Remote Access Shield are now properly reflected in your UI. (Avast Premium Security only)
• Improved performance - Your antivirus now runs even smoother thanks to tighter integrations with the Windows registry and boot optimizations
• The incorrect yellow dashboard state after a new version was released, even though auto-updates were on
• The incorrect "expired" dashboard status after an upgrade from free to paid [AVG only]
• SmartScan stopping caused UI freezing in some cases
• Firewall Public mode was not blocking ICMP responses while scanning, but now it does
• Fixed impact of new CEF on IPM content and IDP
• Fixes in restoring settings from backup files
• Changing language needed you to restart, which was not intended
• The incorrect handling of file size in virus chest was preventing more files to be added
• Rescue disk now checks for USB drive size

Infos & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=237545.0

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.8.2426]

Changelog/Fixes:
• New Cyber Capture dialogues
• Remote Access Shield now support filtering of SMB protocol
• Firewall driver crashes
• Performance optimizations in sensitivity data shield
• Other internal bug fixes and optimizations

Known issues:
• After logging to account in Omni edition dashboard is broken

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.8.2427]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Lot of crashes fixed
• Omni edition dashboard fixed

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.8.2428]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Firewall crashes fixed
• Behavioral shield crashes fixed
• Antivirus service crashes fixed

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Avast AV Beta-Version [20.8.2429]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Service crashes fixed
• Not working password protection fixed

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Avast AV Release-Version [20.8.2429]

Changelog/Fixes:
• Improved accessibility - Our interface is now better suited for impaired users
• Safer web browsing - Web Shield now supports scanning for threats in Google’s QUIC protocol
• Friendlier CyberCapture - If you stumble upon a file we can’t identify, CyberCapture can send it to our ThreatLabs for a detailed analysis. We’ve updated this entire process to make it easier than ever.
• Better Remote Access Shield - Not only do we now support Windows’ Samba protocol, we’ve also added logs to show all remote connection attempts to your computer. (Avast Premium Security only)
• Firewall recognizes VPNs - Firewall now knows when you’re using our VPN and won’t classify this as an unknown network. (Avast Premium Security only)
• Stomped a pretty nasty UI bug that made AV pop up randomly
• Edge case fixed where Password Protection didn’t recognize supported browsers
• Text encoding of an exclusion created from detection dialog
• Shredder can now properly shred read-only files
• Fixed service crashes that happened when uninstalling the Wi-Fi Inspector component
• Remnants of configurations are now properly stored in the registry (instead of avast5.ini)
• Firewall no longer blocks ping (this was an edge case)
• Fixed the excessive memory usage of process monitor caused by Behavioral Shield hooking
• Fixed OS boot problems when running smss.exe as virtualized
• Plugged a memory leak in RegistryChangeWatcher
• Fixed aswToolsSvc.exe initialization issues upon version update and before OS restart
• Fixed serviceDLL monitoring and removal
• Repair action now properly fixes hooklib.dll
• Remote Access Shield detection window no longer appears if you’ve disabled its notifications in settings

Infos & Feedback: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=238424.0