Hello, i was wondering when avast 5.1 will come out are they planning to release the beta of it yet? And so what date will it be? has their been any talk at all about version 5.1?
avast! 5.0 is in RC now. So, is impossible to predict the date when avast! 5.1 will be release as beta.
They will have major improvements in the behavior shield and detecting malware. hopfully it will be as good as threatfire lol.
And yes! in 5.1 avast! will be better than previews versions. Is law, that future versions will be better, I think. Behavior Shield as good as ThreatFire, Umm! I can't predict this. For now BS focus in Rootkits.
Ondrej Vlcek: The Behavior Shield that we shipped in version 5.0 is a new component that is going to be further developed moving forward. For example, in version 5.1, we will be adding more sensors that will allow for even finer-grain filtering.
For now, the Behavior Shield is focused on exploits coming via typical mechanisms (browser, PDF reader, and flash vulnerabilities, for example). It also closely monitors all kernel-mode code (drivers) loaded into the operating system, and is able to detect zero-day rootkits.