NEW PRODUCT - avast! Free Antivirus for Mac 7.0 (RELEASED 04/26/2012)

[avadas.de]

Hello,

today (07/29/2011), the Mac Avast beta version was refreshed. More details in the very first post in this thread. Enjoy and test the package (and report all problems, of course, thanks .

German Release Notes on Update 29.07.2011.

Thanks for the new update and for the Lion workaround.

[WGFinley]

Hallo,

today (07/29/2011), the Mac Avast beta version was refreshed. More details in the very first post in this thread. Enjoy and test the package (and report all problems, of course, thanks .

Regards,
pc

Using Lion and had Avast disabled. I am trying to install the new build but it won't let me because it says Growl is open. Even if I stop Growl I still get this message. I tried a clean boot with Growl stopped, still get it.

--Guy

[mity]

The current beta does not rely on Growl at all. I can see two possible reasons of your trouble (or combination of both):

(1) You are not trying to install from the latest beta, but an older one.
Please double check you are using the image you can download from this URL:
http://public.avast.com/dev/mac-beta1/avast-28264.dmg

(2) An older version of avast! was installed and you haven't uninstall it before installing the current beta. If this is the case then take a look into /Applications and check if there is avast!.app present. If yes, try to delete it. If it fails (I guess so, it shall tell you that something in the folder is in use), then follow these steps:
 * Delete file /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avast.MacAvast.LaunchAgent.plist
 * Reboot.
 * Try to delete /Applications/avast!.app again. Now it should succeed.

(Please note that this inconvenience is fixed in the current beta so upgrades to future versions from current one should not fall into this trap anymore.)

Regards,
Mity

[WGFinley]

(2) An older version of avast! was installed and you haven't uninstall it before installing the current beta. If this is the case then take a look into /Applications and check if there is avast!.app present. If yes, try to delete it. If it fails (I guess so, it shall tell you that something in the folder is in use), then follow these steps:
 * Delete file /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avast.MacAvast.LaunchAgent.plist
 * Reboot.
 * Try to delete /Applications/avast!.app again. Now it should succeed.

I wasn't able to remove it before, once I stopped Growl and rebooted I was able to remove it and install the new beta. Seems to be working now.

--Guy

[ravi16aug]

The new beta rocks. Amazing work avast! team. I am sure their are technical difficulties associated with enabling Web and Mail shields at this point, but is there any hope? Also would it be possible to do a selective install in the final product, for e.g. if I do not wish to use the mail shield.

[mity]

Also would it be possible to do a selective install in the final product, for e.g. if I do not wish to use the mail shield.

No, we do not have any plans about selective installation. Furthermore mail and web shields are implemented in a single component (they share a lot of code) and it's just a matter of its configuration whether each part is actually enabled or not.

Regards,
mity

[ravi16aug]

But then there should be an option to ignore the status of some shields, thereby not displaying the scary Red Cross on the main UI.
Awesome job eliminating the dependency on Growl. Question here though, does Mac OS X not allow for Windows like awesome notifications?

[Wheaties]

Any word on a final release date?  Download link on main site still has it as version 3.11

[Wheaties]

Any news on final release?  Also there is no support for OS 10.7 (LION) on Mail Scanner and Web Shield, any idea of when an update will add support for this?

[zilog]

Any news on final release?  Also there is no support for OS 10.7 (LION) on Mail Scanner and Web Shield, any idea of when an update will add support for this?

Hallo,
we'd like to fix the Lion-related issues in the very next beta-refresh (which is tested right now).

regards,
pc

[ravi16aug]

Any update on the Lion fixes?

[mity]

Any update on the Lion fixes?

Give it yet some time. So far it looks to be on the right way. If it goes well, the next beta refresh which solves the Lion issues could go out about the end of this week or early the next one.

Regards
Mity

[tumic]

I am sure their are technical difficulties associated with enabling Web and Mail shields at this point, but is there any hope?

The latest beta update (avast-29138.dmg) solves the web/mail shield issue on Lion.

[avadas.de]

Hi Tumic,

thanks for the upgrade, I notified the user, who was experiencing problems with it in our forum.

Release Notes of the 11.08.2011 Update translated to German as usual.

[ravi16aug]

Once again, avast! outdoes itself. Awesome job with the latest beta. Any plans to release this through the Apple app store?