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

[Mr.Agent]

I think we can expect a release soon as seem none has a problem right ? Nice for my friends who got a mac i think avast! will save them.

[drjacks.1973]

Not sure if anyone has experienced this yet or not, I am using Mac OS X 10.6.8 and every time I install this - even the latest version, I am unable to empty my trash. it reports that every file inside is "in use" as soon as i removed Avast! I was immediately able to empty my trash.

[mity]

Not sure if anyone has experienced this yet or not, I am using Mac OS X 10.6.8 and every time I install this - even the latest version, I am unable to empty my trash. it reports that every file inside is "in use" as soon as i removed Avast! I was immediately able to empty my trash.

Oops, reproduced. Filesystem shield is responsible for the issue. I will take a look at it.

Thanks for the report.
Mity

[ravi16aug]

Does not affect Lion, I am running the latest Developer release 10.2.

[macaromix]

Hi,

I just registered to ask how it is possible to manually configure/parameter the avast web shield?  I am developing java web applications and use a lot the Glassfish server. Webshield always block the glassfish deployment

Do you have any idea of how to make it work? without turning everything of...

Thanks for for help,

Laurent

[joebob]

Not sure if anyone has experienced this yet or not, I am using Mac OS X 10.6.8 and every time I install this - even the latest version, I am unable to empty my trash. it reports that every file inside is "in use" as soon as i removed Avast! I was immediately able to empty my trash.

Just installed on my old Core Duo MacBook running 10.6.8.
1. Issue with one mail account. (SSL/TLS connection detected!...)
2. Same trash issue: "The operation can't be completed because the item ... is in use."  Oddly, with only one item in the trash, a second prompt comes up indicating that the .DS_Store is in use.

Temporary fix:  Hold down the Option key when emptying the trash.

[ravi16aug]

Just installed on my old Core Duo MacBook running 10.6.8.
1. Issue with one mail account. (SSL/TLS connection detected!...)

It's the way it's supposed to work, you need to turn off SSL in Mail. avast! is one of the very few AVs that have such an elegant implementation for SSL mail scanning.

[tumic]

Webshield always block the glassfish deployment

What exactly does it mean "blocks the glassfish deployment"? An "infection detected" popup is shown? Or some pages do not load? What does the system log say? (grep 'proxy' /var/log/system.log)

[mity]

Not sure if anyone has experienced this yet or not, I am using Mac OS X 10.6.8 and every time I install this - even the latest version, I am unable to empty my trash. it reports that every file inside is "in use" as soon as i removed Avast! I was immediately able to empty my trash.

Oops, reproduced. Filesystem shield is responsible for the issue. I will take a look at it.

Thanks for the report.
Mity

This issue is fixed in the latest build 30664.

Regards,
Mity

[Hya]

x OM xx

The latest beta is so good! thanks avast! team. I WAIT for final version!!

Auto-update working fine and Lion performance is normally. 

please add a status for on-demand scanner 

# how to submit a suspicious file or false positive?? 

[NiveusLuna]

Does the Mail Shield still need to be configured via text editor? I don't mind doing so (primarily a Linux user ), but I'd like a reference for it if I do.

[sw]

Is it coming out this year or next. Man I am excited. Avast should start selling boxed versions in more countries.

[iravgupta]

Some observations -

1. How do I check which beta build I have installed, the 'About avast!' dialog box just shows major version number 1.0 and not the build number.
2. Clicking the refresh button says 'Checking if a newer version of Engine or VPS is available'. Why does it not check for Program updates as well?
3. The main interface has a dialog box at the bottom that says - 'Get the latest beta version'. Does this dialog appear always or only when there is a newer version than the one you have installed?

That said, incredible product. This proves that the avast! team has an excellent engineering team. Their focus on performance remains.
Can someone please answer if this product can be made to confirm with the rules of Mac AppStore?

[mity]

Thanks for your report.

Ad 1) Good point. We will update that.

Ad 2) Technical reasons. It still requires some work and infrastructure on our side.

Ad 3) Well, the box just shows a HTML page retrieved from a hardcoded URL. There is no logic behind the box and no logic is planned there. We are currently misusing this general communication channel in mean time until the point (2) is resolved.

Regards,
Mity

[iravgupta]

Any plans to update this soon?