** INTRODUCING: NEW BETA VERSION OF AVAST - NOW 6.0.1198 **

[jvidal]

Are you talking AV or AIS?
If it is AIS, you must configure the firewall to enable traffic...

[NON]

Is there some changes to scanning engine?
Just noticed scanning speed increases dramatically in movie file scanning (finished less than 1 sec with "Test whole files" enabled).
As far as I remember it takes seconds to scan this kind of big files...

[igor]

Yes, though it has nothing to do with the new program build (it's inside of the virus definitions).

[NON]

Yes, though it has nothing to do with the new program build (it's inside of the virus definitions).

Good to hear that.
Thanks igor for clarification and your very fast reply.

[fishb0t]

Yes, though it has nothing to do with the new program build (it's inside of the virus definitions).

ok then it is not a bug that the virus definitions are decreased?

[12-es_csaj]

ok then it is not a bug that the virus definitions are decreased?

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=80451.0
So it's a "spring cleaning"
See this:
https://blog.avast.com/2010/09/06/spring-cleaning-in-our-virus-database/

[Asyn]

ok then it is not a bug that the virus definitions are decreased?

No.

[avadas.de]

Hi,

ok then it is not a bug that the virus definitions are decreased?

there are a lot of activities from the virus lab, which aim to optimize the existing signatures and heuristic methods to decrease the number of signtures, but not the ability to detect malware. Maybe you like to read this explanation, which is just one of those activities. You can also find some more deeper technical description on the avast! blog.

[avadas.de]

Hello,

Anyone else having the problem, that the computers with Avast installed are not reachable via Windows file share (normal share and administrative share). I noticed it on two XP machines, where I installed it. I also tried the final on one machine with the same result.

in case of the AIS it might help to enable "Windows Networking" in the firewall packet rules (advanced settings).

[scrub]

we will soon be releasing a new program update of avast. And as usual, we're making it available for public testing a few days before the official release. The version number is 6.0.1184.

when we say few days, how long does it take? 

[Asyn]

...how long does it take?

Everytime anyone asks it automatically takes one day longer.

[MikeBCda]

Slightly (or maybe more than slightly) off-topic ... engineers are familiar with an obscure corollary to Murphy's Law that when someone estimates the time a project should take, you double the number of time periods and convert to the next higher time period to get a more realistic figure.  E.g., a "2 week" project will typically take more like 4 months. 

[rnuis]

I can't find the NEW creditcard featre anywhere i have looked everywhere in the settings but can't find it , can someone help me please???

[avadas.de]

Hello,

...how long does it take?

Everytime anyone asks it automatically takes one day longer.

exactly

Guys...asking over and over again doesn't bring the release date any closer. After a pre-release it takes at least some days to process the response of the users. Usually the pre-releases are very stable (from my experience) and therefore it is no problem to use it, if you don't face any problems. Therefore there should be no rush to push out the final update. It doesn't help anyone if an update is pushed out to early and needs another update again to fix the problems of the first one. Therefore please stay calm and let the devs use the time they need.

[George Yves]

I can't find the NEW creditcard featre anywhere i have looked everywhere in the settings but can't find it , can someone help me please???

You mean CreditAlert? It's only for US customers.