avast! 7 public beta

[spywar]

hmm, just a question : does the avast's users send files like "communityIQ" to the cloud servers ?

[bob3160]

hmm, just a question : does the avast's users send files like "communityIQ" to the cloud servers ?

If you're part of the community, then new infections are received through the cloud, analyzed, new signatures added and
the update is pushed out to the community.
The collective gathering of this information is the Community IO

[polled]

But you don't have to be part of the community to receive streaming updates, do you?

[bob3160]

But you don't have to be part of the community to receive streaming updates, do you?

No you don't.
However, if you aren't part of the community and you're the one that happens to run into something brand new,
Then you could have helped the community to get new protection added.
Since you aren't part of the community, that new protection now doesn't  help any one because some one from the community has to
run into what you decided not to share before the cure can be past along. 


Hope that's clear.  The only thing that's collected is what actually infected you in order to help every one.

[disPlay]

Installation was fine but webrep was not installed on my chrome browser.

[polled]

Hope that's clear.

It sure is, thanks a lot!

[Shiw Liang]

Installation was fine but webrep was not installed on my chrome browser.

What version is your Google Chrome and did you restart your browser after installing avast

[bob3160]

Hope that's clear.

It sure is, thanks a lot!

You're quite welcome.


@ disPlay,
It's a known problem.
Mine doesn't work either. Reported and acknowledged. Will be fixed with the next release.

[Lisandro]

Web Shield and Net Shiels are the protection.
The better in avast is that you can configure it all and are not obliged to use all its tons of features

[disPlay]

Hope that's clear.

It sure is, thanks a lot!

You're quite welcome.


@ disPlay,
It's a known problem.
Mine doesn't work either. Reported and acknowledged. Will be fixed with the next release.

Thanks bob, I also noted that the scan seems allot slower, the main reason is because the presistent cache is not formed yet?

[Lisandro]

Most probably.
Your scan settings also have influence.

[bob3160]

100% correct.   Mine has gotten a lot faster over time.

[Tetsuo]

Hello,

In V6 there is a dependency between Script and Behavior Shields. If you don't have the Behavior Shield installed, the Script Shield will not load.
Now I was wondering if that dependency is still present in V7 (I think so) and if it somehow affects the new AutoSandbox or any other feature.
I'm asking just because I usually install neither the Behavior Shield nor the Script Shields in my system.

Thank you very much.

[Hermite15]

Hello,

In V6 there is a dependency between Script and Behavior Shields. If you don't have the Behavior Shield installed, the Script Shield will not load.
Now I was wondering if that dependency is still present in V7 (I think so) and if it affects also the new Auto-Sandbox or any other feature.
I'm asking just because I usually install neither the Behavior Shield nor the Script Shields in my system.

Thank you very much.

no, there's no change (and the auto-sandbox isn't new in V7)

[Tetsuo]

no, there's no change (and the auto-sandbox isn't new in V7)

with "new" I meant the new version of the AutoSandbox (the AutoSandbox of the V7 with all the improvements)