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. Edit: now updated to build 6.0.1044.
This is hopefully going to be a smooth service release, designed really just to fix some of the issues of the original v6.0.1000 build.
Here’s the list of the most important changes:
solved an incompatibility with ZoneAlarm (WinXP)
improved installation of the WebRep plugins (especially Firefox)
solved a crash condition in the avast sandbox
setup programs now smaller by ~20%
Community features and the Welcome screen can now be turned on/off directly from program settings
solved an incompatibility with Outpost firewall
solved a bug related to the AutoSandbox offer (WinXP)
gadget can now be removed by simply closing it
new setup icons
New in v6.0.1027:
attempt to fix new compatibility problems with GameGuard and sXe rootkits
SafeZone improvements
localization updates (including WebRep)
improved sandbox logging)
SafeZone is now a standalone setup package (can be installed/uninstalled separately)
New in v6.0.1035:
solved Firefox WebRep plugin on non-English Windows
solved a few incompatibility problems in BehavShield (e.g. TeraCopy)
improvements in password processing
improvements in the program uninstaller
sandbox improvements
fixed various UI issues introduced in the previous pre-release build
And new in v6.0.1044:
solved a memory leak in the avast gadget
solved a few things in WebRep
autosandbox-related fixes
WinXP: File System Shield not doing repetitive scans anymore
improvements in SafeZone isolation
improvements in the avast! sandbox (better TDL shielding etc)
localization updates
Download links: snipped
You can either install from scratch, or over an existing installation of avast (any version). Users of the previous pre-release builds (6.0.1021, 6.0.1027, 6.0.1035) can also use the built-in program updater.
I just updated from version 6.0.1035 Free to version 6.0.1044 Free. The previous version was working well on my Windows 7 (X86) system. The new version installed and appears to be working. Interestingly, Avast did not alert my to the new program update. I set the program to alert me when a new version is available.
Will you fix problems between Sunblet Counterspy drivers and Avast Internet Security sandbox? I always get BSOD when I open internet browser in sandbox mode.
However there were three apparent issues with 6.0.1035 one of which remains and the other two I am not sure about.
The issue that remains is.
I uninstalled the Safe Zone because of one of the apparent three issues with 6.0.1035 that I noticed had to do with exiting Safe Zone and the computer display. When I exited Safe Zone my Monitor became dimmed. See signature for my grahics/display chip. So I uninstalled Safe Zone by uninstalling the Gadget and then rerunning the 6.0.1035 installer with “Safe Zone” option “x’d” out. That appeared to uninstall Safe Zone. However, when I went reinstall Safe Zone using both the 6.0.1035 and 6.0.1044 installers I got an error message and Safe Zone did not appear to reinstall.
So at this point it appears that I need to uninstall AIS and then reinstall AIS with the Safe Zone checked, which is the default, in order to get Safe Zone operational again.
It would be tremendously helpful if there was a way to uninstall AIS and retain the settings during an uninstall. I did not try a “moderate” uninstall with Revo Uninstaller to see if this would retain the settings because like I said I really don’t want to risk that I will have to configure my settings again after uninstalling and reinstalling.
Anyone have any suggestions, other than doing an uninstall and reinstall which I don’t want to do, because like I said above I don’t want to have to configure all my AIS settings again.
