avast! 7 public beta

system · 2012-02-13T19:16:06.000Z

_chivasusa_ post:339:

How long does it usually take for avast to analyse a program in the auto sandbox in the cloud?

Hi, I don’t think that a sandboxed file is scan throught the cloud. It’s scan for malicious behavior and heuristic analysis.

system · 2012-02-13T19:31:43.000Z

philip brampton post:313:

I would think that 1 or 2 RCS would be in order before the final version is available.
Regards

My guess is that that won’t be a final version of 7 until around the time that W8 RTM is finalized which should be this coming summer. Just a guess but I got I was pretty close on the 7 Beta when I said it would probably become available around the time that W8 Consumer Preview aka Beta became available which will be in about 2 - 3 weeks

system · 2012-02-13T19:38:40.000Z

first full scan run following a new install took 1h35 … cool 8) … it usually takes 40 minutes here in the same conditions.

system · 2012-02-13T19:42:33.000Z

Question:

It the intention to make avast! 7 fully compatible with UEFI computers?

I only ask because of the boot scan. My thinking is that boot scans will need to programmed to handle UEFI computers which replace the BIOS and have different Windows kernal load procedure, sequence etc than BIOS computers do.

Does anyone know?

Thanks

system · 2012-02-13T21:04:04.000Z

Strange behavior I have experienced on my system. I have not seen this reported previously, so excuse me if I missed it. This happens whether I install it on top of version six, or do a clean install. When I go to the virus chest and try to re size the columns to expand the information, the program crashes. No big deal for me since it is a beta. I thought I would mention it. Currently a fresh clean install on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.

bob3160 · 2012-02-13T21:09:16.000Z

This has already been reported and will be fixed.

system · 2012-02-13T21:13:21.000Z

Nesivos post:342:

philip brampton post:313:

I would think that 1 or 2 RCS would be in order before the final version is available.
Regards

My guess is that that won’t be a final version of 7 until around the time that W8 RTM is finalized which should be this coming summer. Just a guess but I got I was pretty close on the 7 Beta when I said it would probably become available around the time that W8 Consumer Preview aka Beta became available which will be in about 2 - 3 weeks

I saw something from Avast that said they expected v7 to launch about 2 weeks after the start of the public beta.

bob3160 · 2012-02-13T21:20:12.000Z

I’m hoping it happens before March 1. I’d like to introduce it to all the Computer Clubs who are a part of AZACC
I’ll be visiting Arizona during the month of March.

system · 2012-02-13T21:47:07.000Z

Dch48 post:347:

Nesivos post:342:

philip brampton post:313:

I would think that 1 or 2 RCS would be in order before the final version is available.
Regards

My guess is that that won’t be a final version of 7 until around the time that W8 RTM is finalized which should be this coming summer. Just a guess but I got I was pretty close on the 7 Beta when I said it would probably become available around the time that W8 Consumer Preview aka Beta became available which will be in about 2 - 3 weeks

I saw something from Avast that said they expected v7 to launch about 2 weeks after the start of the public beta.

I hope you are correct. We shall see

INGBEAN · 2012-02-13T21:58:23.000Z

Dch48 post:347:

Nesivos post:342:

philip brampton post:313:

I would think that 1 or 2 RCS would be in order before the final version is available.
Regards

My guess is that that won’t be a final version of 7 until around the time that W8 RTM is finalized which should be this coming summer. Just a guess but I got I was pretty close on the 7 Beta when I said it would probably become available around the time that W8 Consumer Preview aka Beta became available which will be in about 2 - 3 weeks

I saw something from Avast that said they expected v7 to launch about 2 weeks after the start of the public beta.

Hello!

Just for information - I found following in the forum of the german distributor:
AVAST plans to release the avast! final version 7 in approximately 2-3 weeks.

http://forum.avadas.de/threads/3902-avast!-7-0-1396-Beta?p=35744&viewfull=1#post35744

INGBEAN

system · 2012-02-13T22:22:55.000Z

INGBEAN post:350:

Dch48 post:347:

Nesivos post:342:

philip brampton post:313:

I would think that 1 or 2 RCS would be in order before the final version is available.
Regards

My guess is that that won’t be a final version of 7 until around the time that W8 RTM is finalized which should be this coming summer. Just a guess but I got I was pretty close on the 7 Beta when I said it would probably become available around the time that W8 Consumer Preview aka Beta became available which will be in about 2 - 3 weeks

I saw something from Avast that said they expected v7 to launch about 2 weeks after the start of the public beta.

Hello!

Just for information - I found following in the forum of the german distributor:
AVAST plans to release the avast! final version 7 in approximately 2-3 weeks.

http://forum.avadas.de/threads/3902-avast!-7-0-1396-Beta?p=35744&viewfull=1#post35744

INGBEAN

Good news but will it be UEFI compatible or will be have to wait for say V8 before seeing that?

pk · 2012-02-13T22:39:09.000Z

Nesivos post:351:

Good news but will it be UEFI compatible or will be have to wait for say V8 before seeing that?

@Nesivos: avast! doesn’t need to support EFI/UEFI at all.

Our “Boot time scanner” is a Windows program, it runs when the computer is started during Windows bootup (just like e.g. autochk.exe, it does essentially the same thing as Chkdsk but will only run during bootup). It’s executed as the first application in the loading phase. I played a little bit with EFI programming and this layer is totally separated from Windows applications.

AVAST plans to release the avast! final version 7 in approximately 2-3 weeks.

[b]@INGBEAN:[/b] that's correct!

I have in the Spanish section of the forum a member saying that " it is really hard to see Avast! 7 for the visually impaired ". What can he do to make it easier ?

[b]@iroc9555:[/b] can you please ask for more details? I mean, what's worse compared to version 6? Thanks.

INGBEAN · 2012-02-13T22:45:02.000Z

pk post:352:

AVAST plans to release the avast! final version 7 in approximately 2-3 weeks.
[b]@INGBEAN:[/b] that's correct!

Thanks pk, for your confirmation!

INGBEAN

system · 2012-02-13T23:05:41.000Z

@ pk

I have in the Spanish section of the forum a member saying that " it is really hard to see Avast! 7 for the visually impaired ". What can he do to make it easier ? [b]@iroc9555:[/b] can you please ask for more details? I mean, what's worse compared to version 6? Thanks.

Done. Thank you pk

Since I also saw a post in English by the OP, I also adviced him to continue the conversation here, or to get in touch with you.

system · 2012-02-13T23:09:00.000Z

bob3160 post:346:

This has already been reported and will be fixed.

Thanks for confirming this.

system · 2012-02-14T00:29:17.000Z

@pk

Thanks

system · 2012-02-14T09:19:46.000Z

Not sure if this has been mentioned already.

Avast Internet Security Suite 7.0.1396
Windows 7 64 Bit

Sandboxie will not work with Avast 7 installed. Browsers open then crash.

system · 2012-02-14T09:22:26.000Z

ianb post:357:

Not sure if this has been mentioned already.

Avast Internet Security Suite 7.0.1396
Windows 7 64 Bit

Sandboxie will not work with Avast 7 installed. Browsers open then crash.

could be some conflict with AIS sandbox driver … just a guess, I don’t use Sandboxie.

system · 2012-02-14T14:50:46.000Z

Hello I wanted to point out that the WEBREP of firefox and ‘language instead inlgese’ in Italian.

http://i44.tinypic.com/a43gbd.jpg

IvanM · 2012-02-14T15:09:58.000Z

craigb post:332:

IvanM post:330:

kinfolk66 post:192:

Some web pages do not display properly with Web Rep plug-in activated in IE9. With the Web Rep disabled, the pages display properly.

Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP-1 fully patched. IE9.

Hello,
can you give me some examples of that pages? Is it 32bit IE9 ?

Thanks,
Ivan.

Hi Ivan, iv not had any issues with pages displaying wrongly but i did notice that webrep seriously slows down browsing, i’d actually thought it was just the usual slowness of the avast forum but when i tried it with webrep disabled everything was fast again.
I played around a bit with closing the browser, uninstalling webrep and rebooting then browsing again and all good but as soon as webrep is reinstalled and activated it’s back to very sluggish performance again followed by myself disabling it again and browser is back to normal fast speed again.

I hope this can be improved on in future build’s

Hi,
browsing performance should befixed in next build…

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