Avast Business - On-Premise Management Console Release Version [7.29]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Improved console upgrade with DBs stored in a separate location
• Removed Patch Management actions from the group actions
• Improved mechanism of device risk calculations (might take a few hours to populate the new alerts, depending on the system’s performance)
• Removed possibility to create another company from the on-premise console (works only in the cloud version)
• Fixed an issue with adding Mac computers to the console
• Fixed an issue with sign-in to the console
• Fixed an issue with ignoring default ports during the PostgreSQL upgrade
• Fixed an issue with the last login information under the User Management page
• Fixed an issue with upgrading agents to the latest version
• Fixed an issue with client registration failures
• Fixed an issue with keeping some data in PostgreSQL DB after the console uninstallation
Known issues:
• Upgrade doesn’t support to switch completely offline networks
• Devices showing false positive alert about being reinstalled after the upgrade
Hinweis: In order to update your console, you need to go to https://www.avast.com/installation-files and download the installer manually. The in-app version check will detect the new version gradually in a few weeks across regions. Updated docker version will follow later.
Avast Business AV - Windows Client Release Version [20.4]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Safer web browsing - Web Shield can now block malicious sites based on their site certificates
• Avast Firewall is now compatible with Microsoft Wireless Display adapter
• Behavioral shield improvements
• Better internal tracking of license activation errors in order to improve the activation process
• URL exclusions security improvements
• Minor crashes and internal stability improvements
Hinweis: Avast Business Antivirus 20.4 will be available for new installations straight away. All existing devices with Avast Business Antivirus 20.3 or lower will start the automatic upgrade at a later time. If you wish to upgrade your devices prior to the automatic upgrade, then you can create a new Task (Update device – Program update task) from your console. A system reboot will be required to complete the installation.
Avast Business - Cloud Management Console Release Version [7.33]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Added a Default Policy functionality to support installers without any policy predefined
• Added several usability and stability improvements
• Fixed an issue with the device list export without devices in invalid state
• Fixed an issue with custom scan tasks and custom actions
• Fixed an issue with getting Server Error after changing policy on a device group
• Fixed an issue with locally set Firewall settings
Known issues:
• Internal Server error when opening custom policies
• Multiple email notifications for one threat event are generated
• Device reinstallation alert after upgrade on version 4.19
• False protection components disabled alerts
• SBR: Communication layer error
• New device in installing status appearing in the console
• Side by side configuration error for AVG customers
• Devices not following assigned policy
Avast Business - Cloud Management Console Release Version [8.0]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Quick and Full System Scan were added to Policies so that all devices following the policy will be scanned accordingly
• It’s possible to create a task directly from the Devices page for a device or group of devices (Scans, Restart, Shutdown)
• Increased tasks performance so that tasks are executed immediately after the task is created
• Added a new Tasks section to the Device detail page for tasks created from the Devices page in existing or future consoles
• The new Tasks section in the Device detail shows who created each task
• Actions to create a new task were removed from the Tasks page. All new tasks have to be created from the Devices page or by a Policy.
• Added Important Task Changes message to the Tasks page
• Task name in the Tasks Report now works as a filter to show you all results of all devices included in a task
• Patch scan results were added to the Tasks Report
• Patches page shows all devices sorted by their status instead of only those In Danger
• Added possibility to remove a support user
• Fixed an issue with ClientManager not running after updating Agent to 4.20
• Fixed an issue with the renew button after purchasing a product without auto-renewal
• Fixed an issue with deleting users
• Fixed an issue with users getting an .exe installer instead of .msi from the sharable link
• Fixed an issue with used policies marked as unused
Known issues:
• Internal Server error when opening custom policies
• Multiple email notifications for one threat event are generated
• Device reinstallation alert after upgrade on version 4.19
• False protection components disabled alerts
• SBR: Communication layer error
• New device in installing status appearing in the console
• Multiple reboot notifications with AVG 20.4 update
• Devices not following assigned policy
Avast Business AV - Mac Client Release Version [14.5]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Future macOS compatibility - If you’ve seen Apple’s “Legacy System Extension” popup, don’t worry. Avast will continue to protect you on future versions of macOS, too.
• Minor updates - Just a few small tweaks to keep your antivirus running smoothly
• Diverse Verbesserungen und Fehlerkorrekturen
Release Notes: Avast Business Antivirus 14.5 will be available for new installations straight away via the Avast Business Management Console. All existing devices with Avast Business Antivirus 14.4 or lower will start the automatic upgrade to 14.5 at a later time. If you wish to upgrade your devices to 14.5 prior to the automatic upgrade, then you can create a new Task (Update device – Program update task) from your console.
Avast Business AV - Windows Client Release Version [20.5]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Easier USB drive protection – We can now ask you to scan USB drives when you plug them into your computer. (You can turn this on in your notification settings for Unmanaged devices and in General Settings in Business Console). Disabled by default.
• Improved taskbar icon - There’s no need to keep your antivirus open during scans. You can now see your scan progress from the Avast taskbar icon.
• Better botnet protection - Web Shield is even better about stopping malware from connecting to malicious servers (You can turn this on in your Web Shield settings). Disabled by default.
• UI glitches for enabling/disabling shield in Protection section
• RescueDisk failures when being created on USB
• Bugs in protecting passwords stored in Firefox and Chrome that were installed after Avast AV
• Corner cases when Firewall was consuming too much CPU in correlation with VPS requests
Hinweis: Avast Business Antivirus 20.5 will be available for new installations straight away. All existing devices with Avast Business Antivirus 20.4 or lower will start the automatic upgrade at a later time. If you wish to upgrade your devices prior to the automatic upgrade, then you can create a new Task (Update device – Program update task) from your console. A system reboot will be required to complete the installation.
Avast Business - Cloud Management Console Release Version [8.1]
Avast Business Cloud Management Console is getting new capabilities to manage multiple companies or sites from a single console. In order to get the multi-tenant version of the console you need to register a new console from the web or as a partner from the Partner Portal. The Avast Business Management Console now allows you to manage multiple sites/customers from a single pane of glass. Our multi-tenant, cloud-based platform will help you reduce the burden of operationalizing, maintaining, configuring, and optimizing endpoint security. Ready to try the new multi-tenant console? Head over to new-business.avast.com and register the new console.
Changelog/Fixes (Multi-Tenant):
• Added possibility to create a customer/site in the console
• Added a new customer/site selector to easily switch between consoles
• Added a new multi-tenant dashboard and customer/site dashboard
• Added a new Devices page with following improvements:
» Added the possibility to add data to the table
» Redesigned device detail page
» Redesigned filtering, sorting and search functionalities
» Added possibility to control services from the page
» Added possibility to send device commands directly from the page
» Redesigned groups
» Redesigned installer page
• Added a new Users section to manage Global Admins and Customer/Site Users
• Added a new Account page for a multi-tenant company and customer/site consoles as well
• Added a new Help & Support section
• Fixed an issue with AVG user invitations redirecting to the Avast version of the console
[size=8pt]Changelog/Fixes (Single-Tenant):
• Added possibility to open a new Devices page in beta
• Added a new setting to Policies to offer scan external drives when plugged to a device
• Added two new options to the Web shield under HTTPS scanning – Enable QUIC/HTTP3 and Block botnet attacks
• Fixed an issue with AVG user invitations redirecting to the Avast version of the console
Known issues:
• Internal Server error when opening custom policies
• Multiple email notifications for one threat event are generated
• Device reinstallation alert after upgrade on version 4.19
• False protection components disabled alerts
• SBR: Communication layer error
• New device in installing status appearing in the console
• Multiple reboot notifications with AVG 20.4 update
• Devices not following assigned policy
• Internal server error while trying to delete a policy
Avast Business - Cloud Management Console Release Version [8.2]
Changelog/Fixes Multi-Tenant (MTC):
• We added a new Basic Remote Control (Beta) service. The agent 4.22 is required.
• We added a new Integrations (Beta) section to support upcoming 3rd party integrations
• We added live chat to the Help & Support section
• Adjusted displaying Mac versions in the Devices page
• Adjusted the clickable area for all contextual menus
• Protection tab was renamed to Subscriptions on the Device detail page
• The graph in the AV widget on the site/customer Dashboard was adjusted
• On the Devices page we adjusted the AV program version structure for better sorting and filtering
• We added a limit of 3 IP addresses to the Devices page and to get more the console will open the Device detail page
• MTC: Fixed an issue with Global admins not being available for scheduling a report
• MTC: Fixed an issue with wrongly sorted devices based on the OS ver. column
• MTC: Fixed an issue with the Device detail page open while switching a site/customer
• MTC: Fixed the link to the Partner Portal from the console
• MTC: Fixed the Restart button in the Device detail page
• MTC: Fixed an issue with deleting support users from a console
[size=8pt]Changelog/Fixes Single-Tenant (STC):
• Added WAN IP address back to the Device detail page
• Improved Remote deployment with changed behavior of selected devices and added possibility to select/unselect all
• Fixed an issue with getting an error after accepting an invitation to the console
• Fixed an issue with getting an error while deleting a settings template
• Fixed the Region field on the Registration page
• Fixed an issue with getting an error while using the domain protection in the Labs section
• Fixed a license expiration issue on Macs
• Fixed an issue with getting two alerts related to a device being offline 14+ and 21+ days
• Fixed an issue with sorting tasks on the Device detail Task tab
• Fixed an issue with possibility to select suspended user to receive scheduled reports
• Fixed an issue with canceled tasks showing results as finished in the Tasks report
• Fixed an issue with stopping scheduled tasks
• Fixed an issue with getting an error when registering for a new console from specific regions
Known issues:
• Internal Server error when opening custom policies
• Multiple email notifications for one threat event are generated
• Device reinstallation alert after upgrade on version 4.19
• False protection components disabled alerts
• SBR: Communication layer error
• New device in installing status appearing in the console
• Multiple reboot notifications with AVG 20.4 update
• Devices not following assigned policy
• AV upgrade fails
Avast Business - Cloud Management Console Release Version [8.3]
Changelog Multi-Tenant (MTC):
• Remote control (beta): The device detail page now supports connection to the device, shows the last connection and allows to Disable and/or Disable & uninstall service from the Subscriptions tab
• Added onboarding videos to the Welcome dashboard, Dashboard and Support menu
[size=8pt]Changelog Single-Tenant (STC):
• Improved security and encryption when using the password protection in Policies
• Added the possibility to submit a support package for a specific device directly from the Business Console (Agent 4.23 required)
Fixed issues:
• Fixed an issue with reinstall alerts being generated after an agent update
• Fixed an issue with device duplication
• Fixed an issue with not showing date when some devices were added in the Devices report
• Fixed an issue with getting an error after accepting an invitation to the Business Console
Known issues:
• Internal Server error when opening custom policies
• Multiple email notifications for one threat event are generated
• False protection components disabled alerts
• SBR: Communication layer error
• New device in installing status appearing in the console
• Devices not following assigned policy
• Outdated agent alert on Mac devices
Avast Business - Cloud Management Console Release Version [8.4]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Added support for the ConnectWise Automate plugin to the multi-tenant console
• Removed custom columns functionality from tables under the Device detail page in Beta Devices Page since on the device detail are not custom columns available
• Columns Device Online and Last Seen become just Last Seen column showing the online status as well
• Fixed an issue with the Agent outdated 21+ days alert on Mac devices
• Fixed an issue with getting an error when using Advanced Antivirus Scans
• Fixed an issue with the customer/site dashboard showing 0 devices when using the breadcrumbs navigation
Known issues:
• Internal Server error when opening custom policies
• Multiple email notifications for one threat event are generated
• False protection components disabled alerts
• SBR: Communication layer error
• New device in installing status appearing in the console
• Devices not following assigned policy
Avast Business AV - Windows Client Release Version [20.6]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Some more rare Rescue Disk creation failures
• IDP incorrectly stating that detection can/can’t be removed
• Handle leak
• Heap corruption fix
• UI issues when Real Site was disabled in customized components settings
• Tray icon misbehavior when enabling/disabling components
• Disabling confusing Firewall toaster on Unidentified network
Hinweis: Avast Business Antivirus 20.6 will be available for new installations straight away. All existing devices with Avast Business Antivirus 20.5 or lower will start the automatic upgrade at a later time. If you wish to upgrade your devices prior to the automatic upgrade, then you can create a new Task (Update device – Program update task) from your console. A system reboot will be required to complete the installation.
Avast Business - Cloud Management Console Release Version [8.5]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Reports were added to the single-tenant console beta UI. Scheduling and exports are still only available in the current console.
• Fixed an issue when it could take too long to create a site/customer in a multi-tenant console and often finished with an error
• Fixed an issue with a shareable installer link not working properly if it was generated in a multi-tenant console
• Fixed an issue with tagging some devices with a valid Patch Management license as Expired on the Patches page
• Fixed an issue with Patch scan not working in a multi-tenant console
• Fixed an issue with a generated support package not being displayed in the Device detail page
• Fixed an issue with displayed Patch Management widget when the service wasn’t active
• Fixed an issue with showing an unused policy status on policies with devices
Known issues:
• Internal Server error when opening custom policies
• Multiple email notifications for one threat event are generated
• False protection components disabled alerts
• SBR: Communication layer error
• New device in installing status appearing in the console
• Devices not following assigned policy
• Subscribe more device doesn’t work
Avast Business - Cloud Management Console Release Version [8.6]
Changelog/Fixes:
• New Service: Remote Control Basic/Premium (Details in den Release Notes)
• New Feature: Password Protection
• Existing reports are now available in the new console
• We have re-ordered the navigation elements within the console
• Fixed an issue with Device report CSV export not showing devices with no subscription assigned to them
• Fixed an issue with Remote Control tooltip text
• Fixed an issue with Remote Control column filtering on the devices page (Unavailable and Available)
• Fixed an issue with Remote Control promotion page showing for all consoles types
• Fixed some cosmetic width spacing issues on the device dashboard and sorting of devices
• Fixed an issue with Remote Control column not showing by default with or without a subscription
• Fixed an issue with deleting a policy with an error message
Known issues:
• Internal Server error when opening custom policies
• Multiple email notifications for one threat event are generated
• False protection components disabled alerts
• SBR: Communication layer error
• New device in installing status appearing in the console
• Devices not following assigned policy
• Subscribe more device doesn’t work
Avast Business AV - Windows Client Release Version [20.7]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Remote Access Shield – Enjoy even stronger protection against hackers. This new feature lets you choose who can remotely access your computer and lets you block the rest. (The feature will be manageable from Business Console version 8.7 and available for unmanaged clients in AV 20.9)
• Improved performance – Your antivirus now runs even more smoothly thanks to tighter integration with the Windows registry
• The incorrect yellow dashboard state after a new version was released, even though auto-updates were on
• SmartScan stopping caused UI freezing in some cases
• Firewall Public mode was not blocking ICMP responses while scanning, but now it does
• Fixed impact of new CEF on IPM content and IDP
• The incorrect handling of file size in the virus chest was preventing more files to be added
• Rescue disk now checks for USB drive size
Hinweis: Avast Business Antivirus 20.7 will be available for new installations straight away. All existing devices with Avast Business Antivirus 20.6 or lower will start the automatic upgrade at a later time. If you wish to upgrade your devices prior to the automatic upgrade, then you can create a new Task (Update device – Program update task) from your console. A system reboot will be required to complete the installation.
Avast Business - Cloud Management Console Release Version [8.7]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Added the possibility to turn the Beta console on permanently so that admins benefiting from the new UI don’t need to redirect there manually each time (available in selected regions first)
• Added support for the Remote Access Shield in Policies (Active protection section). Our latest shield preventing attacks through the remote connections.
• Added the Last AV and Patch scan to the Devices page. This information was also added to the devices page export and the Device report. (available only in multi-tenant or single-tenant beta console)
• Updated the Patch management dashboard widget in the multi-tenant and single-tenant beta console
• Updated widgets in the single-tenant beta console to open respective reports directly instead of redirecting to the old UI
• Updated navigation on the Devices page in the multi-tenant and single-tenant beta console where services now expand the whole row after clicking on them
• Fixed an issue with installing Remote Control service on devices after the service was activated
• Fixed an issue where very occasionally a device could disappear from the console while the service is still active on the endpoint side
• Fixed an issue with an empty user detail page after redirect from a customer console to the multi-tenant console
• Fixed an issue with the Remote Access Shield being enabled by default instead of disabled
Known issues:
• Internal Server error when opening custom policies
• Multiple email notifications for one threat event are generated
• False protection components disabled alerts
• SBR: Communication layer error
• New device in installing status appearing in the console
• Devices not following assigned policy
• Incorrect subscription usage shown in the console
• Devices with incorrect last seen date and reinstall history
• Subscribe more device doesn’t work
• AV installation failing on on-prem console
• Incorrect macOS agent outdated alerts in the console
Avast Business - Cloud Management Console Release Version [8.8]
Changelog/Fixes:
• The possibility to turn the Beta console on permanently is available in all regions now (you may need to log out first to see the effect)
• Improved customer selector in the multi-tenant console to support partners with a lot of customers/sites
• Global Reports in the multi-tenant console for all existing customer reports so that the reports can be displayed across multiple customers/sites on a single page
• Patch Management can be deployed to a customer/site as a standalone service from the multi-tenant console
• Added support for Samba protocol to the Remote Access Shield in Policies (requires AV 20.8 and above)
• Added support for new CyberCapture settings (requires AV 20.8 and above)
• Fixed an issue with Antivirus Threat Report not showing data in the beta console
• Fixed an issue with sorting and filtering in Reports in the beta console
• Fixed an issue with values in the Reason column in the Patch report in the beta console
• Fixed an issue with the active beta console not redirecting back to the old console
• Fixed an issue with the Password protection where the value was being used for all policies
• Fixed an issue with reporting Windows Small Business Server 2011 as an obsolete system
• Fixed an issue with getting an error after clicking on the number of assigned devices on the Policy detail page
• Remote Access Shield was moved to the Antivirus section in the Policies instead of Antivirus Pro Plus
• Fixed an issue with the possibility to create a Patch scan on a macOS device when it was selected with Win devices
Known issues:
• Internal Server error when opening custom policies
• Multiple email notifications for one threat event are generated
• False protection components disabled alerts
• SBR: Communication layer error
• New device in installing status appearing in the console
• Devices not following assigned policy
• Incorrect subscription usage shown in the console
• Devices with incorrect last seen date and reinstall history
• Subscribe more device doesn’t work
• AV installation failing on on-prem console
• Incorrect macOS agent outdated alerts in the console
Avast Business AV - Windows Client Release Version [20.8]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Improved accessibility - Our interface is now better suited for impaired users
• Safer web browsing - Web Shield now supports scanning for threats in Google’s QUIC protocol
• Friendlier CyberCapture - We’ve updated this entire process to make it easier than ever
• Better Remote Access Shield - We now support Windows’ Samba protocol
• Firewall recognizes VPNs - Firewall now knows when you’re using our VPN and won’t classify this as an unknown network
• Stomped a pretty nasty UI bug that made AV pop up randomly
• Edge case fixed where Password Protection didn’t recognize supported browsers
• Text encoding of an exclusion created from detection dialog
• Shredder can now properly shred read-only files
• Fixed service crashes that happened when uninstalling the Wi-Fi Inspector component
• Remnants of configurations are now properly stored in the registry (instead of avast5.ini)
• Firewall no longer blocks ping (this was an edge case)
• Fixed the excessive memory usage of process monitor caused by Behavioral Shield hooking
• Fixed OS boot problems when running smss.exe as virtualized
• Plugged a memory leak in RegistryChangeWatcher
• Fixed aswToolsSvc.exe initialization issues upon version update and before OS restart
• Fixed serviceDLL monitoring and removal
• Repair action now properly fixes hooklib.dll
• Remote Access Shield detection window no longer appears if you’ve disabled its notifications in settings
Hinweis: Avast Business Antivirus 20.8 will be available for new installations straight away. All existing devices with Avast Business Antivirus 20.7 or lower will start the automatic upgrade at a later time. If you wish to upgrade your devices prior to the automatic upgrade, then you can create a new Task (Update device – Program update task) from your console. A system reboot will be required to complete the installation.
Avast Business AV - Mac Client Release Version [14.6]
Changelog/Fixes:
• MAC OS BigSur – we are now supporting MAC OS Big Sur
• New setup wizard - to help correctly set up your MAC OS to enable all AV features
• Minor updates - Just a few small tweaks to keep your antivirus running smoothly
• Diverse Verbesserungen und Fehlerkorrekturen
Release Notes: Avast Business Antivirus 14.6 will be available for new installations straight away via the Avast Business Management Console. All existing devices with Avast Business Antivirus 14.5 or lower will start the automatic upgrade at a later time. If you wish to upgrade your devices prior to the automatic upgrade, then you can create a new Task (Update device – Program update task) from your console.
Avast Business - Cloud Management Console Release Version [8.9]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Added a brand new Password Protection to secure your browser-stored passwords against theft. Now you can manage this new protection component right from the policies. (Available only for Avast Pro Plus edition)
• Added a usage bar for the Remote Control to the Subscription widget in the beta console so you can see how many free connections are left
• Updated the Office Hours for Czech phone support
• Fixed an issue with activating Premium Remote Control via an activation code
• Fixed an issue with displaying site/customer users from the multi-tenant console
• Fixed an issue related to inviting users to the multi-tenant console ending with an error message on Safari browser
• Fixed an issue with the remote deployment ending with an error
• Fixed an issue with devices being duplicated
• Fixed an issue with getting an error after updating devices from an in-app notification
• Fixed an issue with enabling the Master Agent functionality on a device where it was previously active
Known issues:
• Internal Server error when opening custom policies
• Multiple email notifications for one threat event are generated
• False protection components disabled alerts
• SBR: Communication layer error
• New device in installing status appearing in the console
• Incorrect subscription usage shown in the console
• Devices with incorrect last seen date and reinstall history
• Subscribe more device doesn’t work
• AV installation failing on on-prem console
• Subscribing more devices ends up with an error if some license data are missing
• Incorrect macOS agent outdated alerts in the console