Avast for Business - Win Client Release Version [17.4.2520]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Updated GUI engine
• Fixed several crashes in Web Shield (including corruption of large downloaded files)
• Fixed crashing during update of virus definitions on 32-bit OS
• Viruses detected by File Shield are now correctly moved to quarantine
• Firewall profile is correctly recognized also when you connect via different network adapters
• Fixed problem with empty windows profile on Windows 10 after avast update
• Right-click explorer scan now runs in main window
Avast for Business - Data Center Status Page [Neu]
Nobody likes outages including us and therefore we are doing out best to keep AfB up and running 100% time. However, time to time we have to restart out servers to make changes for you and therefore outage is necessary. To ensure that you will have all updates regarding the Avast for Business outage we bring alive this status page - from now on, this will be the fastest way how to be notified about scheduled or occurred downtime.
Avast for Business - Console Release Version [2.28]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Added information whether a device has automatic program update and virus definition turned ON
• Bugfixes (either too small or complicated to describe)
Avast Business On-premise Management Console [Beta 2.28]
Changelog/Fixes:
• New 3 antivirus tiers that you can apply to your devices
» These editions are designed to address specific needs: Antivirus protection / Data protection / Identity protection
» For an overview of what components are included in which edition, see the attached Screenshot
» [size=7pt]These 3 editions of antivirus can be combined within one account/console. So compared to AfB where you can have only one type of license to all devices, now you will be able e.g. to buy 10 Antivirus for a workstation, 1x Antivirus Pro for your Exchange server and 5x Antivirus Pro Plus for your sales team who are working remotely and therefore SecureLine might be good for them. You can control all of them within one account/console - no need to create another one. During the activation of the newly added device or directly on the device detail you can tell which of all your available editions you want to assign to the device. You can change assigned edition whenever you want.
• Beta version of Win AV 17.5 is included
• Now you can control installation/uninstallation of AV components via settings template (like in AfB)
• Security fixes
• The Agent has been rebranded from AVG to Avast brand
• Minor UI bugs - you might have not noticed them but we’ve fixed them anyway
Known issues:
• “Agent” is digitally signed by AVG
• Update of the previous beta to this one doesn’t work, you have to make clean installation of the console and then reinstall even clients
• Only “Start Trial” billing functionality works, any other features (e.g. Buy now, Renew license) are not yet available
» “License expired” header shown immediately after application of a licence
» At the moment no way to renew license
• 3 restarts are needed for newly added device in order to works properly
• SecureLine and Avast Passwords not available yet
• Client still shows “Fix all” button
• Mirror feature still unavailable for Mac AV
• Upload licence file widget is obsolete and will be removed
• After installation of AV you will see a dialog informing that UI failed to load. You can ignore this dialog as UI works as expected.
Hinweis: We would appreciate any feedback from your side, not only obvious bugs but also any comments regarding things that doesn’t make sense from your point of view, or any suggestion for improvements. One last thing we want to share a little secret with you - this version of the Management Console will be available also as a Cloud version.
Avast Business On-premise Management Console [Beta 2.30]
Changelog/Fixes:
• The SMTP configuration has been moved from the console installer directly into the Console under the “General settings”
• AV installer creation - ability to specify into which group will be device added after activation and which policy settings will be applied to it
• Antivirus now contains all componets which are available for each tier
• “Agent” is digitally signed by AVG
• Update of the previous beta to this one doesn’t work, you have to make clear installation of the console and then reinstall even clients
• “License expired” header shown immediately after application of a licence
• 3 restarts are needed for newly added device in order to works properly
• SecureLine and Avast Passwords not available yet
• Client still shows “Fix all” button
• Upload licence file widget is obsolete and will be removed
• After installation of AV you will see a dialog informing that UI failed to load. You can ignore this dialog as UI works as expected.
[size=8pt]Known issues:
• Only “Start Trial” billing functionality works, any other features (e.g. Buy now, Renew license) are not yet available
• At the moment no way to renew license
• Mirror feature still unavailable for Mac AV - The new Mac AV version which will support this feature will be released soon. Once it will be released (we will let you know here), even Mac device will be updated via the Mirror server.
Hinweis: We would appreciate any feedback from your side, not only obvious bugs but also any comments regarding things that doesn’t make sense from your point of view, or any suggestion for improvements. One last thing we want to share a little secret with you - this version of the Management Console will be available also as a Cloud version.
Avast for Business - Console Release Version [3.1]
Changelog/Fixes:
• When installing a new device only Mail/Web/File Shields will be installed till the license will be applied which cause that additional components defined in the license will be installed afterward
• Couple of minor bug fixes
Avast Business On-premise Management Console [RC 3.1]
Hello everyone, it’s Friday, it’s the time when some starts thinking what to do on weekend. Well, we were thinking how to help you even with this and especially if the rainy weekend is ahead of you, you might be willing to take a look at the release candidate of the new on-premise console (cloud version will have the same features). The long ride is almost over, the package is almost done, but not our passion, we already start working on new improvements that will push your satisfaction with our products to another level. Stay tuned and please continue feeding us with your feedback.
Changelog/Fixes:
• Diverse Verbesserungen und Fehlerkorrekturen
Steps to guide you through testing:
[size=7pt]Please note: This is not an antivirus installer. You are about to install a solution for management of your devices, a management console through which you will be able to download and install the antivirus.
2. Get your trial license
• Generate your trial license (choose one for the product, the rest of them can be started directly from the console later on)
» https://business.avast.com/public/#trial
• This license has an expiration period of 60 days
• You can insert this code once inside the console (both Docker and Windows)
3. Sign-up to the console and upload the trial license
• Sign-up and create your company account
• Once on the dashboard you can insert your generated license code
• Click the “add devices” button to download the installer of agent
Hinweis: We would appreciate any feedback from your side, not only obvious bugs but also any comments regarding things that doesn’t make sense from your point of view, or any suggestion for improvements. One last thing we want to share a little secret with you - this version of the Management Console will be available also as a Cloud version.[/size]
Avast for Business - Win Client Release Version [17.6.2525]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Improved Anti-Phishing prevents you from falling victim to scams and fake sites (no browser extension needed!)
• We now recommend scanning for hidden network threats when you first connect to a new network
• Our systray icon now shows when you have a security notification
• Improved threat detections are now more visible and more informative about threats
• Diverse Verbesserungen und Fehlerkorrekturen
Information: We will be deploying a brand new version of our Cloud Console during this maintenance window. The downtime shouldn’t be longer than 10 minutes. https://business.avast.com portal won’t be accessible and devices won’t synchronize with backend servers during this time.
Hi all, as of today on all newly installed devices won’t be installed SafeZone Browser together with Antivirus. This will have an impact only on newly installed devices. Those devices which already has the SafeZone Browser installed won’t be affected and the SafeZone Browser remains installed and ready to use. This change is a “preparation” for an upcoming update to newer and improved version of the SafeZone Browser. Once it will be ready we will inform you about that.
Avast Business - Neues Produkt-Portfolio für KMU/KMB
Hello everybody, I’m very proud that today we released a new product portfolio for SMBs. As I said in my previous post, it was a wild ride and we have just warmed up. Thanks all of you guys here for your feedback, it’s extremely helpful and useful for us in order to sharpen products to accomplish your goals. Big up to our R&D teams who bring this alive!
Avast for Business - Console Release Version [3.2]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Support for the upcoming macOS High Sierra - in order to run the real-time shields, you have to allow system extensions, otherwise, the antivirus will run without enabled real-time shields
• Except this, there are several bugfixes
Avast Business - Cloud Console Release Version [3.4]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Proper time and data format are automatically set based on the selected language of the Console
• The notification type (in the Notification settings) “Turn on real-time protection” is been renamed to “Other technical issues” it includes all product-related notifications that are too specific and occurs less often, therefore, they are not presented as separated notification type
• Fixed wrong default value of the notification type previously called “Turn on real-time protection” - now is set to ON for all users
• Several bugfixes and performance improvements
• Diverse Verbesserungen und Fehlerkorrekturen
Avast Business AV - Windows Client Release Version [17.7.2526]
Changelog/Fixes:
• New Webcam Shield stops hackers from hijacking your webcam to spy on you (Pro Plus)
» This feature will be available once we release a new version of the Console
• Virus Chest redesigned and moved to the Protection menu for easier access
• Improved low-level optimizations for better performance with AMD Ryzen CPUs
• Exclusions for Real Site (SecureDNS) can now be added via Web Shield exclusions
• Refreshed UI of SecureLine VPN
• Diverse Verbesserungen und Fehlerkorrekturen
Avast Business - Cloud Console Release Version [4.0]
Changelog/Fixes:
• Webcam Shields - a new real-time shield that protects you from unauthorized access to a webcam on end-device (Pro Plus)
• Ability to download the full installation package which contains all components (will be rolled out later this week)
• Added a new rule for Firewall - an ability to enable/disable Internet Connection Sharing mode
• Fixed problem that the MSI installer was not run silently
• Fixed problem that a suspended user cannot be removed from the console
• Diverse Verbesserungen und Fehlerkorrekturen
Hinweis: The On-premise version 4.0 will be released in a few upcoming days. All new features and bugfixes since version 3.1 up to now will be included. Full changelog will be provided.
Stay tuned and please continue feeding us with your feedback.