Avast beta 17.5.2295, 17.5.2296

hectic-mmv · 2017-05-19T07:13:28.000Z

Hi everyone,

new beta version 17.5.2295 and 17.5.2296 is here 8).

This is more service release. Internally, we did major change in our internal infrastructure which should improve release and development process.

Under the hood there are fixes of:

crashes in installer during VPS update
update GUI framework renderer - libcef
fixes in licensing library

Known issues:

[fixed in 17.5.2296] due to changes in driver signing, this beta may fail to install/run on new Windows 10 x64 devices with enabled secure boot. If the issue occurs, disable secure boot temporarily. It is going to be fixed in next beta.

Download links:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=179943.0

Enjoy this beta!
We are looking forward to your feedback.

Asyn · 2017-05-19T07:22:58.000Z

Testing…

BeSecure · 2017-05-19T08:02:39.000Z

Testing…
1.GUI opening improve but need more work.
2.There is nothing new related to anti-ransomware.

NON · 2017-05-19T10:51:35.000Z

Thanks for the new beta

chytil · 2017-05-19T15:15:19.000Z

I have just edited the original beta announcement. Please note, that:

Due to changes in driver signing, this beta may fail to install/run on new Windows 10 x64 devices with enabled secure boot. If the issue occurs, disable secure boot temporarily. It is going to be fixed in next beta.

Giraffe · 2017-05-19T20:57:57.000Z

Avast (2294) has an exclamation mark and is telling me that I ‘need’ to update to 2295 - to a Beta version?
Surely there should be a notification only for full releases. Also, there seems to be little benefit from the changes, especially lack of protection from ransom ware and other recent dangers.

DavidR · 2017-05-19T21:24:14.000Z

Giraffe post:6:

Avast (2294) has an exclamation mark and is telling me that I ‘need’ to update to 2295 - to a Beta version?
Surely there should be a notification only for full releases. Also, there seems to be little benefit from the changes, especially lack of protection from ransom ware and other recent dangers.

If you have previously used the beta version you are on the beta stream and will be notified of a new beta. You need to install the regular program version to get away from the beta stream releases.

Rednose · 2017-05-19T22:41:38.000Z

Giraffe post:6:

Also, there seems to be little benefit from the changes, especially lack of protection from ransom ware and other recent dangers.

Hi Giraffe

I don’t agree with you here.

Avast Proactive Protection aka Behaviour Shield protected you perfectly well against the recent WannaCry Ransomware for example :

http://weblog.av-comparatives.org/proactive-protection-wannacry-ransomware

Greetz, Red.

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