Avast Business Cloud Management Console Version 7.17

We’re pleased to announce that Avast Business Cloud Management Console 7.17 has been released! (November 7, 2019)

Thank you to all of our customers who took the time to provide feedback. We listened and think you’ll be happy with the result!

Automatic device scanning for missing patches has been turned off for anyone not currently subscribed to the patch service.
We have also added a toggle that allows you to turn off widgets in the dashboard that aren’t relevant to your security services, but we encourage you to explore our Patch Management solution.

Our solution makes patching easy to manage, maintain, and update Windows and third-party applications all from a single console.

Release Notes: Avast Business Cloud Management Console
Console version: 7.17
Agent version: 4.16
Windows Antivirus: 19.7
Mac OS X Antivirus: 13.13

Improvements

  1. [CBC-9391] Patch Management widgets were moved to third row on the dashboard.

  2. [CBC-8999] New “Labs” section available in General settings enabling a new section in the console with experimental functionalities. Now available worldwide.
    Once you try what’s available there, please leave us feedback.

  3. [CBC-8999] Labs: We added Domain Protection service, a new experimental functionality leveraging our research in web domains. This new service will show you similar domains related to your business domain you should consider to register or monitor.

  4. [CBC-9193] Labs: We added Device list export, a new functionality giving you an option to export data about your devices from the device page.

  5. [CBC-9022] Rolling back patches will be possible only for patches supporting uninstall functionality.

  6. [CBC-9114] We added time in in-app notifications, so you know exactly when a notification was created.

  7. [CBC-9190] A new option to hide the dashboard widgets is available at the bottom of the dashboard screen.

  8. [CBC-9191] We’ve turned automatic Patch Management scans off for those without paid or trial version, so your devices are not In Danger due to Patch Management service in case you don’t want to use it. Automatic scan for missing patches will start immediately once you try or pay for the service itself.
    We also removed Patch Management services from the installer so if you don’t use the services it won’t install it on a device. Patch Management service will be automatically uninstalled once patch subscription is removed from a device.
    Patch Management widgets and Patches page have been slightly redesigned for those without paid or trial Patch Management service.

  9. [CBC-9440] Option for selecting products after installation has been removed from the Download installer page.

  10. [CBC-9441] Added information about OS build version in the device detail and device list exports.

Bug fixes
11. [CBC-9399] Fixed an issue with an internal error after deleting a device settings template.
12. [CBC-9162] Fixed an issue with the device status not reflecting actions within patch management.
13. [CBC-9244] Fixed a situation where the management console didn’t show an error message after the import of a device with invalid license.
14. [CBC-9340] Fixed an internal error shown after an attempt to open Patch Management settings for a device from the Patches page.
15. [CBC-9082] Fixed an issue where some patches weren’t counted properly due to the same patch ID but issued in two versions (x64, x86).
16. [CBC-9464] Fixed an issue with getting a server error after login in some specific cases.
17. [CBC-9535] Fixed an issue where the agent is not installing any service.

Known issues
[CBC-7826] Password protection controls not applying correctly
[CBC-7696] Password protection controls not applying correctly
[CBC-9037] Session expired errors appearing in the console constantly
[CBC-8702] Some devices in Vulnerable state in the console when those devices are up to date with no patches
[CBC-8636] Internal Server error when opening custom policies

Release notes below
Avast Business Cloud Management Console 7.17

1. [CBC-9391] Patch Management widgets were moved to third row on the dashboard. 7. [CBC-9190] A new option to hide the dashboard widgets is available at the bottom of the dashboard screen.

BUG: can’t permanently disable PM widgets, because they reappear again the next day.

Hi K.J.

We will attempt to induce the issue and confirm the results here.

Thanks,

George

Hi, we reproduced the bug and engineering team will fix it ASAP.
Thank you for reporting it.