avast! External Control 1.6.295 released! (15.7.05)

General Topics
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New in version 1.6.295
+Added tweak to quickly place/remove shortcut for avast! Chest on desktop
+Added avast! Status info for integrated avast! Cleaner component (file version reading)

New in version 1.6.291
+Fixed Advanced File Remover Error message if file cannot be deleted normal way
+Fixed typo in Boot-time scan function
+Fixed broken “back to main menu” script in Boot-time scan function
+Enhanced Advanced File Remover Explorer shell unloading
+Removed avast! iAVS Interval Tweak (now available in avast! itself since version 4.6.691)
+Removed avast! Tweaker tweaks that are now available in avast! itself (since version 4.6.691)
+Removed ODBC/XML tweak (now available in avast! itself since version 4.6.691)
+Fixed avast! Status string for Windows folder
+Added avast! update interval time to status page
+Added browser selection popup when launching »Visit Security-Ops webpage« (idea by Eddy)

avast! External Control 1.6.295 Download
http://freeweb.siol.net/razor256/downloads/avast_external_control.zip
Existing users can use integrated Smart AutoUpdate feature to update :slight_smile:

I’d also like to ask Alwil team if interval check is also used in avast! Pro?
From what i heard it’s also used and PUSH mechanism only for emergency VPS releases. Is that true?

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avast! Update Interval Time: Powered by PUSH Update System minutes
Just a tiny bug/error I think. The "minutes" shouldn't be there.
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Urg,didn’t see that one coming ;D Thanks,i’ll upload updated BETA asap.

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BETA2 uploaded. Use link in first post to download it again. Thx

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One other thing. “Visit Security OP’s website” opens IE.
Personally I would like the site to be opened in the default browser.

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Thats actually my preference since majority of web scanners require ActiveX in order to work. Trend Micro (Java version) and single file scanners are exception.
Thats the main and only reason why i prefer executing IE6 instead.
Also all pages on my site are safe,so there shouldn’t be any problem browsing them with IE6.
For example AEC VPS updater will open default briowser even if it’s Opera or Mozilla. Hm,tough decision…

Hehe,just got idea while writing this post ;D
I could add a simple popup message with option to select if you want to use default browser or IE6…

Thanks for idea Eddy :slight_smile:

Oh,is now that “minutes” stuff fixed?

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Yup, the ‘minutes’ is fixed.
It now shows:

avast! Update Interval Time: Powered by PUSH Update System

And sofar I haven’t found any other errors/bugs.
Everything seems to be working like it should.

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BETA3 uploaded. You might wanna check “Visit Security-Ops webpage” feature ;D

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Working like a charm :slight_smile:

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Ok,great :slight_smile: Then you can expect official release in few minutes :wink:

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Ok,new AEC 1.6.291 is now officially released!

Now it fully supports latest avast! antivirus 4.6.691

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Latest version of Avast is 4.6.691 grin

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Sorry,a typo. Fixed now.

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Just released another minor update (AEC 1.6.295).

New in version 1.6.295
+Added tweak to quickly place/remove shortcut for avast! Chest on desktop
+Added avast! Status info for integrated avast! Cleaner component (file version reading)

Smart AutoUpdate update also available to all existing users :slight_smile:

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Nice feature as I had to start avast to get in the chest! ;D

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Hehe,this was getting on my nerves too since i jugle with lots of nasties every day.
You can ofcourse place shortcut on desktop by hand,but this tweak is far more elegant :wink:
But i’m still waiting for Chest access in “a” ball right-click menu… ;D

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;D Thanks for your work!

Can we use your extension with a non english avast! version? (French for example)

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Yes, it could be used. I use it into Portuguese (Brazil) version without problems :wink:

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Thank you Rejzor ;D

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Thanks!

And have a nice hapy new year!!!