Beta 17.1.2282

noelrojasc · 2017-01-13T18:50:25.000Z

In my humble, ignorant opinion; this new release of Avast is far away from being ready. It would be better if it takes a little longer to the final release, to make sure that all the bugs are fixed and the GUI is optimal. I think we, Avast users, will be very grateful.

Hope nobody gets offended.

A.User · 2017-01-15T23:06:28.000Z

Nice error but clicking fix doesn’t work… will try a repair and restart.

Screenshot

A.User · 2017-01-15T23:29:35.000Z

Nice error but clicking fix doesn't work... will try a repair and restart.
Screenshot

Run a repair, after that another error appeared. The fix button in the UI again didn’t work. Then i run a second repair but the error was still here. Restarted and it was gone.

New error

EDIT: The “restore settings” popup is empty and does not contain the checkboxes to select which settings to restore. Clicking continue says that the settings were restored but they were not. Don’t know if it’s already known.

bob3160 · 2017-01-15T23:31:21.000Z

After an install, you should always do a reboot.

DavidR · 2017-01-15T23:55:26.000Z

Nice error but clicking fix doesn't work... will try a repair and restart.
Screenshot

Run a repair, after that another error appeared. The fix button in the UI again didn’t work. Then i run a second repair but the error was still here. Restarted and it was gone.

New error

It would be better if you attached the images to your post. That way people can view it in line without having to jump to another site.

kenny556 · 2017-01-16T01:15:34.000Z

Can’t wait for the new beta! I want the IDP protection!

RejZoR · 2017-01-16T01:30:27.000Z

I’m more concerned over the GUI design. They’ve made some really weird design decisions and very little time to address them properly… I hope they’ll still manage to do it, but my expectations are rather low and that’s worrying…

kenny556 · 2017-01-16T03:38:01.000Z

It looks like Kirby from super smash brothers threw up all over the GUI. Way to purple I think blue would have been better.

A.User · 2017-01-16T11:21:10.000Z

DavidR post:60:

It would be better if you attached the images to your post. That way people can view it in line without having to jump to another site.

I thought that the images were too big and would make the forum cluttered. I’ll do it the next time.

Asyn · 2017-01-16T11:55:51.000Z

[quote="DavidR post:60, topic:732187"] It would be better if you attached the images to your post. That way people can view it in line without having to jump to another site. [/quote] 1. I thought that the images were too big and would make the forum cluttered. 2. I'll do it the next time. ;)

1. Not at all, one needs to click them to get opened/enlarged. 2. Please do so, like Dave, I avoid opening external links.

A.User · 2017-01-16T12:24:55.000Z

By the way the error (the one with the SecureDNS) is again here. Anyone else who has it?

Blocked threats by real time protection show up in the notifications, haven’t checked yet if they stay there after a restart, but maybe it is a good idea to have a log also for real time protection. Or better just create a log for everything like all the other AVs have.

Next to the “Threat blocked” notification in the notifications panel there is a button “Open in Virus Chest” even for threats blocked by the web shield. Since the stream scanning doesn’t allow creating a real .exe file to be quarantined, users can become concerned why there is nothing in the Chest.

MartinZ · 2017-01-17T14:13:57.000Z

RejZoR post:62:

I’m more concerned over the GUI design. They’ve made some really weird design decisions and very little time to address them properly… I hope they’ll still manage to do it, but my expectations are rather low and that’s worrying…

Hi Rejzor,

yes we plan to release some changes in the UI in next beta but the basic selection of the menu will stay for now and we will A/B test different approaches later on. Your proposal makes sense if we would have just AV functionality, which we don’t have a we must somehow organize the items. So that’s why it’s divided to Protection, Privacy, Performance. Adding a section of Tools would mean that this category would be much larger that the rest menu items and all new features would end up there. We tested the current layout on normal users and it wasn’t really an issue.

system · 2017-01-17T15:28:33.000Z

Hi All,
Of course I’m running this beta version…I’ve run several scan’s already. I have a question, on the status page there are two notification’s I can’t seem to get rid of…(1) There are a couple things to fix - Fix All (2) Real Site can’t run on this network - Repair . Is anyone else receiving these same notification’s ? I’m enclosing a screenshot of what I’m seeing.
Thanks,
David :o

RejZoR · 2017-01-17T16:51:10.000Z

MartinZ post:67:

RejZoR post:62:

I’m more concerned over the GUI design. They’ve made some really weird design decisions and very little time to address them properly… I hope they’ll still manage to do it, but my expectations are rather low and that’s worrying…

Hi Rejzor,

yes we plan to release some changes in the UI in next beta but the basic selection of the menu will stay for now and we will A/B test different approaches later on. Your proposal makes sense if we would have just AV functionality, which we don’t have a we must somehow organize the items. So that’s why it’s divided to Protection, Privacy, Performance. Adding a section of Tools would mean that this category would be much larger that the rest menu items and all new features would end up there. We tested the current layout on normal users and it wasn’t really an issue.

I’ve posted a new GUI draft in the GUI discussion thread. Ask Vlk about it, I’ve sent him the link as well.

Rednose · 2017-01-18T00:34:04.000Z

RejZoR post:62:

I’m more concerned over the GUI design. They’ve made some really weird design decisions and very little time to address them properly… I hope they’ll still manage to do it, but my expectations are rather low and that’s worrying…

With my hacker - and your Photoshop skills, we could try to change it inside next week

Greetz, Red.

MartinZ · 2017-01-18T07:31:07.000Z

davy49 post:68:

Hi All,
Of course I’m running this beta version…I’ve run several scan’s already. I have a question, on the status page there are two notification’s I can’t seem to get rid of…(1) There are a couple things to fix - Fix All (2) Real Site can’t run on this network - Repair . Is anyone else receiving these same notification’s ? I’m enclosing a screenshot of what I’m seeing.
Thanks,
David :o

Hi, this warning will be removed. It doesn’t make sense.

system · 2017-01-18T16:09:33.000Z

Hi MartinZ,
Thanks so much for your reply…it didn’t make sense to me either, of course things like that happen when using ‘beta’ software.
David

RejZoR · 2017-01-18T19:51:36.000Z

Hoping to see a new BETA soon. I wanna test it before we go to Prague

system · 2017-01-18T21:37:26.000Z

Hi RejZoR,
Just to let you know, now I’m getting the same notification on a different windows 10 computer. It doesn’t seem to be affecting the performance of the software though.
Thanks,
David

BeSecure · 2017-01-19T06:00:15.000Z

RejZoR post:73:

Hoping to see a new BETA soon.

Me too.

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