The update has now been officially released as v4.8.1227.
Thanks to everyone who helped testing.
Hi *,
here I’m again. While the next scheduled avast 4.x program update is still approximately a month ahead, we already have a (sort of) stable (although pre-release) build that has some of the new stuff implemented, and would be glad if you could give it a try.
How to install it (provided you have a previous version of avast Home/Pro already installed):
NEW! go to avast settings, and on the Troubleshooting page, disable the avast self-defense module (this is NECESSARY for the update to complete successfully)
download and run the following program: link removed
after it completes, re-enable self-defense module (disabled in step 1.)
That’s about all it takes.
This build is supposed to solve all issues of the official 4.8.1201 build (the bug in SMTP alerts, the rare (but fatal) condition that may be causing a blue-screen on Vista machines, intermittent hangs on Outlook startup etc). New features include many improvements in the unpacker engine and other optimizations (performance optimizations etc).
Any comments on this release are welcome and appreciated!
Edit 07/07/2008: the beta has now been updated to v4.8.1218.
Now i have hard problems with outlook plug-in AND pdf plug-in.
I had to disable this plug-ins to get open my outlook 2007.
Where is the improvement?
Never before i have had this kind of bugs ???
Tevion
EDIT: There is an translation of the first fatal error (sorry for the bad translation)
Fatal error in the Outlook Avast! 4-add-in.
If this error message was displayed on several occasions, you should deactivate this
Add-in and check off whether an update is available.
Would you like to deactivate this ad-in?
And of course it`s a beta i hope I sound not too angry?
Hi,
I have the same problem in Outlook.
Outlook 2007 kept warning until disabled avast plug-in.
Outlook couldn’t find “AavmRpch.dll” in the specified directory.
MS Windows Ver 5.1 Build 2600xpsp_sp2_gdr070227-2254:SP2)
MS Office Outlook 2007 (12.0.6023.5000)
Yes, this dll seems to be somehow lost through the update to v.1216
Similar dll concerns to Adobe Acrobat Add-In.
It causes to the last Avast update directly.
Tevion
no, i dont have ashoutxt.dll in the Avast! Folder. (at Iso-G: thats the dll you asked for)
Thats the reason why Outlook 2007 dont find it.
Only ashOUTXt.dll was found.
Sorry for late answer.
Tevion
EDIT: this is the bug (it`s in german) - reactivation of add-ins impossible, causes new fatal error, second picture or see
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The Mail Scanner has an option to only scan files with the extensions you place on the list. This is on the Web Scanning Tab. I placed EXE,RAR,ZIP,COM in the list and saw that other file extensions were also being scanned. Similar to the Standard Shield problem I reported.
I’d say it works here as expected (and in any case, it’s certainly unrelated to Standard Shield).
What exactly did you set up in Web Shield settings? What files did you see being scanned (that should not have been)?
How exactly did you see they’re being scanned by the Web Shield?
Keep in mind I only specify exe,rar,zip extensions to be scanned, not all files.
Have ‘show detail on performed action’ checked to see the messages, or just look in the resident report
Also, you might have to click on some of the game images to see the messages I am talking about.
