Mac Avast Antivirus Betatesting again!

Hallo,
if You missed the last public-betatesting wave, it’s here again. Write to cimbal@avast.com with subject MAC-BETA and I’ll point you in turn to the proper betatesting-dedicated page with all the additional info and downloads.

Regards,
PC

… hmmm, but, … who read this, was probably already interested enough, so I won’t make obstacles - here it is, slightly protected against webcrawling bots: http://public.nameofourantivirus.com/~cimbal/beta.html :wink:

May I ask why the Avast for MAC is in the Unix\Linux Forum ??
Is it because its core is Linux ?
Just asking out of curiousity ;D
Thanks

Al968

al968 Mac OS X is built on UNIX

Thats what I thought but I wasn’t sure :wink:

Al968

Will it ever reach the final state ? ;D

Al968

al968, kind of an odd question, but are you actually using a Mac? If so, I would have thought that you would know that Apple’s operating systems are Unix based.

And if you’re not using a Mac, why would you care when it’s done testing?

Sorry, no disrespect meant, but in this thread, you were pretty vocal about when it’ll be done:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=26861.0

I’m just curious as to why?

Don’t worry I don’t take it as disrespect :wink:
No I am not using an Apple however I have noticed that more people want an antivirus and they are turning to Symantec which has one :stuck_out_tongue:
So I wish that the Antivirus for Mac would come out so that I could recommand it to them :wink:

Thanks

Al968

Curiosity satisfied, thanks for the response.

:slight_smile:

Please tell them NOT to use Symantec if they have an Intel Macintosh!!! There are serious issues with NAV under Intel plus the resident scanner will only work on PowerPC systems

Well so far that’s what I’ve told them but itsa not very convincing because I don’t know anyother product and they absolutly want protection :stuck_out_tongue:

Al968

Intego’s Virus Barrier product works fine under OS X PowerPC and OS X Intel so until avast is finished if they really want protection they can use that

EDIT: Sorry for the late late late reply but I usually dont check the Linux forums :frowning:

We have had lots of updates (i think version 2.54 now)Any update on the release date or pricing info?

Boy are you in trouble, I’m going to tell your mother…

:slight_smile:

boy there sure is a lack of news on the Mac OS X edition :-[

Yep that Avast’s way isn’t it ??
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=30090.0

Al968

You think I would be used to it since Apple never says a thing until release day. :stuck_out_tongue:

;D ;D
Well Apple is not as bad as Avast

Al968

I know this is an old, very old thread… I am just trying to bring it to life again. What’s happening with avast! for Mac ? Leopard is out, so all I’m waiting now is to see avast! for Mac goes final.

Alwil, any thoughts ?

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=30519.msg259422#msg259422