NEW Avast Version 20.9 (November 2020)

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi all, please welcome the newest version of Avast AV: 20.9 (20.9.2437)

Here’s what’s officially new:

  • CyberCapture results - Miss a notification? Now in your notification center, you can see all results for suspicious files you’ve sent to our Threat Labs
  • More versatile Password Protection - Along with Chrome and Opera, we now support Microsoft Edge and, our personal favorite, Avast Secure Browser (Premium Security only)
  • Vote for features - Vote for your favorite premium features, or submit your ideas for new ones. Simply go to Menu > About and let us know your preference (Premium Security only)
  • Performance improvements - Your antivirus components should now load even faster thanks to simultaneous loading of our main service and VPS

And some other under-the-hood improvements:

  • Moved Do Not Disturb module to separate “tools” service for better performance
  • Minor accessibility adjustments (e.g., added tray shortcuts, improved confirmation dialogs when disabling shields, etc.)
  • Corrected some issues with Sensitive Data Shield on x86 systems
  • Sensitive Data Shield also now protects manually added files without having to restart your PC
  • Fixed minor bug so Behavior Shield doesn’t duplicate detections already covered by File Shield
  • Fixed a rare case where Firewall would trigger an ask dialog for already stopped processes
  • Fixed a rare case where switching languages could fail
  • Fixed some [b]licensing hiccups with Cleanup and VPN wallet keys when being activated by AV
  • Optimized scanning of QUIC connections
  • …and about 100 others

How to install:

  1. Update from your existing Avast version via Settings → Update → Update program
  2. Or you can download and install files:
    Online installers (recommended):

Offline installers:

A big thanks goes to the team for yet another successful release.

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Thanks Slavo, spreading the news… :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the new release :slight_smile:

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@ slavo.benko
How about making the undocumented/hidden geek:area function more visible ?

We are constantly having to tell users with related issues in the forums how to find and enter the ‘secret handshake’ geek:area of Avast.

By all means have a warning that changing these settings can effect your protection, etc. etc.
A bit like the warning in Firefox about:config area.
EDIT attached image.

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Hi, I want to report a small UI bug, if I run a full scan on my PC, an “</ br>” appears between the scan description words(Romanian language) I’m on UI 1.0.579.

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Thanks for the suggestion, it’s true it might be a hidden a bit too much, will consider.

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Thanks for the consideration, I too feel it is just too hidden.
Given it isn’t documented anywhere in the application and there are several functions in there that shouldn’t be hidden in this way

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So where do I find the Download for the Omni version?
I didn’t see it in the Omni sub forum.

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Hello,

Where is Avast Leak Alerts in free version ?

I dont see him

Cordially

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It’s in the beta version for the moment.

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We need to keep it in Beta a little longer but should make it to the upcoming release 20.10 by the end of the year.

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I am unable to download either offline installer; I can download both online installers

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FWIW I also would like to see our ‘geek:area’ more easily accessible.
I realize there are advanced settings in this area however I agree as mentioned, there are several functions that need to be accessible.

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Why ?
What errors are you getting ?

No problem here, just downloaded the avast free off-line installer.

See attached images, I changed the file name to avast_free_antivirus_setup_offline-20-9.exe for clarity.

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When I click on either online installers, a new tab in Chrome opens and a dialog appears asking where to save and allows me to change file name.
When I click on either offline installers, a new tab opens for a second then closes itself with no dialog appearing.
I have successfully been downloading offline installer for years just not working today.

Update: if I copy the offline installer address, then paste in address bar for new tab in Chrome then it downloads, so only problem is clicking on original link doesn’t work

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What if you try right clicking on the offline installer you want and select Save As ?
That’s the way I normally do it, using firefox (my default browser), I don’t use Chrome, so I don’t know if it has that option (I would be surprised if it didn’t, its fairly common).

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→ https://help.avast.com/en/install/

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Hi, thanks for the report, the devs are working on a fix.

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Thanks Asyn.
Is there such a website for offline full versions downloads rather than online downloads?

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You’re welcome Bob. (No idea, sorry - as Omni isn’t available here, I don’t monitor it closely.)