NEW Avast Version 21.10 (November 2021)

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi, all. Please welcome the newest version of Avast AV: 21.10 (21.10.2498)
Major public announcement:

  • Firewall We’re fully launching our new firewall to the entire userbase
  • DoH SecureDNS will now get DoH capabilities, improving privacy

Other notable improvements in the release:

  • Fixed the BSOD issue on x86 Windows 7 installations
  • Resolved issues with high contrast themes in Windows not displaying the UI properly

Another great release thanks to some great people, thank you to the whole team!
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:

(In case the hyperlink here wouldn’t work in your browser, just paste and copy the URL to the browser address bar)

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New release :slight_smile:

Thank you Avast team!

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Thanks, spreading the news… 8)

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New firewall? How? It’s not been offered to my installation. The Protection section of theAvast UI shows a green padlock for the firewall.

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I also can’t access Firewall. It’s enabled but can’t access it. Even got the notifaction about Private/Public network.
Tried removing and re-adding the Firewall component and repair app but still no change >:(

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Whilst this is welcome news on the firewall being included in avast free (though some finding that isn’t the case), but a couple of questions.

  1. How does the avast firewall component behave if a user already has a 3rd party firewall installed ?

  2. If the user is only using the win10 firewall, how does Windows react to the firewall component being installed ?

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BTW, for those who have got the firewall in the free version, is there a way to manually add apps into the firewall? Or is everything automatic with the user having no control over adding apps, like I saw when Avast One first came out.

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Point 2:
In my previous experience it automatically disabled the Windows one.

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Can I add another question?
What benefit to users is there from using the Avast free firewall rather than the Windows 10 firewall?

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I can’t save settings anymore. Button doesn’t work.
Also I can’t restore settings.

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Confirmed. And I may add, that it was reported during beta-testing… ::slight_smile:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=308097.msg1664851#msg1664851

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Thanks. I do have just detail. Summary window contains strange coding of Czech language, see att.

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Nothing attached !
Use the Attachments and other options below the text input window, click to expand.

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Hi, what is new “Avast Tools” service and why in Action center on Win 7 is still old logo?

Avast break Nal service on Win 7 64bit, after each PC boot this error appear in Windows Event manager(Avast Firewall not installed).

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Second release in the row I’ll have to skip for now… :frowning:

  1. Judging by the commenters here, Firewall is forced upon users, disabling the default Windows Firewall (which I personally prefer to use instead of Avast’s one), giving no way to disable Firewall in Avast Free, if it’s not needed, apparently.

  2. Despite various reports over the past month, even during beta testing in its thread, broken Export / Restore settings feature.

Bust most importantly, Firewall must be possible to disable.

Otherwise for people who prefer other Firewalls (including Window’s Default one) Avast becomes unusable.

I like my Windows 7 Firewall just fine, and I have many rules there I have no wish to re-create for Avast, even if I did want to use it (which I don’t).

Oh yes, this report from the post right above mine, again, doesn’t increase my confidence into the new Avast update.

I’m scared to update, because I see it will break everything on my computer that works just fine now.

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I had to uninstall and reinstall the product to get the Firewall.
But this Firewall doen’t have the option to manually add programs to it to create my rules. This is such a shame. Adding apps is the most basic feature of any Firewall. It doesn’t matter that it’s free. So core functionality wise it’s even worse than Windows Firewall.

Don’t worry. The Firewall is not forced. You can remove the Firewall component after the update or decide to not install during a fresh installation. So if you prefer Windows Firewall, then you can keep using that with Avast.

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I’ll probably wait until I can get an offline installer with an unbroken Export /Restore settings feature, which may mean skipping 21.10 entirely. I have a hardware firewall and don’t think additional software ones add any value; I don’t try to disable the Windows firewall only because I figure Windows is more likely to screw up deviations from its assumptions, and the cost in wasted memory and processing cycles is likely pretty insignificant.

-dwh

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After updating the version and installing the firewall, the “Windows Security” icon no longer appears. (see attached image).
Why?

Solve … >:( >:( >:(

Windows 10 Pro Edition
Version 21H1
Installation date: 01/07/2020
Operating system build 19043.1348
Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3920.0 experience

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After I upgraded to this version, Internet Explorer became unusable :cry:
Please fix it as soon as possible.

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Confirmed, will report to the devs soon