New Beta version 18.4.2334

Consumer Products Public Beta Avast Antivirus Beta
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Hi everyone,

new beta version 18.4.2334 (build 18.4.3865) is released.

What’s new:

  • New subscription screen

    • Subscription screen moved from Settings to the new menu in header (more items to follow)
    • Possibility to easier license via account
    • Implementation still in progress
    • Please go through this new section and report any issue you find

  • New Anti-rootkit and Anti-exploit detection dialogs

What was fixed:

  • “Scanning in progress” is no longer reported in tray after install
  • Toaster from Game Mode is not shown when Silent mode enabled
  • UI does not hang or not responding when disable shields

Download links:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=179943.0

Enjoy this beta!
We are looking forward to your feedback.

AVAST Team.

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For me subscription still in the settings menu or this only affect Avast Free?

Edit:
For second restart it’s OK.

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Thanks for the new beta :slight_smile:

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Confirmed, twice reboots were needed.

Found issues:

  • “Licenses on this PC” in “My License” shows “Loading” forever
  • “My Licenses” => Enter Activation Code => Use a license file => “ENTER” button start circling without inserting license
  • “Avast Store” and “About” are not working
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My License is loading forever for me as well.
After clicking Avast Store and About, nothing happened. After a while, the 2 menu entries disappeared and I was logged out of my Avast account.

Right clicking the Avast icon in the System Tray and clicking Subscription information brings you to the old Subscription page, even though it is removed.

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Auto update. No issues so far.
No problem here with Licenses coming up/showing on my OS :slight_smile:

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Regarding new subscription menu - “Avast Store” and “About” should disappear after the next UI update. Just restart the computer, it should do the trick.

Rest of the issues will be investigated as we did not induce it before releasing the beta.

Thanks for the reports so far.

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Thanks Karel, testing it asap…

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Well, the new beta is running smooth here. Good job…!!

If anyone has a screenshot of the dialog(s), please post it. Thanks.

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During a Smart Scan the Avast UI appears to have crashed. It was not possible to relaunch it until after a system restart.
Logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yonkmywdy2cbtk8/modifiedlogs.zip?dl=1
Time of crash 23:03 UTC+2

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Thanks for the dump, I have passed it to developers.

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Avast secure browser is the successor of Avast Safe Zone and it’s a fork from the chromium repository modified by avast. Chromium dropped support for XP time ago and as result, Avast secure browser dropped it too and is compatible with Windows 7 and up, which is fine.
What’s weird, though, is that after I installed the latest beta, every time I boot my computer an error message pops up saying that Avast couldn’t find a directory in app data in which there should be “avast secure browser checker.exe”. I personally checked the directory and the file is there. Out of curiosity, I tried to run it, but it didn’t do anything.

I don’t know what Avast is trying to do, but whatever it is, I think it should be disabled if it detects that is Windows XP, in order to avoid to show the error.

OS: Windows XP Professional x86 SP3

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Please check different thread https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=215342.0