NEW: Beta version released - 12.2.2273

Consumer Products Public Beta Avast Antivirus Beta
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Hi all,

new beta version is live: 12.2.2273
In this release, we are trying to finish a few long going internal projects. Especially the improved licensing and registration to Windows Security center.

Fixes and improvements:

  • New licensing system
  • New implementation of Windows Security center registration
  • Rescue Disc fixed

Known Issues:

  • Inserting license into expired program may cause invisibility of some components in the program UI. Repair fixes the issue.
  • New components menu is not yet fully functional
  • Windows Security center registration may not be successful in some cases. But please, report all occurrences which are not fixed by reboot.
  • SafePrice plugin for Firefox may not show all available offers

Download links as usual or just update your current beta.

Enjoy,
Petr

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Anything on the HIPS being improved?

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What does this new licensing system mean? I hope it won’t restrict us from de-activating a machine to reinstall Avast again in case someone formats his PC

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- New components menu is not yet fully functional what this is and will it affect the main UI?

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It allows to install/uninstall components from the settings.

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The components menu sounds like a cool feature to have. It’s certainly more obvious than finding it in the uninstaller itself.

I also hope they’ll redesign installer/uninstaller to follow the Windows theme and control. I had to once uninstall avast! on my tablet using only a keyboard in safe mode because touch wasn’t working there (it only has one USB port so I couldn’t use mouse and keyboard together) was absolutely terrifyingly bad. I tried selecting buttons using TAB key, arrow keys and space and the thing was all over the place. I couldn’t even see what I was selecting so I was trying it blindly till I finally managed to randomly hit the right thing after 15 minutes of trying.

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I believe components menu is the one in installer.

Anyways - I don’t like the installer. Why? Because when it installs and “finishes”, it actually continues to download/install in the background and the icon is not accessible for ~1 minute on my SSD setup.
It’s supposed to be complete once avast icon shows in tray… Please do fix this.

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Nope, it’s a new section in the settings.

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Oh, did not see that. Thanks!

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You’re welcome.

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Any news on Anti-Ransomware protection? are u guys working on this?

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Thanks for the update, I also think Components tab is a good addition. :slight_smile:

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Yep, especially for the newbies. :wink:

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-Browser Cleanup not seeing my Firefox 47.0.1 64 bit.

-Under Components I have 2 firewall module.

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Has settings exporting been fixed (insufficient rights error)?

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And the slow boot in some Windows 8.1 systems?

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It’s working for me:

http://screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1469104956161-2995.png

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https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=93544.msg1326354#msg1326354

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Thanks for the video Bob, nice that avast have made it easier for a user to have a minimal installation and not have to go through control panel to uninstall a component.

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My pleasure. Hopefully Avast will also bring back a useful UI to make getting to features easier or, expand the right click menu of the Avast system tray icon