NEW PRE-RELEASE version of avast now available for test [5.0.396]

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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[b]Version 5.0.396 has now been released to the general public.
It will solve most of the stability issues related to version 5.0.377.

Thanks to everyone who helped testing.
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Hi *,

we’ll soon be releasing a program update for v5 (a first program update after the official launch). If you’d like, you can test the pre-release bits now. Anyone who has problems with the official build (5.0.377) - especially system-wide crashes or hangs - is welcome to do so. This build is also supposed to fix the “hang” issue of the previous pre-release builds (393/394) .

Download links:
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(sorry, no incremental update for now - but running this full package on a computer with 5.0.377 already installed should allow you to do the update; alternatively, you can always reinstall).

Users of 5.0.393/394 can go to this build by simply invoking the Program update feature from within the avast UI.

This is a service release that is supposed to fix most of the issues reported for the 5.0.377 version. Most importatly, the intermittent BSODs should hopefully be gone.

Any comments are welcome.

Thanks much
Vlk

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I hope this time the comments of the ppl will be good. ;D

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can’t update through the program interface, will have to download and update with the installer, no big deal :wink:

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Wait for ~5 more minutes till the server farm is synchronized.

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Updates for me now, after waiting a few minutes.

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OK it’s working here too now :wink:

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Version .396 running here smoothly :).

Thanks avast team :-*

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Hi,

Updated with no problems, seems to be good.

Thank you.

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Installed 5.0.396 by manually invoking the ‘update programme’ function.

Completed flawlessly. For the first time I actually received the box ‘Avast needs to restart you system’.

Despite this, I would really like to send Alwil a dump! LOL

However, I will have to wait for a random freeze before I can.

Avastfan1

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Is your problem resolved avastfan1 ?

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no problems here either :slight_smile:

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it takes a couple of hours of testing before one can say a problem is solved, that’s not instant ;D

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Fabulous! No more installer hangs!

Thanks vlk.

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I’m still having my problem even with this new beta

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You are sure your firewall allow all avast! process ?

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5.0.396 has no problems in my pc, it’s running just fine!

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I don’t have any firewall, only Windows XP’s one

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So far, so good vlk. Updated programs with no problems.

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Gian, it seems that manual updates work OK, since you can get the latest .396 version. Did your computer come with some other security software installed (Norton is the most common) before you went to Avast! 4.8? Does Task Manager show anything out of the ordinary, like Live Update? Have you done a recent virus scan?

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As it took me 3 hours on dial up to re-install 4.8 it would be neat if there was a major announcement as a sticky that all systems had passed muster for the latest edition of 5.0 before I go down that path again !!!
Thanks: Ian Mc