New version 24.12

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hello,

Please welcome the version 24.12 of Avast AV released on December 10th 2024

Major public announcement:

  • Enhancing capabilities for USB scanning - users can setup it up more easily. E.g. “scan automatically” to avoid disturbing every time when you connect the USB to your computer
  • Avast Passwords that has been sunset a while ago has a successor. But you need to migrate to it manually. We added a warning to the product UI and wizard that will help you to guide you through the process. Sorry about the inconvenience!
  • My Subscriptions page has been redesigned to provide a clearer view on your subscriptions and products.
  • lot of other fixes to increase product stability and product performance

How to install:

  • Update from your existing Avast version via Settings → Update → Update program
  • Or you can download and install files:

Online installers (recommended):

Offline installers:

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Thanks for the new release :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the belated update notification of 24.12.

Even more so the details of what changes/enhancements :slight_smile:

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But you need to migrate to it manually. We added a warning to the product UI and wizard that will help you to guide you through the process. Sorry about the inconvenience!

I assume this means it won’t be automatically installed and added when we update?

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Here in my update everything went smoothly.
Although I like to update the program manually.

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Can anyone comment if this release addresses the ICARUS.EXE proliferation problems? THX

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Look, this ICARUS is a major problem, there are several topics talking about ICARUS.

I had a problem with ICARUS when I restarted my computer Windows could not be loaded I had to do Windows startup repair to get it working again.