New version 26.3

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hello,

Please welcome the version 26.3 of Avast AV released on March 31st 2026.

Major public announcement:

  • Bugfixes - fixes to increase product stability and product performance in various components

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 announcement, but no real changelog.
I assume one “known issue” that would be listed, would be the loss of “Limited mode” Notifications setting. ref: Notifications - Limited mode is gone in 26.3?
I assume it has not been corrected by a hot-fix? So I won’t be updating yet.

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Thanks for the new release :slight_smile:

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Monitoring.
There are already some issues brought about related to this update, release. Ordinarily I don’t allow automatic program update, but because of the topic mentioned it I did a Manual Program update and confirmed the Limited Mode issue (which is my Choice) for me selecting Silent mode doesn’t show alerts and you would be left wondering why a site didn’t open,

The one that rocksteady mentioned above.

There is another one relating to streaming updates not being received by keram, Unusual daily virus definitions updates

Whilst I have Streaming still enabled and am receiving said updates automatically..

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Hi, the “Limited Mode” issue has now been fixed via UI fix: Notifications - Limited mode is gone in 26.3? - #6 by prokopes_

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I have now updated to 26.3 and can also confirm Notifications “Limited mode” is found present in settings.
(Version 26.3.10886g (build 26.3.10886.973), UI version 1.0.860).