Are there any plans to add 7z to the list of archives that avast can scan?
Yes, it’s actually almost ready. 
avast! 4.5 is on the way…
Excellent!! ;D I can’t wait.
No way :o v4.5? Cool ;D I can’t wait too 
I must say it’s new even for me ;D
Any details, Vlk?
Interesting,team members don’t know for eachothers plans lol
It’s in intrinsic release planned to streamline all avast versions on the occasion of the release of the network edition of avast (avast! Distributed Network Manager).
It’s gonna contain quite a few bits interesting even for home/end users though - more on this TBD…
Est. timeframe June.
Vlk
Oh no Vlk… Do we have to wait till June to see any new release? :-[
Greetings, Outsider
No, program updates are normally released about once a month.
But this is a new program version.
cool…can’t wait too… ;D
Won’t be insteresting a specific forum board for it?
- Wishlist
- New features
- etc.
I suppose it won’t be a bloatware ;D
i hope not…
Hm what do you consider as bloatware?
I don’t mind if avast! gets a firewall or antispyware detection. As long as it keeps speed,low CPU and memory usage its fine. Every extra feature is welcome.
This will take us so far… :-
There are a lot of topics discussing this. The majority of the users prefer ‘standalone’ applications. Alwil could have, for instance, a firewall and avast. Only few of us prefer a ‘systeworks’ application.
Layered defense is another principle.
Anyway, just opinions 8)
Hehe ok i don’t need disk cleanup and defragmenter in antivirus software,but firewall and maybe anti-spyware is something very common for nowdays antivirus programs. But even if avast! stays only antivirus,its fine with me since its very good Another opinion from me
Please tell me it’ll still work on Windows 95.
I realise that this is a completely unreasonable request (and that some people will consider me a walking security risk for using such an ancient beastie), but it would be greatly appreciated - I need to get Win95 through to it’s 10th anniversary. ;D
Of course, there’s no need to artificially break Win95 compatibility… (and from the program’s perspective, Win95 is not so different from Win98)…
I don’t think a firewall is “very common” for an antivirus-program.
Since WinXP SP2 (RC1) has a build in firewall most people don’t really need a firewall in the future. And even if there are better personal firewalls (sygate, tiny, kerio) on the security-market the demand for such a software will be low (I think) due to the fact that everyone will have a build-in-firewall with SP2.
So in my eyes a firewall in avast! would only bloat the system
Greetings
Timo
p.s. the only virus-program with integrated firewall (and dialer-control) I know is Softwin Bitdefender Professional - but this costs extra cash 
Just between you and me – the XP SP2 firewall really sucks. I can’t help myself…
I also understood that the XP firewall is … well… just an opportunity for Microsoft to be able to say ‘that XP has a firewall built in’.
Re new version of avast!; IMHO I also wouldn’t mind seperate applications (and thus companies) for antivirus and firewall and antispyware. Risk spreading so to say…
Furthermore my wish truly is that the avast! antivirus Home Edition will not be any further …euh…‘crippled’ compared to the Pro Edition… (I still remember the avast32 days with no skins but with full functionality for Home user…) Get the money where it is: the subscribing companies. What do they care what update and maintanance fees cost… As log as the scanning is up to par with the big names.
Another opinion of mine: at least one ‘daily at xx.xx hours, if not executed, repeated every 1 hour till executed’ scan scheduling option would be nice, the screensaver scanning is better then nothing but…
I do think at least 1 basic possibility for good scheduling of scanning and updating (in that regards avast! needs to add nothing; dial-uprecognition is perfect as it is) is a minimum, even for a free version.
And for Xmas I would really like a lower footprint guys… let’s face it, it’s a much discussed subject, and a bit painful…not everyone has 500+ Mb RAM… :-\
But of course; bottom of the line; thank you avast! for the free Home version, and keep up the good work.
Greetings, Outsider