Version: 17.8.2318

bob3160 · 2017-12-09T15:37:47.000Z

@DavidR,
The latest beta also doesn’t have the fast scan in the free version.
So you’re celebration I’m afraid is probably not going to last for long.

Alikhan · 2017-12-09T15:55:49.000Z

The quick scan has been getting phased out for a while now. It won’t be there when v17.9 stable is released. The smart scan will be the quick scan option. That’ll effect all editions (Free, internet Security and Premier).

bob3160 · 2017-12-09T15:58:23.000Z

Alikhan post:127:

The quick scan has been getting phased out for a while now. It won’t be there when v17.9 stable is released. The smart scan will be the quick scan option. That’ll effect all editions (Free, internet Security and Premier).

A quicker scan is called no scan.

Myke3 · 2017-12-09T16:01:12.000Z

Excellent update! Smooth and quiet improvements and upgrades. I am so delighted I discovered AVAST products a few years ago. They are committed only to forward and
upward movement. If they were on the US stock exchange, I would certainly invest and buy. I am a Premier owner and AVAST does all of my cyber security! Keep this momentum, team, you have got my support.

mjk+

DavidR · 2017-12-09T16:36:22.000Z

Alikhan post:127:

The quick scan has been getting phased out for a while now. It won’t be there when v17.9 stable is released. The smart scan will be the quick scan option. That’ll effect all editions (Free, internet Security and Premier).

Personally I don’t care for on-demand scans - but to say that the Smart Scan is quicker than the Quick scan is plain wrong. If the user doesn’t do a custom install then many components will be included in the Smart Scan. That or they need to also customise the Smart Scan settings.
The quick scan does a very limited ‘antivirus’ scan, were the Smart Scan runs a whole slew of different scans. Collectively I believe that is longer

DavidR · 2017-12-09T16:41:19.000Z

bob3160 post:126:

@DavidR,
The latest beta also doesn’t have the fast scan in the free version.
So you’re celebration I’m afraid is probably not going to last for long.

I’m not celebrating, it is/was something I rarely did outside of beta testing (and I’ve pretty much given up on that) or question in the forums. On-demand scans are much depreciated in an on-access AV.

Alikhan · 2017-12-09T16:51:27.000Z

DavidR post:130:

Alikhan post:127:

The quick scan has been getting phased out for a while now. It won’t be there when v17.9 stable is released. The smart scan will be the quick scan option. That’ll effect all editions (Free, internet Security and Premier).

Personally I don’t care for on-demand scans - but to say that the Smart Scan is quicker than the Quick scan is plain wrong. If the user doesn’t do a custom install then many components will be included in the Smart Scan. That or they need to also customise the Smart Scan settings.
The quick scan does a very limited ‘antivirus’ scan, were the Smart Scan runs a whole slew of different scans. Collectively I believe that is longer

You are correct. Smart scan has additional component scans which would ofcourse add time to the scan. My point was the the virus scan incorporated in the smart scan is a limited scan which is the similar to the quick scan. The other components will add time.

Asyn · 2017-12-09T17:31:07.000Z

DavidR post:131:

On-demand scans are much depreciated in an on-access AV.

+1

Patrick2 · 2017-12-09T18:44:28.000Z

Starting to get away from On Demand scans, I used to do On Demand scans weekly, but lately only do it when beta testing on my test machine, and otherwise just let Real time protection do the scanning

Now if I could stop myself from thinking I should be using Defender on a few systems, no wonder I have so many PC errors and problems off and on, I must get my brain to use 1 antivirus and stick with it lol

RejZoR · 2017-12-10T11:34:34.000Z

Alikhan post:132:

DavidR post:130:

Alikhan post:127:

The quick scan has been getting phased out for a while now. It won’t be there when v17.9 stable is released. The smart scan will be the quick scan option. That’ll effect all editions (Free, internet Security and Premier).

Personally I don’t care for on-demand scans - but to say that the Smart Scan is quicker than the Quick scan is plain wrong. If the user doesn’t do a custom install then many components will be included in the Smart Scan. That or they need to also customise the Smart Scan settings.
The quick scan does a very limited ‘antivirus’ scan, were the Smart Scan runs a whole slew of different scans. Collectively I believe that is longer

You are correct. Smart scan has additional component scans which would ofcourse add time to the scan. My point was the the virus scan incorporated in the smart scan is a limited scan which is the similar to the quick scan. The other components will add time.

Smart Scan is nothing like Quick Scan. The scan scope is a light year apart. Not to mention it doesn’t use any heuristics or emulation. To save seconds. My crappy netbook with Atom and 2GB of RAM does the scan in seconds even with high heuristics and emulation. Quick scan takes a minute. Removing it with excuse it’s about “saving time” is just silly. We have on-access scan, what’s the point of an on-demand scan when it hardly checks anything and even when it does it’s using so limited scope it’s a miracle if it ever detects anything that on-access hasn’t already anyway.

Quick scan on the other hand uses heuristics and emulation and has a wide scope. It actually makes sense having it there.

SpockFan94 · 2017-12-10T15:09:46.000Z

Today, Avast! Free Antivirus has changed right now because the scans tab has changed and a new tab called “Core Shields” appears, too. On the scans tabs, some of the scans, Quick Scan and Removable media scan has disappeared. I check it on my computer already. I dediced to create a custom scan called “Quick Scan” to make it faster from last time, but it goes really slow for today.

Asyn · 2017-12-11T06:30:24.000Z

SpockFan94 post:136:

I dediced to create a custom scan called “Quick Scan” to make it faster from last time, but it goes really slow for today.

Just naming it “Quick Scan” doesn’t mean the scan is fast, that depends on the scan set-up.

RejZoR · 2017-12-12T15:56:43.000Z

Wait a second, 2318 build now has separate Core Shields menu already? Wasn’t this only in 2320 BETA ? That’s weird…

Patrick2 · 2017-12-12T16:14:07.000Z

Yup in 2318, Screen shots below

RejZoR · 2017-12-12T16:33:06.000Z

Looks like they independently updated the interface ahead of the finalized BETA…

Patrick2 · 2017-12-12T16:38:56.000Z

yeah that’s what I thought when I first saw it, a few days ago, though thankfully I don’t run much on demand scans, on Mom’s PC did try to run one, and felt a little slower than previously, but maybe nothing, not sure on that part lol.

Dave250 · 2017-12-14T14:55:08.000Z

Ever since Avast upgraded to 17.8.2318 I’ve been unable to update my road speed camera warning device, Road Angel Gem.

Their updater is unable to connect to their servers. I’ve asked their Tech Support for port numbers and URL but they are so non-technical they don’t even understand the question! - so can anyone here suggest how I can find out what Avast is now doing to stop the updater working.

I know it’s Avast causing the problem as when I uninstall Avast the updater works - yes I did re-install Avast!!!

Charyb-0 · 2017-12-15T04:50:48.000Z

This is new. Please see attached.

DavidR · 2017-12-15T08:53:58.000Z

Charyb post:143:

This is new. Please see attached.

It has been mentioned in this and some other topics, so it would appear that some are getting UI updates but others aren’t, even when they have the same version number. No UI changes on my XP or win10 systems with the same 17.8.2318 version. Same UI as in Patrick2s image in Reply #141.

GopherJohn · 2017-12-15T15:20:44.000Z

2 of my 3 Win7 Pro laptops have received the UI change, while this one hasn’t. All are running AIS 17.8.2318. I don’t have a clue what could cause the difference.

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