Version: Avast 17.5.2303

[DavidR]

@GaryLov post:18

Avast’s recent habit of giving minimal descriptions of changes is unsatisfactory. In this case, the term “SMB customers” is ambiguous, with at least two meanings in the IT world. Can somebody from Avast confirm whether this is:

• Small & Medium Business (the addition of the word customers seems to imply this)
• Server Message Block - the protocol exploited by WannaCry etc, as some forum participants have concluded

Not only is it ambiguous.

Personally abbreviations should be avoided, unless having used the full term and bracketed the abbreviation. If the term is only used once there should be no abbreviation.

[Alikhan]

To clarify, this release is mainly for business. SMB (Small & Medium Business).

[midnight]

I installed this version on one of my win 10 computers today, got an error message when I clicked on SafeZone, done a repair, rebooted, still got the error message, modified, unticked SafeZone, rebooted, went to component’s installed Safezone. Went to settings and none of them were the way I had them set so had to change all of them. What a pain! Won’t be installing this version on any of my other computer’s.

EDIT:typo

[bob3160]

@-midnight post:23

I installed this version on one of my win 10 computers today, got an error message when I clicked on SafeZone, done a repair, rebooted, still got the error message, modified, unticked SafeZone, rebooted, went to component’s installed Safezone. Went to settings and none of them were the way I had them set so had to change all of them. What a pain! Won’t be installing this version on any of my other computer’s.

EDIT:typo

Without stating the error you received, it’s hard to give you an answer or a reason for whatever that error might have been.

[midnight]

@bob3160,

This error.

[bob3160]

@-midnight post:25

@bob3160,

This error.

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=195019.msg1360325#msg1360325

[system]

I updated to 17.5.2303 (build 17.5.3585.182), but then was unable to connect to websites with Firefox; the browser seemed to have trouble with the TLS handshake. Disabling Web Shield for 10 minutes made the problem go away, but it recurred after the 10 minutes were up. Enabling Web Shield but disabling the HTTPS scan seems to have fixed the problem permanently.

Also, after making the changes via the Avast interface, the Avast windows remained unresponsive and greyed out for over 30 minutes, at which point I had to try turning Windows off and back on again. Some regression testing should be added to your to-do list.

Oh, and your CAPTCHA posting verification images are the worst I have ever seen; if you don’t want people to post messages, just disable the Reply button.

• Alan

[bob3160]

@asraskin post:27

I updated to 17.5.2303 (build 17.5.3585.182), but then was unable to connect to websites with Firefox; the browser seemed to have trouble with the TLS handshake. Disabling Web Shield for 10 minutes made the problem go away, but it recurred after the 10 minutes were up. Enabling Web Shield but disabling the HTTPS scan seems to have fixed the problem permanently.

Also, after making the changes via the Avast interface, the Avast windows remained unresponsive and greyed out for over 30 minutes, at which point I had to try turning Windows off and back on again. Some regression testing should be added to your to-do list.

Oh, and your CAPTCHA posting verification images are the worst I have ever seen; if you don’t want people to post messages, just disable the Reply button.

• Alan

If you’re using XP or Vista, there’s a known problem with https sites.
Disabling https scanning in the WebShield should fix the problem till Avast addresses this known bug.
Settings, Components, WebShield, Customize, uncheck Enable HTTPS scanning then select OK at the bottom.

Captcha is there for the first 3 posts to deter Spammers. (Sorry about that.)

[system]

Nope, using Windows 7, not XP or Vista.

[bob3160]

@asraskin post:29

Nope, using Windows 7, not XP or Vista.

It’s still worth a try. If it works, you’re in luck if not, change it back and try the following:

Repair Avast:
Control Panel> Program and Features (Add/remove program)>Select Avast> Select Repair. Reboot when completed
https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB204

If Repair doesn’t fix the problem, try the following:
Clean Install of Avast:
https://goo.gl/4Ptzkf
If you need additional help with the Clean Install, watch this:
https://youtu.be/p-h3myRD51A

[Sugram22]

@bob3160 post:10

@Sugram22 post:9

@Rozea post:5

Well it didn’t fix the HTTPS Scanning Problem that is affecting XP and Vista users.
All it did was put my Vista laptop right through the mill >:(
My CPU was stuck at 100% for about 10 minutes. And I really didn’t think the update was ever going to finish.
Still got to update my sons Windows 7 desktop yet. Not looking forward to it!

i never use it, i did normal scan & fast scan, but i haven’t done any scan for a year cause i see no issues that may be malware & virus, so no idea does it work for me or not

but the new txt on protection is still there

Never use what ??? Https scanning allows avast to check https sites for malicious code.
Unless you’ve turned it off, it happens every time you visit an https website.

if it does it by default (automatically each time i open a site) then i have used it, my settings are as they were when i installed it first years ago, all shields are active & other stuff i don’t know

[bob3160]

The
WebShield scans your web activity. That includes Http, and https if selected.

[DixHuit]

Avast version 17.5.2303 :

No more “New” over “Privacy”

Web Shield → uncheck “Enable HTTPS scanning” still needed for most HTTPS websites

My custom scans were not deleted by the update

[cruiser25]

Behavior sheild still is not turned on when starting up pc. Took much longer time to install this update in the third step than before. Almost shut it down before it finished. By the way what is SMB ?

[nightshade]

The Opera browser can be updated by going to the About Opera section and immediately checks to see if the current version used is current, similar to what Avast software checker does under the protection tab, however just recently when using the About Opera instead of saying up-to-date it brings up An error occurred while checking for updates, no solutions would help until I hit the ignore for Opera browser in Avast, and now it doesn’t give the error.

Perhaps it is coincidence but could the two programs be related with this?

I use the most current browsers and software.

[bob3160]

@nightshade post:35

The Opera browser can be updated by going to the About Opera section and immediately checks to see if the current version used is current, similar to what Avast software checker does under the protection tab, however just recently when using the About Opera instead of saying up-to-date it brings up An error occurred while checking for updates, no solutions would help until I hit the ignore for Opera browser in Avast, and now it doesn’t give the error.

Perhaps it is coincidence but could the two programs be related with this?

I use the most current browsers and software.

http://screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1500493079632-76814.png

[nightshade]

Thanks Bob, I know the version that’s current, but I am just curious if it was the Avast updater for software that was causing the error? as now that I have removed it the error has gone.

[system]

Bonjour;
La nouvelle version bloque tous les téléchargements et tous les sites web !!!
Une fois l’agent web désativé tout fonctionne.
Cordialement

[bob3160]

@nightshade post:37

Thanks Bob, I know the version that’s current, but I am just curious if it was the Avast updater for software that was causing the error? as now that I have removed it the error has gone.

It’s active on my Avast install and as you can see, I have no problems with Opera.

[nightshade]

@bob3160 post:39

@nightshade post:37

Thanks Bob, I know the version that’s current, but I am just curious if it was the Avast updater for software that was causing the error? as now that I have removed it the error has gone.

It’s active on my Avast install and as you can see, I have no problems with Opera.

We don’t have the same operating systems though.