When is the next version of AVG 8.0 coming out?

[robinb9]

I am talking about the one that fixes the active x incompatibilities that show up on the "Warning tab"

Grisoft said it was going to be soon, but that was about a month ago.

Can someone from Grisoft tell us when it will be coming out via the updater?

thanks
robin

[iwod]

I would want to know too... hopefully some speed improvement as well

[vinzenz.ewido]

Hi,

well the first beta for that is scheduled for next week.

Regards,
Vinzenz

[robinb]

Originally Posted by vinzenz.ewido

Hi,

well the first beta for that is scheduled for next week.

Regards,
Vinzenz

please let me know if you want me to test it- i am also running xp sp3

and i have a test machine to do this

robin

[vinzenz.ewido]

Hi robinb,

the best would be to track the beta site of AVG, there you can subscribe for testing our beta products

http://www.grisoft.cz/ww.79461

Regards,
Vinzenz

[robinb9]

i am a member there and i see no software there yet

robin

[vinzenz.ewido]

yeah right, that's why I said it is best to track it
As I said the next beta is scheduled for next week. So at the moment there can't be anything.

I am not sure if it was postponed already, but I was told about Tuesday. So have a look on Tuesday evening or Wednesday.

Regards,
Vinzenz

[robinb]

ok i will look next week for it
btw will it work with firefox 3? i am beta testing that one now

robin

[vinzenz.ewido]

Well afaik it should work then, but I am not positive.
I will have to ask my colleagues on Monday.

Regards,
Vinzenz

[robinb]

btw so you know the link scanner doesn't work in Firefox 3. When installing firefox 3.0 beta it disabled the avg Save Search because it said it is not compatible. Will this be fixed before Firefox 3.0 is final in June? on Grifsoft side?

robin

[Macstorm]

Hi Robinb, sorry for hijack this thread, i have a question about the current AVG 8: how many processes does it run? (standalone av, free or paid, if there's a difference in the number of procs.). Thank you.

[vinzenz.ewido]

@robinb

The Linkscanner was successfully tested in our internal build for Firefox 3 RC1

@Macstorm:

It depends on the installed features and what you're doing at the moment but in a peek (when running a scan, updating, and have the GUI opened on a 64 Bit machine with the System Tools active (which uses 2 Processes alone while viewing the component)) then you'll have about 10 Processes running.

But this is only in the paid version with all features installed.

[Tarkus]

Originally Posted by vinzenz.ewido

the first beta for that is scheduled for next week

Greetings all,

Hi Vinzenz,

Can you share any information about estimated time from beta with ActiveX FPs fixes to the final release?

And another question, if I may, since Link Scanner was mentioned.
Was browsing slowdown issue(s) addressed in this beta?
Because all those web related new features were disabled here

Thank you in advance

[robinb9]

Originally Posted by vinzenz.ewido

@robinb

The Linkscanner was successfully tested in our internal build for Firefox 3 RC1

test the USA English Version- the newest one out because when i installed firefox beta it automatically disabled the AVG Scanner during install and if you go to addons you will see it says it is incompatible and is disabled. I did nothing- the program did it all by itself on install

I used the avg free 8.0 version for this which should not make a difference since they are basically the same except for a bunch of extras.

I got it here http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

and here is a picture of what is in firefox add ons

http://home.comcast.net/~robinb9/avgfirefox.jpg

robin

[Macstorm]

Originally Posted by vinzenz.ewido

It depends on the installed features and what you're doing at the moment but in a peek (when running a scan, updating, and have the GUI opened on a 64 Bit machine with the System Tools active (which uses 2 Processes alone while viewing the component)) then you'll have about 10 Processes running.

But this is only in the paid version with all features installed.

Thank you Vinzenz

[vinzenz.ewido]

Originally Posted by Tarkus

Greetings all,

Hi Vinzenz,

Can you share any information about estimated time from beta with ActiveX FPs fixes to the final release?

I am sorry but I am not quite sure what those ActiveX False Positives are related too. Is this related to the AV Scan?
Well I am not sure what component produces those false positives, but I need to say that I don't know about all the problems which occour with our products. Since the company is not that small like it was with ewido

Originally Posted by Tarkus

And another question, if I may, since Link Scanner was mentioned.
Was browsing slowdown issue(s) addressed in this beta?
Because all those web related new features were disabled here

Thank you in advance

Yes those issue were adressed. The WebShield was heavily improved it's at least 10 times faster than before. And LinkScanner is under improvement all the time as well.

@robinb9:
As I said, we tested it with the internal build, not the one outside, so it might be a different result. I cannot go too deep into the details since I am neither in QA nor working on the component at the moment itself.

Best Regards,
Vinzenz

[robinb9]

@robinb9:
As I said, we tested it with the internal build, not the one outside, so it might be a different result. I cannot go too deep into the details since I am neither in QA nor working on the component at the moment itself.

Best Regards,
Vinzenz

Vinzenz, then maybe you should pass my post to someone at Grisoft because firefox 3.0 is coming out in late May or early june and it would not be a good thing if Link Scanner doesn't work with it

robin

[vinzenz.ewido]

I think you didn't get it right. Our internal Linkscanner build was working with the Firefox 3 RC1 and of course we keep track of it.

I was talking about your results which might be different from our results, because you don't have our internal builds.

BR
Vinzenz

[Tarkus]

Originally Posted by vinzenz.ewido

I am sorry but I am not quite sure what those ActiveX False Positives are related too. Is this related to the AV Scan?
......................
Yes those issue were adressed. The WebShield was heavily improved it's at least 10 times faster than before. And LinkScanner is under improvement all the time as well.

Hi Vinzenz,
Thanks for reply.
ActiveX Compatibility (immunization by SpywareBlaster/SpyBot S&D) FP's actually is a major issue. All are waiting for the fix.
That cause global rollback to v7.5. I did not but I am not using scan with V8 at all (just "happy" with Guard sitting there).
One of the threads is actually here. Posts 16 & 19 are the central point I think.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=1231666
I asked because I was sure FPs will be addressed in stable but not in beta.

Web related improvements at the same time may stay in beta... because I disabled all those I am not using the said features... so I don't care
But "10 times faster"!.. if you promise I may check it out in a future final

Thanks again
Best wishes

[robinb]

Originally Posted by vinzenz.ewido

I think you didn't get it right. Our internal Linkscanner build was working with the Firefox 3 RC1 and of course we keep track of it.

I was talking about your results which might be different from our results, because you don't have our internal builds.

BR
Vinzenz

my results come from downloading at firefox website- their latest rc1. and what is the difference between your internal builds and the one that is on their website now?

All i know is that i put it on 2 computers so far.
1 running free avg 8.0
1 running avg 8.0 pro
Different complete computers running xp home sp3 and xp pro sp3

In both cases link scanner was disabled in firefox 3.0
So I think you need to look into this a bit more and see why it is disabling the Save Search.

Again I will not sell AVG 8.0 (I am a reseller for AVG) until the active x compatibility issue is fixed and now this issue.

I cannot have customers calling me up that their system is not working properly because they deleted the items in the "warning" tab thinking they are trojans when they are not or going nuts thinking they have over 400 trojans which they really do not have, until this issue is fixed.

I have many customers who use firefox and will be downloading the 3.0 when it comes out and would like to know that link scanner is working for them on both ie and firefox.

How can i reassure them that AVG 8.0 is an excellent product if it has now 2 major faults?

Once you fix these problems then I will again sell your product.

robin

[vinzenz.ewido]

Hi Robin,

Ok I try it once more. The internal build of the linkscanner (Means AVG Internal not any what is out at the moment) was tested with Firefox 3 RC1 and it has been working with it. Means the compatibility will come with the SP1 release of AVG 8.

About the ActiveX issue, could you please provide some more information?
What issue is it? A detection of ActiveX objects as malware? Or what?

We're really in need of more input about that topic.

Regards,
Vinzenz

[Tarkus]

Originally Posted by vinzenz.ewido

About the ActiveX issue, could you please provide some more information?
What issue is it? A detection of ActiveX objects as malware? Or what?
We're really in need of more input about that topic.

Hi Vinzenz,
In my post above I put the link to the discussion in this forum but that issue is all over the whole huge spider's Net
Cheers

[vinzenz.ewido]

Ah now I see. Well "JardaN" who replied there is from our engine development team and he already answered the question. Thanks for this link Tarkus I wasn't aware that he was answering in this forum.

To quote him for all here:

Originally Posted by jardan

We noticed the problem you described here and we are really sorry about the troubles we caused to all of you. This false detection is a legacy of the ewido engine, but it didn't appear in AVG 7.5 because of the bug in the ewido source code. We have just prepared the fix for this issue. The fix will be released in couple of days with the next public beta version of AVG8. Thank you for your help.
--
JardaN - AVG Technologies

It means that this fix will be included in the AVG 8 SP1 beta which should be out there soon and the release for the SP1 of AVG 8 is scheduled for mid of June.

Regards,
Vinzenz

[robinb]

i went there today and there is still no beta. You said either tuesday or Wednesday. Today is Wednesday. Can you give me an idea when to go there?

robin

[vinzenz.ewido]

Well the internal schedule has been for the 20th but it seems like this has been post poned a week because of the internal testings.
I wasn't aware of this there was no internal notification of it.

I am sorry for it

Regards,
Vinzenz