avast! 2016 BETA released!

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by RejZoR, Oct 1, 2015.

  1. phalanaxus

    phalanaxus Registered Member

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    AFAIK It is not Freedome isn't working at all. Freedome doesn't start the vpn on many windows 8/8.1/10 systems. (Works in my android phone but not in my 8.1 laptop for example). Their forums (and some other popular hubs) are flooded with relevant topics.
     
  2. vlk

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    So it is just buggy? But that doesn't say anything about the fundamentals of the concept, does it?

    I actually find the privacy angle of F-Secure's quite interesting... But I have no idea how it has worked for them in terms of users, revenue, etc.
     
  3. phalanaxus

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    Yes it is quite buggy. But as you said it doesn't say anything about the fundamentals and I don't have any knowledge about their sales,etc. I am just sharing what I know.
     
  4. roger_m

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    After three days of using the beta, I'm still very impressed. It is so light, that at at times, I forget have an antivirus installed.
     
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    180 days trial
     
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    Windows 10 critical error “Taskbar and Cortana not working” related to Avast Anti-virus
    http://www.techworm.net/2015/10/win...bar-cortana-not-working-avast-anti-virus.html
     
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    Some guy on Reddit said...? This is 'journalism'?
     
  9. BoerenkoolMetWorst

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    Is there more info on this?
     
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    I'm curious when in the process you were able to determine this? I looked at the first page and the download page and could not find any mention of the length of the license. In any case I feel that 180 days is a pretty good giveaway.
     
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  12. RejZoR

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    It says in the e-mail you receive...
     
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  14. phalanaxus

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    There is one MASSIVE change in BETA 2 that's not mentioned anywhere. avast! NG (hardware level virtualization for DeepScreen) is now working in Widnows 10 64bit!
     
  16. Rompin Raider

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    Thanks...good to hear!
     
  17. roger_m

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    Changelog for Beta 2.
     
  18. roger_m

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    The Home Network Security scanner is now working for me in the new beta.
     
  19. BoerenkoolMetWorst

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    I'm not sure what the change is. Just installed Beta 2, websites certificates still show Avast as CA, and HPKP is still not possible with HTTPS scanning enabled.
     
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    Can I install this over the 180 day giveaway version I just installed?

    Thanks
     
  22. sportsfan7700

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    In my experience, you can't merge them and keep the time.
     
  23. boredog

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    I uninstalled my 180 free version and installed the beta showing 180 days lol
    I like how it talks to me :)
     
  24. boredog

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    I have the NG command line tool sucking up way too may resources and task manager shows two processes of it.
     
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