avast! 7.0 released!

hi again
i already uninstall nis 2012 to give avast internet security 7 a test

after i try avast internet security 7 its :
1- very light on my computer

2- i feel its more light when i go between the files and folder and video

3- its never make any problem with any browser i use ( google chrome , firefox , opera , internet explorer )

4- the internet speed very fast and there is no any problem with download or upload

this some of pictures from my computer

 

@xandros
that's PUP- Potentially Unwanted Programs.......mbam also has it in it's scanner settings......

 

.....so it's better to turn it on.....

 

Whats the difference between streaming updates and "normal" updates besides the more often updates? Are the regular updates more effective?

 

How do you define "more effective"? The frequency of updates is what brings the biggest advantage. Detections are identical to those released with usual VPS updates.

 

I believe "Streaming Updates" means smaller updates more often, like "Pulse Updates" in the current Norton line. That's a good thing.

 

In what ways was it faster than 6?

 

thanx

 

Simply from a browsing aspect...I haven't checked the boot comparison or scans. I usually have the scans occur while I'm sleeping. I did have the update issue last night and had to uninstall...re-installed tonight and everything seems okay.

 

yup......I think it's better to turn it on just to be on the safe side.....if you know what I mean.........

you see, PUP (potentially unwanted program) is a program that may be unwanted, despite the possibility that users consented to download it. PUPs include spyware, adware, and dialers, and are often downloaded in conjunction with a program that the user wants..........

the term PUP was first used by persons at McAfee's Avert research lab..........
the term was created by McAfee because marketing firms objected to having their products called "spyware": in the view of such firms, all the information necessary for informed consent is included in the download agreement. It is widely recognized, however, that many if not most users fail to read a download agreement in sufficient detail to understand exactly what they are downloading....................

McAfee differentiates PUPs from other types of malware, such as viruses, Trojans, and worms, which can be safely assumed to be unwanted by the user...............

 

welcome buddy......

 

Here's my take on it:

It's very fast like others have mentioned. Mainly because it doesn't scan files over and over again. In V6 I think the files were still scanned again even with the cache on. The remote feature looks interesting although I haven't tried it yet. But could be useful.

What I don't like is that with the default settings avastui makes like 30 or more connections to the internet. It would be acceptable if it was occasional to check a suspicious file and getting a warning when it's going to send a file, but leaving the connection permanent is a no for me. So I disabled cloud and stream service. Also the sandbox seems too picky and activates in aplications that don't really do anything suspicious so I disabled that too.

 

Cool. Thanks.

 

A friend whose registration has expired has tried to extend his 1-year licence to Avast. He asked me to look at it. He was on v6, and the expiry date had passed by 9 days. I couldn't get the registration to work so I downloaded and installed v7.

I have now hit upon another problem. The registration screen opens and we're able to enter details, but the box is too large for us to see the OK/Apply [or whatever they are] buttons at the bottom. The screen resolution is at its highest on his Vista laptop.

Is there another way to submit registration details?

 

Hello,

I've been reading about avast 7 prior to upgrading to it. One message in the precursor beta thread hits on the exact thing I'm worried about, so I'm joining the forum and this thread.

It seems the idea is to 1) gather into avast's cloud database sufficiently detailed information about files that exist in the world so that avast can uniquely recognize them and assess the threat they pose, 2) determine if a file on the user's machine matches one in the database by sending a hash of it along with some other file data and/or metadata to avast's cloud.

Uploading a full copy of a file is certainly a privacy issue, but so too is uploading just a hash or a hash plus some additional but not comprehensive information about the file. If there is no match, then whatever the avast program reports and can be inferred from it is what avast then "knows". If there is a match, anything and everything avast "knows" and can infer from that is known about the file on your computer. This can be very revealing.

The probably in "It's probably not checking non-malicious types of files like MP3 and video files." gives one pause. Office file formats can contain malicious macros, some media formats can contain data which triggers the viewer or player to perform a malicious act, so forth. Even overlooking the potential for bugs in the way some file types are excluded from this reporting feature, can we count on information about more sensitive files than exe's never being reported to avast? I don't see how.

This type of feature, one which relies upon sending information about your files off machine and attempting to match it against what is in a company's database, sounds like a very sharp double edged sword. Especially when this feature is built into a program with system privileges and the user isn't in the middle making allow/disallow decisions. I judge avast as being higher up on the "trustworthy scale" but good engineers make mistakes, business weazels with no respect for privacy often over-ride those who do respect it, so forth. I read that this aspect of avast 7 can be disabled after the program is installed and it might have begun reporting stuff. If it can be disabled up front, then that is certainly helpful. Still, I'm worried about this. I'm honestly thinking I'll need to firewall my antivirus program just to be absolutely sure it doesn't do something like spyware does.

Is anyone else struggling with this aspect? Have any advice?

 

WMV on it's own CANNOT be malicious. But it's payload can be. And that one will be checked by FileRep. So it doesn't really matter...

 

Isn't that true for all anti-malware "cloud" services?

 

Yes.
avast privacy policy is very clear about security, anonymousness, kind of files info uploaded (for instance, just executable and not documents).

 

Ah, thanks, very useful logs

 

ur losing alot of security not having the sandbox and cloud features. the checks will slow down. they are testing server loads.

 

After an initial few problems, running fast and light here. I've disabled nothing. It's fast, it works and I can't see disabling protection. Why would someone get a security program and then disable a security feature?

 

Some people are minimalists, and like to disable what they perceive to be unnecessary or unimportant perhaps....

 

Good points. And since getting Avast a week or so ago, I'm running it, Shadowdefender, and have Sandboxie.

 

Where is this avast 7 privacy policy you speak of? I would really like to see that.

Edit: I looked once for that and just looked again. At the avast website, searched the forums, and even began an avast 7 install and checked temp folder to see if one was extracted. An EULA.txt file was extracted but that says nothing about privacy. Is there one available after a complete install?