Avast! 5 beta 1

fingers crossed

 

i really think they did, it has to happen one time or another, i mean look at AVG they attact itunes last year.

 

And it'll happen again eventually, to Avast and to others. Humans screw up, that won't ever end. In the meantime, enjoy what is probably the most full-featured free AV out there right now.

 

I also tried the latest Beta.Very good.I am planning to use only File Protection ,Behaviour shield,and network protection,cos i'm counting on Defense Wall for the rest.

 

I think many conflicts with avast have been fixed in the latest build so there might be no problems to keep all the shields on.

BTW avast and DW is good combination

 

Agree, use Avast's (default on) caching, de-select the check on open files (leaves writes and on-execute check enabled in file shield). New Avast is really first AV wihich I use in combo with DW, which has on-execute check enabled (simply because the caching is so good, it does not hurt I/O load).

Regards Kees

 

The web shield is messing with my browser again, can't get anything to load with it turned on.
Anyone know when the next refresh will be?

 

wenever its ready, they dont have a timed release schedule or anything.

 

I'm not experiencing that issue here. I'm running Firefox and IE8.

 

me neither, running fine here.

 

I'm using chrome 4 and IE8 and can't get anything over HTTP.
Everything else works fine though...

 

I think something might be conflicting with web shield have tried to uninstall and reinstall avast.

Mine is also working perfectly using FF only

 

I had the same problem until I deinstalled the webshield hm ... However, I don't need the webshield, I'm waiting for the behaviour shield

 

You might see something brewing in the behavior shield section with the latest build.

 

Lol . Wonder if it will ever be released . Too many good programs out there to use already . This " Beta " time is where the company gets free marketing . People here so excited . Just like any new thing . I hope this will be special because , it is getting nowhere fasttttt

 

How is it "getting nowhere fast?"?

 

Thank you, I'll try it

 

ye but that time is used to make a beta so stable that ive never experienced before. the time taken is a good step IMO, its gunna make an amazingly stable end product and it already is quite stable.

 

Yeah I know of a lot of people who are already recommending it. This version is probably the most stable beta I have ever tested.

 

I tryed the beta and probably will buy the paid version when it's final. It's really nice.

 

I totally agree with these sentiments. I'm tired of products going final when there are obviously well known bugs still present.

 

Whats the spam shield like in the security suite?,Is it useful with Bayesian filter ? or just whitelist?

tia
ellison

 

I believe it has a Bayesian filter and of course you can also build a whitelist/blacklist. But im not positive so I posted your question on the forum. Ill post an answer as soon as I get one.

 

On the flip side of that, if a vendor keeps a product in Beta too long, user interest wanes. Obviously if the bugs are serious enough (BSODs, excessive slowdowns, that sort of thing), then yes, it's in the best interest of everybody involved to keep it in the lab a little longer. But, eventually you have to let your users get their grubby little paws on it and tweak it as you go along based on user feedback.

I don't recall the last time I dealt with a Beta product that was as polished and effective as this Avast Beta has been. I want them to be comfortable enough with it before they deem it a final, but I REALLY want them to finish it up a.s.a.p.

 

this is in my opinion simply one company trying to make a program that does it all , I like sutes but this program is just going for too much, keep it simple...