Avast 5 RELEASED

avast 418 has found puran defrag as a false positive for me. though it only did this on one system out of 4 its installed on. just fyi to keep a eye out for if you run puran..i have reported it to them already also

 

This new version hasn't been run through testing yet but the 4.8 version tested in the upper third with the big guys at AV Comparatives the last few rounds. This version should only do better I would think. I am seriously thinking of going Pro for the sandbox and script blocking. There was a link posted in here about Feb 9th offering a nice discount...

 

yup i posted also they extended it till march now.. 50% off.

 

Yep, it is very tempting...

 

I discovered the update to 418 was available on my laptop running Win 7 32-bit last night. No notifications in the task tray. I discovered this by accident only because I clicked the arrow in the taskbar to check something else and happened to notice that Avast! 5 had DISABLED itself and was waiting for me to update!!! Guess I am luckly that I still had Immunet running as a secondary....

 

My PC definitely slowed down after I installed this latest version.

But to be fair, I have never ran a resident AV, so any AV will give me a noticeable decrease in speed.

So I removed it and will not have a resident AV.

 

the latest version did slow just a tad more but nothing even really noticable even on a old celeron m system

 

It's usually just the first boot, until the "persistent cache" is built. Then it should be extremely light.

 

norton is the same way the first and sometimes second boot are a bit slow then it speeds up a LOT

 

I've been having internet connectivity problems with the free version, and I think the problem is Avast. Have put on AntiVir again to make sure.

 

How could Avast antivirus cause Internet connectivity problems?

 

It could be the 'web shield' scanning http traffic protocals
some folks have complained of slower browsing sessions

 

I think that's what it might be. I'll be on the internet for a while and then suddenly have to unplug/plug the router due to connectivity problems.

 

True, the new GUI looks awesome in my opinion, probably the best i've seen.

Looks good, easy to use, easy to understand

 

with the newest version i do notice a bit of slowdown with heavy traffic or downloads

 

I notice the slowdown too. I hope they can do something about it soon. An example...engadget loads 2-3 seconds slower than using ZoneAlarm security or Antivir + OA or Avast 4.8 + OA

 

for me its very slight but its there most would not even notice it imo

 

Avast! 5 is light indeed. But it cuts 50% off from internet speed when downloading files (large) from net. I usually get 60Mbit/s. With Avast! speed is about 30Mbit/s. If I disable webshield, everything is back to normal.

 

Interesting. I don't get any noticeable slowdown from the webshield. I download files via http all the time, and watch them with DU Meter. With or without webshield I get close to 90% of my DSL link speed, so whatever the slowdown is I can't see it on the graph. But I am also only running at 3Mbps. Maybe post the comment at the Avast! forum?

 

I don't notice any slowdowns when I download files...I notice it only when I visit pages.

 

Interestingly I only experience slower loading pages using Chrome, but not using FF. Loading my Mailwasher is slightly slower in both. But I'm not complaining.

 

WOW well until they fix this web slowdown im saying goodbye for now. i have speeds of 25 down and 15 up where i am right now testing. without the web shield i get 26.62 and 16.18 WITH THE WEB SHIELD I GET ONLY 10.64 AND 7.91!!!!!!!!! i have re run this test many times to verify this and i get near he same results each time. with the previous version it was fine. not cool back to norton i go and i actually bought three lic's to this.. arghhh

 

Have you considered disabling the web scanner? If you really want to keep Avast, but with an alternative web scanner, download the AVG linkscanner standalone.

 

linkscanner and a webscanner arent exactly the same thing...

 

Sorry I didn't realize they were that different. Can you give a brief explanation of the differences?

Is it that linkscanner only works for search results?