Avast 6 RC available

[Watasha]

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=71639.0


What's new in RC build 992
- fixed the USB Safe Removal issue
- WebRep should now work in IE 64-bit (but IE9 RC 64-bit has some issues with Behavior Shield)
- SafeZone: fixed a crash issue when pressing F1 on the desktop
- SafeZone: improved isolation
- improved installation/uninstallation of the gadget

Note: WebRep is currently available only for IE and Firefox (Chrome is coming soon).

 

[Jack]

WOW...RC already? That's fast...
'm curious to see if Avast's Auto Sandbox works like Comodo's , basically sandboxing every unkwon program.

 

[Jack]

seems like Avast has decided to make their alerts in version 6 more "sociable"...

 

[Watasha]

WOW...RC already? That's fast...
'm curious to see if Avast's Auto Sandbox works like Comodo's , basically sandboxing every unkwon program.

For whatever reason I doubt Avast will handle programs as strictly as Comodo, I could be wrong though. We should know soon since the final is out.

 

[LoftedAphid86]

WOW...RC already? That's fast...
'm curious to see if Avast's Auto Sandbox works like Comodo's , basically sandboxing every unkwon program.

For whatever reason I doubt Avast will handle programs as strictly as Comodo, I could be wrong though. We should know soon since the final is out.

It only sandboxes programs if it's 'heuristic analyser' finds it suspicious. I hope it's more sensitive then Kaspersky's.
I'm using it, but with the sandbox turned off.
@Jack Everybody tweets about the latest infection they nearly got on porn sites!

 

[Linuxfever]

It only sandboxes programs if it's 'heuristic analyser' finds it suspicious. I hope it's more sensitive then Kaspersky's.
I'm using it, but with the sandbox turned off.
@Jack Everybody tweets about the latest infection they nearly got on porn sites!

Like you've said let's hope the 'heuristic analyser' is good.I like more the Comodo's idea to sandbox the unknown.Heuristic can fail.....

 

[LoftedAphid86]

Like you've said let's hope the 'heuristic analyser' is good.I like more the Comodo's idea to sandbox the unknown.Heuristic can fail.....

I like Comodo's sandbox idea more, though, before Avast to effectively do this, they would need to gather up a big whitelist first otherwise everything would be sandboxed.