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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Holly" data-source="post: 957949" data-attributes="member: 90494">OK so I had bad insomnia tonight and was curious, so I opened up Avast a few minutes ago just to see what might happen if I did a manual update. Before I updated, the status showed I was up to date/current but I ran the update anyway. Surprise surprise, Avast updated, it took about 3 minutes then it asked for permission to restart my computer. I now have the new logo in my notification area but the old amoeba splat logo is still on my desktop. I am seeing now that if I look at the new logo as a whole part it does still kind of look like the letter A, but that is a minor point. Other than that Avast and all its settings, shields, scans, colors, everything all looks and works exactly the same as before the update. I can not see any difference at all, no new shields or scans available and no mention of crypto-anything. I will say the GUI does seem to move a little faster when clicking between scans, settings, notifications and all.I also got a new message from Avast, clicked the button to See What&#039;s Changed and it took me to this site:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.avast.com/en-us/about?cid=1415050305.1631078604[/URL]The site has some links about &quot;Free Antivirus No Strings Attached&quot; and &quot;A smoother faster online experience&quot;. When I click the links in each section on that site I get a 404 error. I guess it&#039;s not quite ready yet.[ATTACH=full]260585[/ATTACH]I do not see any changes in the GUI at all, other than the newfangled logo:[ATTACH=full]260587[/ATTACH]The updated Avast is looks to be using more RAM, which might be due to it still updating, but really is not that important:[ATTACH=full]260586[/ATTACH]Maybe there will be more changes to come in the next few days. I hope Avast updates that web site soon so we can see the rest of the details on what they did in this new version.I guess we all need to stay tuned.C.H.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Holly, post: 957949, member: 90494"] OK so I had bad insomnia tonight and was curious, so I opened up Avast a few minutes ago just to see what might happen if I did a manual update. Before I updated, the status showed I was up to date/current but I ran the update anyway. Surprise surprise, Avast updated, it took about 3 minutes then it asked for permission to restart my computer. I now have the new logo in my notification area but the old amoeba splat logo is still on my desktop. I am seeing now that if I look at the new logo as a whole part it does still kind of look like the letter A, but that is a minor point. Other than that Avast and all its settings, shields, scans, colors, everything all looks and works exactly the same as before the update. I can not see any difference at all, no new shields or scans available and no mention of crypto-anything. I will say the GUI does seem to move a little faster when clicking between scans, settings, notifications and all. I also got a new message from Avast, clicked the button to See What's Changed and it took me to this site: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.avast.com/en-us/about?cid=1415050305.1631078604[/URL] The site has some links about "Free Antivirus No Strings Attached" and "A smoother faster online experience". When I click the links in each section on that site I get a 404 error. I guess it's not quite ready yet. [ATTACH type="full"]260585[/ATTACH] I do not see any changes in the GUI at all, other than the newfangled logo: [ATTACH type="full"]260587[/ATTACH] The updated Avast is looks to be using more RAM, which might be due to it still updating, but really is not that important: [ATTACH type="full"]260586[/ATTACH] Maybe there will be more changes to come in the next few days. I hope Avast updates that web site soon so we can see the rest of the details on what they did in this new version. I guess we all need to stay tuned. C.H. [/QUOTE]

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