- Mar 2, 2023
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The 19.1 Release Notes:
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New features
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Version 19.1
Released June 2023New features
- Viruses & Threats
- A manual scan can now be paused and resumed.
- If a scheduled scan is missed, for example when the device is turned off at the scheduled time, it will be executed as soon as the device is turned on again. The scan is rescheduled for the earliest available time after the device is turned back on.
- A scheduled scan waits for the gaming mode to end before starting. If the gaming mode activates during a scheduled scan, the scan will be paused and resumed as soon as the gaming mode ends.
- Secure Browsing
- The Browsing Protection extensions on all supported browsers (Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox) have been unified, and they work the same way.
- Password Vault
- Password Vault is now available also for child profiles.
- New Vault users are forced to use a strong master password. The same applies when existing users change their master password. The minimum length of a master password is now 12 characters.
- You can now select multiple Vault entries and delete them in one batch.
- We have improved Vault's usability. For example, if Vault is still empty, its landing page shows Add new password or Import passwords options.
- Privacy VPN
- The VPN bypass feature added. The selected applications can bypass Privacy VPN and connect to the internet directly. This is supported from 64-bit Windows 10, version 20H2 (build 19042), onwards.
- Information about virtual locations added to the Privacy VPN view.
- Statistics on protected internet traffic and blocked tracking cookies added to the Privacy VPN view.
- A notification is shown to the user, e.g. when the user closes the app with VPN turned on.
- Smart tasks
- Smart tasks added for both new and existing Password Vault users.
- Added smart tasks for enabling VPN, for captive portal detection, and for cases where the free VPN trial period has already been used.
- A smart task asking the user to log in added.
- The priority of smart tasks has been updated. Also, the smart task texts have been updated.
- General improvements
- The Account menu has been updated. It now contains information about the license inside the menu and a link to manage the account. The main view no longer has information about the subscription validity.
- The Subscription page has been updated. It now only contains a button to renew the subscription. The button to manage the account has been moved to the Account menu.
- Update delivery and signing system have been updated.
- The issue with the command line scanner not working without elevation has been fixed.
- Localization issues in the Password Vault settings and the Privacy VPN view have been fixed.
- The issue where the main UI popped up with a smart task while gaming has been resolved.
- Support for Windows 7. Installation and updates are blocked on Windows 7.
- Proxy configuration in Settings. Product now automatically uses Windows proxy if it is set up. "
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