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NEW Avast Version 20.5 (July 2020)
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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Awesome" data-source="post: 892519" data-attributes="member: 52447"><p>Hi all. Please welcome Avast 20.5.</p><p></p><p>We've packed it with a lot of new stuff:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Introducing Remote Access Shield - Enjoy even stronger protection against hackers. This new feature lets you choose who can remotely access your computer and lets you block the rest. (Premium Security users only)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ransomware Shield is now free - We’re now offering this feature to Avast Free Antivirus users to maximize their ransomware protection</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Easier USB drive protection - We’ll now ask you to scan USB drives when you plug them into your computer. (You can also turn this off in your notification settings)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Improved taskbar icon - There’s no need to keep your antivirus open during scans. You can now see your scan progress from the Avast taskbar icon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Better botnet protection - Web Shield is even better about stopping malware from connecting to malicious servers</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Things to note:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We are no longer releasing new versions of Internet Security and Pro. Every Pro/IS user updated to 20.5 version will end up on Premium Security to enjoy the full feature-set of paid version.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Teaser for our dedicated forum users: We've added support for scanning Google QUIC protocol in Webshield, though it's enabled only for some users at the moment. We plan to full scale it in the upcoming version.</li> </ul><p></p><p>...and from about 110 other smaller or larger tasks, we pick here the fixes of:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">corner cases when Firewall was consuming too much CPU in correlation with VPS requests</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cleanup install detection upon switching to x64 version (Congrats to Cleanup team and sorry when the app was being offered to you even if you had it already)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">bugs in protecting passwords stored in Firefox and Chrome that were installed after Avast AV</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">some RescueDisk failures when being created on USB</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">UI glitches for enabling/disabling shield in Protection section</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>How to install:</strong></p><p></p><p>1. Update from your existing Avast version via Settings -> Update -> Update program</p><p>2. Or you can download and install files:</p><p></p><p>Online installers (recommended):</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Free: <a href="https://bits.avcdn.net/insttype_FREE" target="_blank">https://bits.avcdn.net/insttype_FREE</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Premium Security (formerly Premier): <a href="https://bits.avcdn.net/insttype_APR" target="_blank">https://bits.avcdn.net/insttype_APR</a></li> </ul><p>Offline installers:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Free: <a href="http://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avast_free_antivirus_setup_offline.exe" target="_blank">http://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avast_free_antivirus_setup_offline.exe</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Premium Security (formerly Premier): <a href="http://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avast_premier_antivirus_setup_offline.exe" target="_blank">http://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avast_premier_antivirus_setup_offline.exe</a></li> </ul><p></p><p>We hope you enjoy the new version!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Awesome, post: 892519, member: 52447"] Hi all. Please welcome Avast 20.5. We've packed it with a lot of new stuff: [LIST] [*]Introducing Remote Access Shield - Enjoy even stronger protection against hackers. This new feature lets you choose who can remotely access your computer and lets you block the rest. (Premium Security users only) [*]Ransomware Shield is now free - We’re now offering this feature to Avast Free Antivirus users to maximize their ransomware protection [*]Easier USB drive protection - We’ll now ask you to scan USB drives when you plug them into your computer. (You can also turn this off in your notification settings) [*]Improved taskbar icon - There’s no need to keep your antivirus open during scans. You can now see your scan progress from the Avast taskbar icon [*]Better botnet protection - Web Shield is even better about stopping malware from connecting to malicious servers [/LIST] [B]Things to note:[/B] [LIST] [*]We are no longer releasing new versions of Internet Security and Pro. Every Pro/IS user updated to 20.5 version will end up on Premium Security to enjoy the full feature-set of paid version. [*]Teaser for our dedicated forum users: We've added support for scanning Google QUIC protocol in Webshield, though it's enabled only for some users at the moment. We plan to full scale it in the upcoming version. [/LIST] ...and from about 110 other smaller or larger tasks, we pick here the fixes of: [LIST] [*]corner cases when Firewall was consuming too much CPU in correlation with VPS requests [*]Cleanup install detection upon switching to x64 version (Congrats to Cleanup team and sorry when the app was being offered to you even if you had it already) [*]bugs in protecting passwords stored in Firefox and Chrome that were installed after Avast AV [*]some RescueDisk failures when being created on USB [*]UI glitches for enabling/disabling shield in Protection section [/LIST] [B]How to install:[/B] 1. Update from your existing Avast version via Settings -> Update -> Update program 2. Or you can download and install files: Online installers (recommended): [LIST] [*]Free: [URL]https://bits.avcdn.net/insttype_FREE[/URL] [*]Premium Security (formerly Premier): [URL]https://bits.avcdn.net/insttype_APR[/URL] [/LIST] Offline installers: [LIST] [*]Free: [URL]http://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avast_free_antivirus_setup_offline.exe[/URL] [*]Premium Security (formerly Premier): [URL]http://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avast_premier_antivirus_setup_offline.exe[/URL] [/LIST] We hope you enjoy the new version! [/QUOTE]
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