NEW Avast Version 21.3 (April 2021)

[Mops21]

Hi all

NEW Avast Version 21.3 (April 2021)

Avast Community

forum.avast.com

Hi, all. Please welcome the newest version of Avast AV: 21.3 (21.3.2459)

Major public announcements

• Better scan performance — We’ve made a lot of small performance improvements to various security components (running on background)
• Improved Rescue Disk — We’ve added a portable web browser to our Rescue Disk so you can search the web even when Windows isn’t working
• Fewer distractions — We no longer show pop-up messages when your antivirus is open
• Passive Mode fix — We’ve fixed a bug that would sometimes disable Passive Mode soon after it was turned on

Bug-fix and improvement highlights for hardcore fans:

• Because of an expiring MS certificate for signing drivers, we had to block updates and installations of users with outdated/unpatched versions of Win7 (up to KB3033929). Unless they update their OS, they will stay on 21.2 version.
• Implemented Countdown (auto-close) of Cyber Capture dialogs
• Additional Rescue Disk improvements (postponing toolkit installation until MSI installation finishes, adding retries to downloading RCD files, etc.)
• Fixed cases when both our Firewall and Windows firewall were running simultaneously
• Fixed issue where the restart dialog didn’t appear in Silent Mode
• Fixed issues where our uninstall survey was not displayed
• Fixed issue when the UI didn’t show the correct state of IDP (Behavioral Shield) features
• Some of those scan optimizations mentioned in our public release notes include: Startup, registry callbacks, behavioral events, on-exec DLLs scanning, identified opportunities to skip some scans, etc.)

As usual a big thanks goes to the team for yet another successful release!

How to install:

1. Update from your existing Avast version via Settings -> Update -> Update program

2. Or you can download and install files:

Online installers (recommended):

• Free: https://bits.avcdn.net/insttype_FREE
• Premium Security (formerly Premier): https://bits.avcdn.net/insttype_APR
• Omni: https://bits.avcdn.net/insttype_OMNI

Offline installers:

• Free: https://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avast_free_antivirus_setup_offline.exe
• Premium Security (formerly Premier): https://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avast_premier_antivirus_setup_offline.exe
• Omni: https://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avast_omni_setup_offline.exe

With best Regards
Mops21