История версий программы Avast Professional Edition

· fixed installation of the ScriptBlocker module which could have previously caused various problems (e.g. in Internet Explorer)
· program installation now completes successfully even if Spyware Doctor is installed (the "OnGuard" module of Spyware Doctor contains a bug that was previously preventing the avast installation from working correctly)
· program installation now better handles the situation when repairing previous (corrupted) installs
· mail scanner: fix for marking of new emails as "read" (the problem was taking place in Thunderbird 2.0 in conjunction with some IMAP servers)
· fix for scanning of areas with East Asian names (Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista)
· added Armadillo unpacker · fixed the Outlook/Exchange provider on Windows 9x/ME
· solved incompatibility of memory scan with certain 3rd party applications
· fixed the boot-time scan under Windows NT 4.0 · fixed extra-long duration of the boot-time scan under Windows Vista
· WebShield: improved compatibility with Windows Vista
· WebShield: better support for HTTP method CONNECT in upstream proxy scenarios
· fixed a minor memory leak in aswrdr.sys
· auto-updates now use much less CPU resources (should not interfere with other CPU-intensive programs running on the computer, e.g. games)
· added a new unpacker: "installers"; useful especially for detection of malware droppers
· Outlook/Exchange provider: improved compatibility with Outlook 2007
· boot-time scanner: fix for the case when there's the /NOGUIBOOT option in boot.ini
· fixed a problem in Standard Shield under Windows Vista related to saving of Word 2007 documents on FAT partitions
· email alerts now use correct formatting even for non-Latin characters
· fixed a rare problem in Standard Shield related to handling of disk volumes mounted to NTFS directories
· further enhancements in executable unpackers
· fixed a bug in ZOO unpacker (special thanks to Jean-Sйbastien Guay-Leroux)
· task scheduler: it's now possible to specify which days of week the task should run
· command-line scanner (ashCmd.exe) now supports a couple of more command-line options, mostly related to handling of infected files[/li]
· mail scanner: improved deleting of entire emails (virus embedded in email body)
· fixed opening of the sounds settings dialog under certain operating systems
· avast! screensaver now available even under Windows Vista 64-bit
· better detection of corrupted/modified VPS file
· WebShield: other minor fixes
· added Macedonian, Croatian and Portuguese (not Brazil) language packs · Standard Shield works on Vista 64bit again
· fixed problems with (missing or non-functional) resident protection virus warning popup, occurring on some systems · fixed a problem with password-lock for resident protection settings
· fixed very slow updating on Windows 95/98/ME · higher performance of the scanning engine (especially on new CPUs) and faster start of the avast! system service on OS boot
· improved support for Windows Vista (added support for NTFS transactions (also known as TxF) etc.)
· improved detection of full-screen applications
· fixed a bug related to the demo licence not being installed during silent installs
· improved compatibility with Windows offline folders
· more improvements in executable unpackers
· minor fixes in the ZIP unpacker
· fixed Runtime error R6034 messages when Mozilla Thunderbird version 3.0 is installed
· suppressed double scans when the user selected a local disk scan plus a folder scan (with the folder residing on the local disk)
· added Catalan language module · avast is now finally compatible with Windows Vista RC1; also, the "remediations" in Vista Security Center are now functional
· added CHM unpacker (and this time, as an extra benefit, it should work even in the boot-time scanner)
· fixed a bug in the UPX unpacker
· added a couple of new Win32 unpackers
· added a workaround to problems with compatibility with Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall (remaints of menus on the screen + seldom hang of avast program on start)
· no more attempts to delete files on read-only media
· improved detection of ZoneAlarm Pro (to prevent unnecessary WebShield incompatibility warnings)
· avast! screen-saver now uses better algorithm to remember last scan position
· added Swedish and Slovenian language versions · improvements in executable packers (most notably, ASProtect unpacker)
· fixed incorrect handling of non-Latin characters in the data storage
· Outlook plugin: now compatible with Windows Vista
· avast! now working correctly under Windows Vista 64-bit builds
· fixed incorrect statistics in sessions of scheduled tasks
· fixed a problem in the creation of silent installation (Professional Edition)
· fixed a subtle bug in the data storage (occuring after deleting an object)
· temporarily disabled the CHM unpacker (for security reasons)
· added Danish language version · Standard Shield: by default, system DLLs are not scanned anymore (speed optimization)
· further improved Standard Shield speed under Windows XP (generally, less files are scanned)
· Standard Shield: improved compatibility with Microsoft Office (particularly, saving of Excel documents on network shares)
· mail scanner now doesn't show Timeout Expired messages; the program was modified so that the respective timeout can be controlled by the mail client itself
· mail scanner: solved problem with the mail client reporting expired timeouts when sending larger emails via slow connectections
· mail scanner: fixed problem with delays during IP address reverse-lookup
· mail scanner: fixed displaying of tray icon
· P2P Shield: added support for Winny2 and Google Talk
· Web Shield: improved compatibility with Win9x
· transition to new data storage - avast does not need the ODBC/Jet drivers anymore and should therefore work better even under older versions of Windows (95/98/ME, NT4)
· fixed a bug in the Script Blocker module that was causing conflicts with some programs under non-English Windows (e.g. the German invoice system Lexware)
· added support for additional executable packers (e.g. MoleBox)
· fixed a bug that was sometimes causing very slow scanning of CAB archives
· boot-time scanner: added support for additional archives (GZ, BZIP2, TAR, LHARC, ZOO)
· improved handling of infected files with exotic filenames
· solved a problem with setting of incorrect access rights to the avast executable files
· removed a limit of maximal length of winpopup alerts (used to be 128 characters)
· Enhanced User Interface: infected items are now marked as red
· implemented new method of deleting of locked infected files (now using the boot-time scanner technology)
· this new version is now compatible with the Windows Disk Protection feature from Microsoft Shared Computing Toolkit.
· Avast should now work flawlessly with Windows Vista beta 2 and higher (Vista beta 2 will be released in the first half of May, i.e. in about 3 weeks); unfortunately, in beta1 + CTP builds <= 5342 there still can be serious OS stability issues · infrastructure changes in the scanning engine bringing higher detection rates
· fixed a bug that was sometimes causing crash of the avast! screensaver during its initialization
· improved handling of corrupted files in the SIS and CAB unpackers
· Standard Shield: fixed a minor memory leak in the Vista (and Vista only) driver
· Standard Shield: improved the "move to chest" command in Vista
· Standard Shield: the default scan exceptions are now valid for read/write access only (not execute)
· added more "installer" unpackers
· added more Win32 executable unpackers (Enigma etc.)
· for NTLM proxy authorization (via ISA Server) it is now possible to specify the account under which the avast! service will perform the update
· added Arabic language pack · fixed a problem in the boot-time scanner (prevents the intermittent "Unhandled Exception" errors)
· added Inno Setup unpacker
· speed optimization of certain operations (e.g. scanning of emails in the Internet Mail provider)
· Standard Shield: fixed a memory leak (Windows NT/200/XP)
· mail scanner: fix in IMAP handler (solves problems with Nortel CallPilot, for example)
· Windows Vista: removed the conflict with Asus Data Security Manager
· Web Shield: now scans even data returned from HTTP POST requests
· speed improvements in the area selection dialog
· fixed various small issues on Windows Vista