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Hi Evangelists,
We are pretty excited and you hope you will be too by this post. You may not have known it, but we decided to do another major release this year -- version 2014 is deep in development and the time has come to give you a teaser about what all is included. Of course, your feedback and comments will be welcome and valued so don抰 hold anything back ;-)
More specifically, we are changing the release schedule in the sense that from now on, our products will be released in October (instead of the usual February that you抳e already gotten used to). This is mainly because most of our competitors release new products in the fall ?and, frankly, many users expect us to do the same. This also includes the reviewers, whose lives makes much easier to collect the new versions of all products at roughly the same time to test them. Last but not least, it also allows us to appropriately use the year moniker in the version name (i.e. in this case Avast 2014) ?which is somewhat controversial (people have sort of love/hate relationship with it), but the fact is, for people who don抰 necessarily follow the product too closely it抯 good concept: it抯 easy to recognize that version 2014 is probably the latest, while if it were version 9 it wouldn抰 really say anything.
Again, this is an early announcement exclusively for this closed evangelist group, and we would very much appreciate if none of the information presented here was leaked to the general public yet.
The public beta will start in about 2 weeks.
Now, let us give you a list of new features in Avast 2014. As you can see, we really tried to focus our efforts on what matters most ?the quality of protection provided by the product. This is not to say that all the changes are happening under the hood though ?in fact, as you will see, for example the UI changes are quite profound?I抎 even say radical in some ways. :-)
Protection-related features and improvements
New DeepScreen technology allows avast! to make more intelligent decisions about new/unknown files. DeepScreen is a successor of AutoSandbox, now upgraded with some additional new technologies such as dynamic binary translation and dyna-gen announced earlier.
New Hardened mode for stricter lockdown scenarios. This is a new mode that is recommended especially for novice users (such as your grandmas): it automatically blocks execution of binaries that would normally be deepscreened (Moderate level) or even allows only execution of programs that are well-known to FileRep (Aggressive level). In a way, it brings the whitelisting concept to the consumer AV space.
Improved cloud scanning features and crowdsourced analysis of suspicious items. This includes new, optimized mechanism for collecting data from our sensors.
Continuously streaming update (CSU) technology for up-to-minute detections. This is not entirely new for v2014, but we now have really buttoned up the whole streaming update infrastructure to allow for reliable, uninterrupted service. We抮e currently doing 350-400 updates a day, which equals to one update in roughly every 3.75 minutes, 24x7, 365 days a year. Streaming updates can now also carry more types of definitions than before.
Improved cleaning of malware. This applies to standard malware as well as rootkits and file infectors.
Other new features
All-new web browser plugins featuring comprehensive security ratings, protection against malware, phishing and typosquatting sites and Do-Not-Track (DNT) functionality for improved anonymity on the Internet. The DNT functionality doesn抰 rely on the DNT HTTP headers; instead, it uses a proprietary technology that cannot be overridden by the servers.
All-new SafeZone for more secure online shopping and banking. Users can now switch back and forth between SafeZone and the regular browser with a single click. Also, online banking sites can be automatically opened in the SafeZone.
Rescue disk - allow users to create a bootable CD or flash disk with Avast on it. Great for cleaning.
Other improvements
A new, streamlined user interface for simplified navigation and more user comfort. The new UI is actually much simplified, and it抯 probably the biggest change since version 5.0. We have also redefined the shields to the total number of three (File Shield, Web Shield, Mail Shield) and tweaked the action buttons (tiles) on the home page so that they抮e now fully configurable.
Control and manage all protected devices directly from the Avast console. That is, the my.avast.com account is perfectly integrated in the UI to allow for management of all your devices running Avast.
Dramatic reduction in product size (full installer < 60MB, compared to today抯 120MB) and memory footprint. By default, install is done through a new stub installer though (which has the advantage of always installing the most up-to-date version).
Faster scanning thanks to optimized scanning engine (raw [in-memory] scans of EXE files are about 2x faster, while scans of text contents (e.g. web pages and scripts) are up to 10x faster).
Completely rewritten setup/updater that makes the installation and upgrade process faster, easier and more reliable
Firewall has been redesigned from scratch to allow for better compatibility with latest Windows, better performance and full support for IPv6 (although its UI hasn抰 really changed).
New licensing system allows for much easier management of product licenses. The system relies on activation codes, and these can be added seamlessly by simply clicking a link.
Various improvement in the Software Updater and Browser Cleanup tool.
For your enjoyment, I'm also attaching a few screenshots of the product.
In general, we are really excited about this release and genuinely looking forward to your feedback.
Please stay tuned!
Vlk
Hi guys,
Sorry for not responding earlier. Please find below answers to your questions so far.
Quote from: essexboy
Does continuous streaming updates negate the need for the standard updates
Not entirely. Some things, such as algorithmic detection, still cannot be delivered using streaming updates.
But they complement them very well.
Quote from: essexboy
With the reduction in apparent shields, will the same degree of control as we enjoy now, with regards to sensitivity etc.. be available
Same. We just merged them together to A) make things a bit simpler, B) better show some of the internal dependencies that have somehow built themselves into the shields over time.
Quote from: essexboy
What OS's will it be compatible with, thinking 8.1 and XP here
As Peter said, it is WinXP SP2 or higher.
Quote from: essexboy
Is the boot scan being retained as that is a show stopper
Boot time scanner is staying.
Quote from: Tech
1. New Hardened mode: will it take the "user decisions" in common real-world tests (the yellow items)? Will it be enabled by default? At Moderate (deepscreened or "autosandboxed", I suppose) or Aggressive (FileRep whitelist)?
No, by default it's disabled (at least for now). It is meant so that the family geek can lock it down further to minimize the risk of infection on machines of users who don't need to experiment with new software all the time :-)
Quote from: Tech
3. Continuously streaming update (CSU): one update in roughly every 3.75 minutes. Even for the free version?
Yes, there's no difference between free and paid in terms of CSU.
Quote from: Tech
4. Improved cleaning of malware. Any more details? Registry cleaning?
A few things there (although it's still not quite implemented): registry cleaning is one of them. Another is file infectors. And then there's rootkits.
Quote from: Tech
5. Do-Not-Track (DNT) functionality for improved anonymity on the Internet. What are the real new things added to the actual do-not-track in Firefox/Chrome and addons?
The 揇o not track?feature built into the browsers doesn't really work. This is because it relies on the new Do Not Track HTTP header
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_not_track_header
The problem is that websites don抰 have to honor this header. Following the Do Not Track is completely voluntary.
And today, 99% of sites don抰 do anything about Do Not Track.
Our solution (as well as some of the competitors, like Ghostery and Abine) work differently ?by filtering out the tracking javascript code snippets from the web pages.
Quote from: Tech
6. Also, online banking sites can be automatically opened in the SafeZone. How would you manage the "Brazilian banking plugins" that are necessary for online banking? Will them run into SafeZone?
Not sure now... we will see.
Quote from: Tech
10. Always installing the most up-to-date version: good. Will it include the latest virus definitions too?
Absolutely.
Quote from: Tech
12. Completely rewritten setup/updater: easier and more reliable. How will Google Chrome be delivered? Reliable? Why? What was wrong?
The changes aren't really related to Chrome. Instead, it's the whole Avast installer/updater. Believe it or not, a large portion of Avast problems is related to faulty installs - both clean installs and installs that were somehow corrupted during a program update.
Quote from: Tech
13. Firewall has been redesigned from scratch: hmmm, won't we see any "new" feature?
Very sporadically, from the UI/UX point of view.
Quote from: Tech
14. New licensing system. Will anything change in the registration process?
Likely will, but this is one of the areas where we haven't made a final decision yet.
Quote from: Coolmario88
Will the gui in the screenshots in which i am calling 'metro' will that be the gui on all computers, like non windows 8 machines such as windows vista, windows 7? I really like the GUI
All OSes.
Quote from: DavidR
Any chance that these new features mentioned can be annotated, e.g. those that are only available on avast! Premium/AIS/Pro or avast! free ?
Protection-related features and improvements - all tiers.
Browser plugins - all tiers
SafeZone - paid only
Rescue disk - still TBD
New UI - all tiers
My Devices (my.avast.com integration into the UI) - all tiers
Optimizations etc. - all tiers
Quote from: RejZoR
Vlk, is DeepScreen technology more transparent than AutoSandbox ? I always kinda disliked the fact that everything that got sandboxed, actually run twice. First inside Auto Sandbox and then it closed and it opened again which was a bit annoying. Will DeepScreen analyze the files transparently, so user won't even notice it got "screened"? Or this hasn't changed much from v8 implementation?
This is a good question. Personally, I would also prefer to have it more obvious but there's some technical limitations there... We will see how it will turn out (currently, it's kinda similar to what it was in v8, also not exactly same (you will see)).
Quote from: Pondus
i hope they have done something with the scan result.... so that error messages like files that could not be scanned does not look like detections
maybe have to tabs at the result.... detections / scan errors ?
No change in this respect so far, but maybe there's still an opportunity to add something like this... Doesn't sound too difficult to me.
Quote from: Charyb
[Hardened mode] Will this be similar to an anti-executable? Will there be a mode for users who want to make the decision to run or deny any executable that is not contained within the whitelist? In aggressive mode, will a user be given the option to deny running an application regardless of whether or not it is well known to FileRep? Option to run one time then block?
No, not really. This is a fully-automated system built for simplicity (again, think about the grandma scenario). The only thing that the user can do is override (i.e. add an exclusion) -- but if Avast is configured with a password, you will need to enter the password for this.
Quote from: Charyb
[Crowdsourcing] This will be based on decisions made by common users? Will this be based on percentage? For instance, 90% of users ran this program so it is safe?
No. We're not giving more options to the user with this one. It's just something that helps us on the backend, so that we can make more precise decisions on our own.
Quote from: Charyb
I suppose the NG project has been replaced by the 2014 public beta? Unless I missed out on it??
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=130335
NG is yet another step in which DeepScreen is going. However, probably not as early as in Avast 2014.
Quote from: SpeedyPC
I wish Avast could offer something like this for FREE........PLEASE http://www.pcworld.com/article/2 ... nking-shopping.html
I'm sorry but SafeZone is currently one of the few features that differentiate our free and paid products and it will likely stay like this.
Quote from: wpn
how about the business side of the new version?
will there be a new Enterprise console released? With the options mentioned in the RFC thread that has been created?
Very likely, but not until next year.
Thanks for your feedback so far btw... let's make this release a success.
Vlk
Quote from: craigb on August 05, 2013, 02:27:00 PM
Thanks for those explanations Vlk, one thing I did mean to ask is if the new version is still going to be using the 2008 version of Visual C++ ? hopefully we have moved on to the latter 2010 or newer for stability reasons or even done away with C++ altogether :-\
The new version is compiled with Visual C++ 2012.
The good thing is that the program doesn't require the Visual C++ redistributable package anymore (I mean the MSI file that was causing all sorts of problems, e.g. when installing Avast in Safe mode) because we now "install" (copy) the redistributables manually.
Quote from: bob3160 on August 05, 2013, 02:29:08 PM
Will there finally be a clear option to opt out/in for Google Chrome etc. ???
Will that option also be easily selectable when the product is renewed ???
Well I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "clear", but there has always been an option to opt-out from Chrome.
There's currently no changed in the way the Chrome offers are presented.
Anyway, do you guys feel like we're going over the top with Chrome? I mean, I really like Chrome and I have no problem pushing it to all my friends and relatives (as it's what I'm using anyway), but I understand that YMMV.
Thanks
Vlk
Quote from: DavidR on August 02, 2013, 12:07:48 PM
Next, whilst the avast! 2014 will support winXP SP2 (and above), drake127's Reply #4 above, what avast! 2014 features won't work in XP because of any lack of functionality in XP ?
In winXP SP2 and above, all features will be available. At lower versions, installation will be blocked very probably.
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