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   Review - avast! Home

   5.0.70 Beta (Aug 21, 2009)

   Re 5.0.70:
   
   This is a very early beta and it doesn't have full functionality yet, it actually doesn't even have full virus definition database.
   
   Limitations and bugs:
   This first beta still has some limitations/bugs/problems. To name the most important ones:
   
   1. it currently doesn't contain the most up-to-date defs. That is, part of the defs are somewhat outdated as we're still making changes to the infrastructure. Hence, it is not recommended to use this beta as a tool to protect your system. Also, it is probably too early to do any detection tests at this time.
   
   2. the Behavior Shield is not yet fully connected (has very limited functionality at the moment - is just a skeleton, really)
   
   3. the antirootkit component is not connected
   
   4. there is no licensing component in this version; i.e., no registration, no activation... however, there's a hard-wired time bomb that will disable the program in about 2 months (there will be multiple beta refreshes before that happens, and hopefully even the final product)
   
   5. the sounds are missing. We plan to have sounds in the final product (and later betas) but they're not there now.
   
   6. the design will likely change a little bit still... some of the corners will be rounded etc...
   
   7. some of the Web Shield settings are missing
   
   8. some of the Shield settings actually require the Shield to be restarted to become effective (Actions, Alerts, Report file, Packers, ...)
   
   9. the GUI sometimes doesn't get refreshed automatically (i.e. you change something via the tray icon, and the main dialog doesn't update itself to reflect that change)
   
   10. the iNews, Community and Event log pages are just placeholders atm
   
   11. the Scan Result window still needs some changes
   
   12. the built-in program updater doesn't ask for a reboot when it's done (even if it's necessary in order to apply the new update). Also, the update, when initiated from the main UI, may end up in an unexpected state. As an alternative, we recommend using the updater in Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> avast! Free Antivirus -> Change/Remove -> Update.
   
   13. context-menu scan in Explorer doesn't work.

2. 
   Review - µTorrent for Windows

   1.9 Build 13886 Alpha (Dec 22, 2008)

   The CPU usage isn't because it's alpha, it's because some stupid moron is uploading debug builds that are supposed to be used only for a few minutes at most, and only by users that were asked to run them by the developers, because they contain code that logs detailed info about each and every packed sent or received by utorrent. You don't have to be a genius to figure out this will completely kill your processor no matter how powerfull it is. To top it, at the end of the download, the log files will be probably bigger than the files you downloaded.

3. 
   Review - FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder

   20081114 rev2322 (Nov 15, 2008)

   Unless you use some of the more demanding postprocessing filters, there is no need for you to use the SSE version. The decoding part is already manually optimized and does not get any speed improvements with SSE compile.
   
   Just a note for BetaNews, this is not the original ffdshow, this is a separate fork of the original (its name is ffdshow tryouts), started by some developers on the doom9 forums, anyway, I'm glad someone took over the development after Milan (the original author) disappeared.

4. 
   Review - avast! Home

   4.7.1098 (Dec 5, 2007)

   @radiomaffia:
   What the hell are you talking about, it's Avira, that doesn't have email protection in the free version. Avast had email protection from the beginning. Also, Win95 look? You didn't even see it, right?
   
   I have read your post:
   

   
   Does this home edition ad an option to scan in/out goiing pop3 now? I know they didn't some time ago and you had to purchase to the professional edition.
   That is why I choose Avira Personal Classic Edition...
   

   
   
   As I wrote, Avast HOME always had POP3 protection, you didn't have to buy the Pro version to get it, so the part about choosing Avira because of this doesn't give any sense, especially when considering that Avira DOES NOT HAVE POP3 protection in the free version.

5. Comment - Vista SP2 update sent to testers, but is it really an RC?

   4.7.1098 (Feb 22, 2009 - 2:27 PM)

   According to Microsoft, not remembering the password is a feature, not a bug, apparently, it should be remembered only on Business and Ultimate.

6. Comment - Pirates get to keep their ISP accounts...in the UK, anyway

   4.7.1098 (Jan 26, 2009 - 3:14 PM)

   Plenty... provided you ignore all the crap that's pushed out by the major labels.

7. Comment - Seagate confronts an overflow of bricked hard drives

   4.7.1098 (Jan 21, 2009 - 3:50 PM)

   For linux use "hdparm -i /dev/XXX" (where XXX is the name of your disk, ie. sda)

8. Comment - Sun takes command of VirtualBox, adds 64-bit, VHD support

   4.7.1098 (Sep 5, 2008 - 4:46 AM)

   There is something very very off with your XP installation, I didn't have any of those problems and I was also upgrading from a previous version of VirtualBox. I just ran the installation, let it upgrade and then simply launched the new version, all my virtual machines are running just fine. The same goes for VHD images, no issues there.

9. Comment - Is AMD Returning to Profitability?

   4.7.1098 (Jul 21, 2007 - 4:52 AM)

   All the processors for AM2+ and AM3 will be backwards compatible with AM2, so no need to buy a new motherboard to upgrade your CPU, unless you would like to use DDR3 (but that will be the same with Intel).