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Changes from v4.8.1201 to v4.8.1229
- Web Shield: solved compatibility problems with Opera browser
- Web Shield: solved problems with some D-Link router devices
Changes from v4.8.1195 to v4.8.1201
- Solved incompatibility with System Safety Monitor
- Improved compatibility of the self defense module with XP SP3 (and its installation)
- Minor enhancements in the Web Shield (detection of streaming content)
- Minor fixes in the updater
Changes from v4.7.986 to v4.7.1001
- 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
Changes from v4.7.892 to v4.7.981
- 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 (or BCD on Windows Vista)
- 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-Sébastien 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
- 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 Brazilian) language packs
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