Faster scanning thanks to optimized scanning engine (raw scans of EXE files are about 2x faster, while scans of text contents (e.g.
By default, install is done through a new stub installer though (which has the advantage of always installing the most up-to-date version).
This applies to standard malware as well as rootkits and file infectors. Streaming updates can now also carry more types of definitions than before.
We’re currently doing 350-400 updates a day, which equals to one update in roughly every 3.75 minutes, 24x7, 365 days a year. 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. Continuously streaming update (CSU) technology for up-to-minute detections.This includes new, optimized mechanism for collecting data from our sensors. Improved cloud scanning features and crowdsourced analysis of suspicious items.In a way, it brings the whitelisting concept to the consumer AV space. 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). New Hardened mode for stricter lockdown scenarios.DeepScreen is a successor of AutoSandbox, now upgraded with some additional new technologies such as dynamic binary translation and dyna-gen announced earlier. New DeepScreen technology allows avast! to make more intelligent decisions about new/unknown files.
Protection-related features and improvements Here is the list of major changes/improvements (copied/pasted from ): Even though this is an "official" release, I would suggest people wait a few weeks, until this new product is fully tested (unless you're intentionally "playing with it" on a non-essential "test box", just to see what happens). Note that they are now using the year for the "version" number (rather than calling it "avast 9"). Looks like avast! has just released avast! 2014.