Download Avast Antivirus 5.0.677 final

After a series of betas, Alwil Software has now released a new stable version of Avast. This antivirus program is available in the flavors Avast Free Antivirus and Avast Pro Antivirus. In addition, there is Avast Internet Security, which includes a firewall and anti-spam as extras. on this page the different versions are compared. The new release includes several improvements to the sandbox and firewall. This is a list of the major improvements made since the previous stable release:

Changes in version 5.0.677

• Solved a problem that could lead to disappearing of the avast service
• Behavior Shield: solved a minor stability issue (aswSP.sys) + solved a Win7 issue
• Performance and stability improvements in the avast! sandbox
• Changes in the engine allowing us to generically detect/block some new types of exploits
• Speed ​​improvements in the updater
• IS: fixed a vulnerability in aswFw.sys (Secunia Advisory SA40868)
• Solved a vulnerability related to license files (Secunia Advisory SA41109)
• Solved a problem with scanning of files with very long path names
• Fixed the updater in East-Asian versions of avast running with Windows set to a different locale
• IS: improvements in the Outlook antispam plugin
• IS firewall: improvement in the path name matching
• IS: upgraded to the new version of antispam engine
• Minor changes and fixes in the GUI
• Fixes in the screen reader support
• Fixed a bug where the File System Shield was scanning some files even after being disabled
• Added trimming of setup.log
• Added Danish, Hebrew and Urdu language packs

The following downloads are available:
Avast Free Antivirus 5.0.677
Avast Pro Antivirus 5.0.677
Avast Internet Security 5.0.677