Release notes

Avast Antivirus 21.6.2474

August 3, 2021

WHAT'S NEW

• Useful Smart Scan notifications — We’ve fine-tuned the behavior of Smart Scan with improved initialization steps, and ensured that you receive proper notifications about scheduled scans.
• Better feature shortcuts — We’ve changed the main tile navigation so Avast Antivirus features are easier to distinguish from shortcuts to other Avast products.

For more information about this release visit our forum.

Avast Antivirus 21.5.2470

June 17, 2021

WHAT'S NEW

• Fewer interruptions in fullscreen - When you’re running another app fullscreen, our antivirus will no longer open on top and interrupt you. We apologize if this happened to you! (And don’t worry, threat warnings will still appear, so you’ll always know about malware even while watching your favorite film)
• Introducing Webcam Shield reminders - If you’ve configured Webcam Shield to automatically block or allow apps, we’ll now remind you of this when an app tries to access your webcam so you don’t sit around wondering why your webcam isn’t working. (For Premium Security only)
• Updated privacy policies - We’ve updated our General Privacy Policy and other connected privacy policies. You can find them here

For more information about this release visit our forum.

Avast Antivirus 21.4.2464

May 21, 2021

WHAT'S NEW

• Improved Wi-Fi Inspector — We now scan for even more types of threats, and our improved results screen allows you to better understand what we’ve found thanks to clearer explanations, better organization, and improved tips for resolving detected problems
• No more popups in streams — Good news, Windows 10 users! Our antivirus popups will no longer appear in your screen recordings and streams
• Enhanced exceptions — Exceptions for scans and shields are now easier to add, customize, and maintain
• More installation options — You now have more installation options when activating subscriptions that contain multiple apps

Avast Antivirus 21.3.2459

May 21, 2021

WHAT'S NEW

• Improved PUP detections — We're now even better at identifying PUPs (potentially unwanted programs that often come bundled with other apps), so we've enabled PUP detection by default. To turn this off, just go to Settings > Protection > Core Shields
• Improved Rescue Disk — We’ve added a portable web browser to our Rescue Disk so you can search the web even when Windows isn’t working
• Fewer distractions — We no longer show pop-up messages when your antivirus is open
• Better scan performance — We’ve made a lot of small performance improvements to our security scans

Avast Antivirus 21.2.2455

January 20, 2021

WHAT'S NEW

• Introducing Hack Alerts — From now on, we’ll warn you if any passwords linked to your email address were compromised in a hack or a leak. (Just sign in to Avast Account within antivirus)
• New performance report tool — If you encounter any performance issues on your PC and you suspect we're the culprit, you can now send us a report so we can investigate the issue (Just go to Settings > Troubleshooting > Record a performance problem)

Avast Antivirus 21.1.2449

January 19, 2021

WHAT'S NEW

• More informative threat alerts — If you get an alert, click ‘See details’ to see what type of threat it is (e.g., adware, ransomware, scam, etc.) and a brief description
• Tidier threat alerts — If you ever run into multiple threats at once, you'll no longer be bombarded with one alert after another. Instead, we've combined these into a single alert according to the shield that detected them
• New detection category — You can now choose to detect or ignore ‘Tools’ like coinminers, game cheats, and key generators as a separate category in your virus scans and core shields
• Alert ID — Every threat alert now includes a unique ID in the bottom-left corner. If you ever share a screenshot with our support team, this ID will help them to identify your problem
• Improved PUP detections — We're now even better at identifying PUPs (potentially unwanted programs that often come bundled with other apps), so we've enabled PUP detection by default. To turn this off, just go to Settings > Basic protection > Detections.

Version 2.2018.2

January 20, 2021

New features

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bug fixes

• Improved performance
• UI crashing on system reset
• CVA-3454 solved

Improvements

• New UI
• Accessibility improvements