Avira Antivirus Pro Changelog

What's new in Avira Antivirus Pro 1.1.84

Mar 22, 2023
  • Quick Scan on the first detection
  • Removed "new" badge for Identity Assistant
  • Bugfixes
  • Stability Improvements

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 1.1.75.5 (Oct 4, 2022)

  • Fixed possible system crash after cleanup scan.
  • Parallel installation of next generation Avira Antivirus has been enabled.

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 1.1.72.30659 (Aug 23, 2022)

  • ANTIVIRUS:
  • VERSION 15.0.2111.2126:
  • Fixed possible system crash after cleanup scan.
  • Parallel installation of next generation Avira Antivirus has been enabled.
  • OPTIMIZER:
  • VERSION 4.14.0.7702:
  • Maintenance tasks performed.
  • Enhancements to licensing implemented.
  • VPN:
  • VERSION 2.29.1:
  • A theme selection option is now available. Follow the operating system settings or manually switch between the light and dark theme for all users (Free and Pro).
  • Fixed an issue in the communication protocol which sometimes caused losing the connection to the user account information.
  • PASSWORDS:
  • DASHBOARD VERSION 2.30.3:
  • Improvements of the security status page.
  • Fixed various bugs.
  • BROWSER EXTENSION VERSION 2.18.2:
  • Improved First-Time Use (FTU) flow.
  • Fixed various bugs.
  • SOFTWARE UPDATER:
  • VERSION 2.0.6.42639:
  • Feedback links and options on the Software Updater standalone user interface have been removed.
  • The uninstallation of Software Updater will also remove all dependant scheduled tasks.

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 1.1.70.30098 (Aug 1, 2022)

  • Fixed possible system crash after cleanup scan.
  • Parallel installation of next generation Avira Antivirus has been enabled.

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 15.0.32.12 Beta (Oct 9, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Enhance license information shown in new UI to display expiration date, serial number and license owner
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed Guard crash on extremely high file I/O

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 15.0.32.6 Beta (Sep 28, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Added the license manager back into the product. It's accessible through the help (?) icon on the top right.
  • Fixed an issue where Japanese font characters where too big for the new UI
  • Fixed an string issue with the dates inside activity in the Italian (WAV-01820 )
  • Updated Icons in several places in the new UI

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 15.0.29.30 Beta (Jul 25, 2017)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Quickscan now starts in the correct GUI mode when started via tray icon.
  • Expiration date is now displayed correctly again for Prime customers in the Control Center

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 15.0.29.25 Beta (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Driver installation during the setup is now performed silently
  • Bug fixes:
  • Enhanced Self-protection to prohibit further attacks of ELEX malware
  • Fixed BSOD in Device Protection Driver
  • Fixed vulnerability "Privilege escalation via avscan.exe's "Report" feature"
  • Fixed Guard crash while loading the engine
  • Fixed Updater crash

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 15.0.19.163 Beta (Aug 17, 2016)

  • fixed broken proxy authentication for the updater module

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 15.0.19.161 Beta (Aug 5, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Device protection feature - controll which USB devices are allowed
  • Right now this feature is enabled for USB storage devices such as hard disk, usb sticks etc. and will show a prompt to either allow or block the new attached device.
  • WMI interface enhanced - manage configuration passwords via WMI
  • New, faster, on-demand scanner scan now be tested by using the shell-extension scan button. (Right click a file in the explorer and select "Scan selected file with Avira)

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 15.0.12.420 Beta (Aug 27, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • After a migration from Windows 7/8 64-bit to Windows 10 64-bit, the Avira Real-Time Protection hangs at start and slows down the system
  • The “avlode.dll” crashes when a file with a long path is send to the cloud
  • A synchronization issue that caused a crashed in “update.exe” has been fixed
  • Random crash of the "update.exe"
  • The Control Center of the Avira Pro version displays for a few seconds the wrong message that the update is outdated “PC is not safe”
  • The „setup.exe“ is sending a wrong “Antivirus Installation End” event
  • Sporadic crashes of the "update.exe" on Windows 10 operating systems
  • The Avira setup is crashing on Windows XP operating systems

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 15.0.12.408 Beta (Aug 27, 2015)

  • Update Open SSL
  • WMI in Antivirus Pro allows also modification dependent on the configuration setting
  • Windows Action Center messages are not popping up anymore during setup and licenses change
  • Update status is now shown in Status Page of Control Center
  • When a silent scheduled update is running, a click on start update will show the update GUI of the currently running update
  • Other updater improvements
  • Bugfixes:
  • Control Center stops working after you close it from taskbar
  • Many avgntflt timeouts are generated on Avira maybe caused by setup

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 15.0.11.579 Beta (Jun 23, 2015)

  • New fixes and changes:
  • Reduced update download volume for Avira Free Antivirus
  • Bugfixes:
  • The module AVGNT.EXE occurs occasionally an exception on Tablet PCs with a Windows 7 operating system (“Bad Image Problem”)
  • The System Scanner crashes when deleting files from the protected folder

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 2013 13.0.0.3736 (Jun 24, 2013)

  • We removed the switch “Expert mode” from the Configuration and display all the options as if this mode would be always activated. This way no option gets lost and you have to make a click less.

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 13.0.0.2681 (Sep 27, 2012)

  • Protection Cloud:
  • Real-time malware classification and extremely fast system scanning
  • Browser Tracking Blocker:
  • Stops companies from following and recording your web activities
  • Website Safety Advisor:
  • Security ratings in your search results - know before you go!
  • Network Drive Scanning:
  • More protection for you, better security for the whole network
  • Social Network Protection:
  • Intelligent parental controls for Facebook and other social sites

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 10.0.0.597 (Mar 23, 2010)

  • New Gui:
  • Avira AntiVir, version 10 will be released with a new graphical user interface that features a completely new set of icons as well as a new 3D navigation bar and a continuous background picture.
  • The new user interface keeps the proven elements of the old interface and the customer does not need to get into a new interface. However, the new icon set and the other new elements make it much easier for the customer to find his way around the program.
  • Avira AntiVir ProActiv :
  • Avira AntiVir, version 10 is now equipped with a brand new host-based intrusion prevention system called Avira AntiVir ProActiv. AntiVir ProActiv constantly monitors the behaviour of the system in real-time and looks for unusual events.
  • An integrated rule-system is able to decide proactively if a certain event (or a combination of events) indicates that the system is currently under attack from a new or unknown malware.
  • If a rule matches the user is then able to decide what to do with this suspicious file, i.e. to trust it, to block it once, to block it always or to ignore it.
  • Part of this new technology is the Avira AntiVir ProActiv community that allows every Professional customer to take an active role in Avira´s world-wide battle against viruses and malware by automatically sending unknown malware samples to Avira. Those samples are then analysed and the results are fed back into the ProActiv module.
  • Avira AntiVir ProActiv is only installed with a custom installation. If a user upgrades from an AV 9 Professional to the AV 10 he will get a slide up informing him that the new AntiVir ProActiv module is available. He can then install it by doing a change installation.
  • Joining the Avira AntiVir ProActiv community must be separately enabled. If the AV 10 Professsional is managed by the SMC then AntiVir ProActiv and joining the ProActive community can be separately activated either by using the GUI or doing a silent setup.
  • Please note:
  • Avira AntiVir ProActiv is not available for the Avira AntiVir Personal in Q1-2010.
  • On-Access Scanner with one-click removal, repair and slide-up information:
  • ThAvira AntiVir Guard (On-Access scanner) offers an automatic and an interactive mode.
  • This interactive mode has been enhanced and now offers a much easier way of dealing with detected malware. In case a malware was found the access to the corresponding file is now blocked by default. This prevents the customer from accidentally opening the file and infecting his system.
  • The information that a malware has been found is now shown in a slide-up and not in a separate window anymore. The slide-up also offers a one-click removal of the malware. Furthermore, the malware is not only removed from the system but the system itself is also repaired and the damage that might have been done by the malware is also fixed.
  • Generic disinfection :
  • Detecting and deleting a malware is one thing, repairing the damage that might have been done by the malware is another. Avira now offers a new way of repairing the system and put it back into its former state. What you normally do is you use repair scripts to repair the system. This is what Avira also does.
  • But in addition to this script-based repair routines Avira now also offers a so called generic repair. The generic repair is able to repair a system even when there is no repair script available.
  • Multi-Select in Quarantine :
  • The quarantine now allows selecting multiple files at once and e.g. scan them or restore them.
  • SMTP Footer :
  • Customers can now add a footer to any unencrypted email that is sent via SMTP (outgoing) and that has been scanned by MailGuard.
  • It is possible to add the default MailGuard footer with basically says that this email was scanned by AntiVir MailGuard and that also includes the engine and VDF version with which it was scanned and/or the user can also add a self-defined text. If both options are activated, the self-defined footer is place in front of the MailGuard footer in plain text.
  • Please note:
  • This feature is not available for the Avira AntiVir Personal.
  • Update now a separate configuration entry :
  • Updating the product as well as the engine and the virus definition files regularly is the most important thing a user has to do to make sure that the system maintains a very high level of security.
  • The Update therefore is now a separate entry in the configuration panel and the hitherto available default update job in the scheduler was removed.
  • As a default the product now downloads and automatically installs product updates, reminds the user every 120 seconds when a restart of the system is necessary and uses a present network connection for connection to the webserver. These settings, however, can be changed by the user, e.g. for doing an intranet update.
  • Guard process exclusion: use wildcards and name with more than 15 characters:
  • The Guard allows excluding processes and file object from scanning. With version 10 it is now possible to add process/file object with more than 15 characters. It is also possible now to use wildcards and have process/file names with full file path.
  • Rootkit detection now available for 64 bit systems:
  • The detection of rootkit which was up to now only available for 32 bit systems is now also available for 64 bit systems.
  • More configuration options in standard mode :
  • In version 10 quite a number of configuration options have been moved from the expert configuration to the standard configuration.
  • Thus it is now possible to configure the product to a very large extent within the standard configuration, leaving the expert configuration for those situations where a very specific configuration of the product is needed
  • Express installation :
  • The Avira AntiVir now offers a new express installation allowing installing the products very quickly. Once “express installation” has been chosen it is only 3 further clicks to completely install the product.
  • Recommend a product :
  • Customers who want friends, relatives or other people to become a member of the Avira family and benefit from one of the best security products can now do so very easily and even profit from it. Avira AntiVir now allows recommending the product. Just click on the “recommend the product” entry in the menu and login to your Avira customer account.
  • Improved slide-up system :
  • The slide-ups that the product produces at times have been enhanced and now show a close and a minimize button in the upper right corner thus preventing that important information may be overlayed by the slide-up. When minimized there is now an additional icon in the task bar allowing to maximize the slide-up again.

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 8.1.0.367 (Sep 24, 2008)

  • NEW: Fast Activation Tool (FACT). FACT enables the licensing of product on-line during installation.

New in Avira Antivirus Pro 8.1.00.331 (Jun 13, 2008)

  • New: graphical interface, a modularized AV-search engine for improved scan performance, an integrated failsafe security system, and SMTP support for AntiVir MailGuard.
  • New modules: WebGuard and Rescue System.