Avast Mac Security - Changelog
15.0 (82184457a665)
2021-10-07
- Introduced new Avast logo
- Added localizations to several new languages
- Dropped support for macOS 10.10. Our scanning engine and virus definitions will continue to support this OS version
- Other bugfixes and stability fixes
14.10 (ddd643fc9a1d)
2021-07-18
- WiFiInspector: Added ability to detect WD MyBook Live NAS exploit
14.10 (8c9d15023bfa)
2021-06-24
- Bugfixes and stability fixes.
14.9 (289bb33de44a)
2021-04-18
- Bugfixes and stability fixes.
14.9 (59649d77fe19)
2021-03-27
- UI: Added Statistics item to Avast Menu. It shows detailed information about product activity.
- UI: Preferences: Redesigned Subscriptions page. Now it shows more info aboout available subscriptions.
- UI: Preferences: Redesigned CoreShields and Scans pages. Now they are easier to navigate.
- UI: WiFiInspector: Added possibility to edit device name and class in case engine wrongly detects it.
- Redesigned loading of Avast System Extensions and Kernel Extensions to improve reliability.
- Fixed scanning via Drag and Drop on Avast icon in Dock.
- Other bugfixes and stability fixes.
14.8 (11af9a5414a9)
2021-03-15
- Fixed potential high CPU usage in UI.
14.8 (fd26bb7bcc06)
2021-02-24
- Reimplemented WiFi Inspector feature
- Improved notifications behavior in DnD mode
- Added basic AV statistic collection
- Improved webshield and mailshield exceptions handling
- Other improvements and bugfixes
14.7 (2b2cffda65aa)
2020-12-16
- Added support fo Apple Silicon Macs.
14.6 (2afad9aab9aa)
2020-11-09
- Improved integration with latest macOS 11.0 Big Sur Release Candidate.
- Fixed high CPU usage of one of our tools.
14.6 (9745695992b3)
2020-10-26
- Added full support for macOS 11.0 Big Sur.
- Added customer survey to uninstaller.
- Redesigned onboarding flow.
- Extended Smart Scan feature with performance scan.
14.5 (00e5580c809f)
2020-08-11
- Fixed update scripts to work on macOS Big Sur.
14.5 (411c809806ec)
2020-07-20
- WebShield: Added our own list of certificates to correctly support browsers on macOS versions where Apple does not update certificates anymore.
- Chest: Added handling of extended attributes.
- Privacy: Updated Privacy Preferences tab.
- Onboarding: Updated onboarding flows.
- Omni: Added TV Antitracking feature toggles and notifications.
- Omni: Added Personal Data Export feature to preferences.
14.4 (6b0b9318fc07)
2020-05-12
- Added SmartScan feature.
- Added Avast Omni admin mode.
- Limited automatic Wifi Inspector scans on public and corporate networks.
- Bug fixes and improvements.
14.3 (c3875f8ddaf9)
2020-02-06
- Updated Privacy Preferences panel.
- Minor fixes.
14.3 (69306100252d)
2019-12-06
- Added notifications section to main UI screen. Currently it provides only overview of scan history.
- Added option to start main UI after user login to Preferences - General.
- Added option to enable VPS update notifications to Preferences - General.
- Added Scan with Avast option to Finder menu.
- Drag and Dropping an item on Avast icon in Dock starts scan of that item.
- Extended scan result screen to provide more detailed information about scan settings.
- Scan result screen now start with all detections preselected.
- Fixed font issues in some localizations.
- Other bugfixes and stability fixes.
14.2 (a3145f33d364)
2019-10-03
- Fixed issues with Home Network Scan
- Other bugfixes and stability fixes
14.1 (8ad93f34ba88)
2019-09-09
- Added Full Disk Access messaging for macOS 10.15
- Updated OpenSSL
- Various bugfixes
14.0 (d6b7fb96e05f)
2019-07-24
- Redesigned entire UI experience.
- Added limited Avast Omni support.
13.12 (34b80497bbe8)
2019-02-25
- Correctly register webshield into system firewall to avoid system popups.
- Fixed slowing down Time Machine backups.
- Fixed random issue with WiFi Inspector UI.
- Other bugfixes and stability fixes.
13.11 (b4db463dcb85)
2018-09-24
- Fixed problem with vpsupdate.
13.10 (1952b1590d91)
2018-09-18
- Improved onboarding experience to guide users through KEXT allowing on macOS High Sierra and newer.
- Fixed WiFi Inspector UI for macOS Mojave.
- All executable code is now inside Avast.app to better support Mojave.
- Redesigned scans to improve stability. Any problem in scanning engine should not take down the entire scan.
- Fixed MailShield. IMAP was sometimes mixing mails together when multiple e-mail clients were used on the same Mac.
13.9 (30771335faca)
2018-06-07
- Fixed reporting to GDPR backends for some licenses.
- Updated EULA.
13.8 (5b451eaed8d0)
2018-05-15
- Addressed problem with https certificate validation on macOS 10.9.
- Updated EULA.
- Various bugfixes and stability fixes.
13.7 (81114554fd9e)
2018-05-04
- Fixed possible crash in WebShield.
13.6 (4d4fe2d913e3)
2018-05-03
- Added GDPR compliance.
- Improved phishing protection.
- Added some widely used apps to Ransomware whitelist.
- Moved browser plugins from Tools to Preferences.
- Added SafePrice Avast browser plugin.
13.5 (5a59486c66bc)
2018-03-07
- Fixed ransomware setup. Now it correctly adds default protected folders even for new user accounts.
- Updated list of trusted processess to reduce ransomware popups on High Sierra.
- Fixed ransomware slowing down login for some users.
- Fixed Firefox not working after installation with enabled WebShield.
13.4 (338ddb6525b2)
2017-12-19
- Fixed issue with iClound in Safari on MacOS 10.13.
13.3 (6b837347e679)
2017-12-07
- Fixed '+' button in Ransomware Shield's Allowed Apps section. It did not work properly when listing certain apps to offer in UI.
- Added photoanalysisd and cloudphotosd to default Ransomware Allowed Applications.
- Fixed issue with wrong device category in Wi-Fi Inspector.
13.2 (ef9f44936c6c)
2017-11-21
- Fixed WiFi Inspector issues on macOS 10.9
- Fixed localization problems.
13.1 (bd0cfa0883e5)
2017-11-10
- Fixed product activation issues.
13.0 (53bbbab51d76)
2017-11-01
- Introducing Premium features
- Ransomware Shield
- Wi-Fi Inspector
- Dropped support for macOS 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8. Virus definitions and scanning engine is still provided for these OSes.
- Fixed iCloud issues on High Sierra.
- Improved File Shield performance.
- Other bugfixes.
12.9 (34700c1e7066)
2017-09-15
- Added support for macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
- Fixed possible deadlock in Web Shield.
- Fixed issues with IPv6 to IPv4 fallback.
- Fixed scan reports issues on macOS 10.6 and 10.7.
- Fixed custom scans scanning excluded folders.
12.8 (855322a98641)
2017-07-27
- Updated End User License Agreement.
- Updated product name.
- Fixed list of 3rd party Software used by the product.
- Fixed some localization texts.
- Other minor bugfixes.
12.7 (6dd0a8189365)
2017-04-21
- Fixed crashing full system scans (Pro & Business versions).
12.6 (32612c2abb90)
2017-04-20
- Fixed wrong chest item delete confirm message text.
- Added the Avast Call Blocker appliction (iOS) to tools.
- Fixed HTTP parser (error log messages on some valid responses issue).
12.5 (2ca865de9f01)
2017-02-14
- Fixed nag screen localization issue.
12.4 (9a47948c0bfd)
2017-02-06
- Added nag screen.
- Added open TCP/UDP port reporting to HNS scans.
- Fixed minor scheduled scan issues.
- Improved problem reporting process (integrated support package submit).
- Fixed/improved virus chest logic.
- Installer graphics update.
- Switched to OpenSSL 1.0.2k.
12.3 (47217)
2016-11-22
- Fixed broken VPS update (VPS not reloading in some cases).
12.2 (47142)
2016-11-10
- Release version of 12.1, no changes.
12.1 (47133)
2016-11-08 [BETA]
- Added missing localization.
- Fixed issues with Avast service using 100% CPU.
12.0 (47087)
2016-10-27 [BETA]
- Added scheduled scans.
- Added Avast Passwords.
- Scan reports are now user-manageable.
- Rebranding - new Avast logo & graphics.
- Now using OpenSSL 1.0.2j. Removed obsolete ciphers (CAMELLIA, SEED and IDEA).
- Lots of minor issue fixes and iprovements.
11.18 (46914)
2016-09-23
- Added workaround for update to OS X 10.12 breaking GUI elevation.
11.17 (46792)
2016-08-18
- Added support for customized builds.
11.16 (46730)
2016-07-21
- Made the TLS cipher list less restrictive to allow connections to some obsolete servers (eg. anz.com).
11.15 (46727)
2016-07-19
- Removed weak TLS ciphers in web/mail shield.
- Fixed broken tools activation.
11.14 (46696)
2016-07-11
- MacOS 10.12 compatibility issues fixes.
- Fixed mail/web shield crash.
11.13 (46580)
2016-06-20
- Fixed handling of connections to servers with broken IPv6.
11.12 (46528)
2016-06-14
- Fixed minor issue in VPS updater.
- Fixed scan result handling issues (some files not being detected).
11.11 (46429)
2016-05-24
- Security fix in program updater.
- All from 11.10.
11.10 (46350)
2016-05-12 [BETA version]
- Fixed reconfiguration issue (old VPSs not being removed).
- Added "Scan downloads" option to webshield.
- Public changelog.
- Now using OpenSSL 1.0.2h.
11.9 (46174)
2016-04-13
- Fixed chest file permissions security issue.
- Fixed SSL connection issues (Added TLS 1.0 connection fall back on
servers with broken protocol negotiation).
- Added monthly security report.
11.8 (45946)
2016-03-08 [BETA version]
- Fixed SSL connection issues (Added TLS 1.0 connection fall back on
servers with broken protocol negotiation).
11.7 (45814)
2016-03-15
- Improved checking for incompatible SW.
- OpenSSL security update
- Fixes for Apple Mail and iCloud accounts on OS X 10.11.
- Improved design of store ("Tools" screen).
- Many fixes everywhere.
11.6 (45725)
2016-01-29 [Avast for Business version only]
11.5 (45630)
2015-12-18
- Sensitive/restricted content SecureLine popup triggers.
- AOS plugins update + deployment redesign.
- Installer redesign (added "Additional protection").
- On demand scan handling improvements (hardlink bomb vulnerability
fix).
- Many minor fixes.
11.4 (45519)
2015-11-12
- Unsecured WiFi SecureLine popup triggers.
- HNS reporting improvement (GUI).
- Minor fixes, like usual.
11.3 (45420)
2015-10-12
- Webshield SSL performance improvements.
- Added iOS SecureLine to tools.
- SecureLine banner on main page.
- socket + pid files location changes (fixes errors with non-HFS
filesystems).
- Updater improvements (fixes issue with bloating VPS storage).
- All binaries are now "position independent executables".
- Several other bugfixes (e.g. fixed MAXPATH for scan file names).
11.2 (45153)
2015-09-08
- Fixed mailshield issues with hotmail.com.
- Business console client update.
11.1 (45146)
2015-09-04
- Bug fixes. (Mostly IMAP related).
11.0 (45114)
2015-09-03
- Migration to VPS9.
- Home Network Security (HNS).
- Store for more products.
- Plethora of changes for compatibility with OS X 10.11 (El Capitan).
- SSL improvements in mail&web shield (added downloading of missing
intermediate certificates).