Avast Mac Security - Changelog

15.8.0 (f6eae069d8bb)

2024-05-21

• WebShield: Added detection alert popup limitations.
• WiFiInspector: Improved scanning engine.
• Last program update for macOS 10.11 and 10.12. Virus definitions will still be supported.
• Lot of other bugfixes and stability fixes.

15.7.5 (285a431d5748)

2023-12-04

• RealSite: Improved behavior on macOS Sonoma to fix issues reported with Ethernet connections
• SecurityFix: Updated cURL library to mitigated discovered CVE although we were not using affected features.

15.7.4 (ecbecc8dbe4d)

2023-09-27

• Network Inspector: Added onboarding into location services as required by macOS Sonoma.

15.7.3 (dc970561a19e)

2023-08-02

• Fixed issue in cURL library that could cause high CPU usage.

15.7.2 (48898a04d968)

2023-06-30

• Fixed issue when postupdate notification could appear after every system restart.

15.7.1 (0d1e88ccea0b)

2023-06-19

• RealSite: Fixed issues with internal timeouts that could lead to longer delays.

15.7.0 (38935e0b2586)

2023-05-29

• New feature: Traffic monitor. Supported on macOS BigSur and newer
• Various UI fixes for macOS El Capitan and Sierra
• This is the last program update for macOS El Capitan and Sierra. New Apple developer tools no longer support these OS versions
• Virus definitions will continue to be updated for El Capitan and Sierra
• Other bugfixes and stability fixes

15.6.0 (2e800e499f11)

2023-02-10

• Ventura: Fixed integration with Startup Items feature in macOS Ventura
• Changed versioning to use 3 numbers
• Email Guardian: Improved hadling of some onboarding errors
• WebShield: Improved handling of some certificate types
• Other bugfixes and stability fixes

15.5 (db8f6fcebeb9)

2023-01-05

• Ransomware: Fixed issue preventing it to stop operating
• Real Site: Fixed startup issue without internet connection

15.5 (6e390a8e8f05)

2022-11-18

• New feature: Email Guardian. You can now register a MailBox to be protected on all devices where the MailBox is used in addition to Email Shield proction on local device,
• New feature: Temporary disabling shields. When disabling any shield, you can now choose for how long the shield will remain disabled.
• Other bugfixes and stability fixes.

15.4 (13927b8d7879)

2022-09-06

• Onboarding: Added onboarding flows specific to macOS Ventura.
• FileShield: Engine redesigned to further improve performance.
• Ransomware Protection: Engine redesigned to further improve performance.
• Other bugfixes and stability fixes.

15.3 (2a902fb2b965)

2022-07-11

• WiFiInspector: Renamed to Network Inspector and redesigned.
• Notifications: Added integration with Apple's Focus.
• Email Shield: Added option to receive weekly detection summary instead of immediate alerts.
• Localizations: Added Chinese languages.
• Other bugfixes and stability fixes

15.2 (9b04f639280d)

2022-03-07

• WebShield: Added per-domain silent mode for alerts.
• WebShield: Added better malware description in alert dialogs when available.
• RealSite: Added DNS over HTTPS protocol for secure resolution via Avast servers.
• SmartScan: Added simpler communication of all solutions Avast can provide.
• WiFiInspector: Updated scanning engine.
• Uninstaller: Can now be found directly in Applications folder.
• Other bugfixes and stability fixes

15.1 (b6bc42468292)

2021-11-23

• Improved integration with Avast Account
• Fixed EmailShield with iCloud e-mail on macOS Monterey
• Other bugfixes and stability fixes

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]

• Scheduled scans support.

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).