Script Shield works with Google Chrome, new anti-spam engine

Nov 12, 2011 11:17 GMT  ·  By

All avast! editions have been updated to a new beta version, although the Czech developer has not announced the move officially just yet. The official release is planned for the next days.

However, you can download the latest beta for avast! Free, Pro and Internet Security, as the company’s CTO, Ondřej Vlček, made them available on Avast!’s forum.

avast! 6.0.1351 includes important changes for various components, starting with Script Shield, which now works with Google Chrome and supports all versions of Firefox and Adobe Reader and features more options, just like Web Shield component. WebRep plug-in underwent some improvements, especially for Internet Explorer.

The new version should sport a sturdier sandbox and aswSP.sys (avast!’s self-protection system driver file) and Internet Security edition comes with a new anti-spam engine. avast! Market has been introduced in the user interface as well.

UPDATE: avast! 6.0.1352 beta is available and fixes the update issue mentioned by 'cyberrufus' in the comments section below.

You can download avast! Free from this page You can download avast! Pro from this page You can download avast! Internet Security from this page

New avast! Beta (4 Images)

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