First beta of Avast! 6 available.

[iPanik]

Ladies and gentlemen, fire up your VMs because the beta for Avast 6 has been released!

What's new
Main changes/improvements:
- AutoSandbox – suspicious programs will be optionally run sandboxed
- avast! WebRep – browser plugin for website reputation rating; a combination of data from our virus lab and community voting
- Script Shield now even in the Free AV
- Site Blocking now even in the Free AV
- SafeZone – a special virtualized area for sensitive transactions (e.g. secure online banking) (paid products only)
- Restore factory settings command (Settings -> Troubleshooting)
- Automatic actions in the boot-time scan
- New compression method in the installer makes the setup packages about 20% smaller.
- Script Shield now functional even with IE8/IE9 Protected Mode
- Sidebar gadget
- Improved stability/compatibility of the Behavior Shield
- Improvements in the avast! sandbox

Known issues
- Help files not updated yet
- Localizations incomplete yet
- SafeZone not yet accessible (Pro AV / IS only)
- WebRep only available for IE and Firefox (Chrome is coming soon)
- Firewall: per-application packet rules not yet accessible
- Firewall: uTorrent conflict not yet resolved

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=70435.0

Remember that it's a beta so use at your own risk.

[malwarebuster]

Thanks for the info! Im not going to try it, just going to watch reviews for the beta.

[gusthebus]

Installed. Thanks

[TKFlight]

Wow. This is going to be great. They are going to have a website rep rating. And Site/Script blocking in the free version. I'm gonna try this out in a VM, when I get the chance. Definitely going to install this on my laptop.

[Tomo172]

Awesome. I'm gonna try this out.

[pranaygtr]

Excited!

Will wait for another few releases (if any) before (personal) testing.

[ZOU]

The auto sandbox sounds cool.

[jamescv7]

Very interesting features for avast 6 beta.

[pranaygtr]

If any of you are having problems with uninstalling Avast, you can use the Uninstall Utility.
http://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility


Edit: I installed the new beta. Couldn't resist.

[zeus]

Can you please post some screenshots