Avast! 4.8.1195 Pro

solved incompatibility of the avast self protection module and the System Restore feature (Windows XP/Vista)

• solved keyboard/mouse lags in some games (e.g. World of Warcraft)
  
• "Quick" scan now quick again (in the previous version, it was usually slower than "Normal" scan)
  
• fixed slow resuming from hibernation (on certain systems)
  
• improved stability of aswSP.sys kernel driver
  
• fixed deleting of infected files in some nested archives
  
• shell extension: under Windows Vista, shortcut targets are now correctly scanned
  
• boot-time scanner now correctly displays warning messages about corrupted archives
  
• improved scanning speed in the Simple user interface
  
• improved handling of scan exceptions
  
• self protection: improved detection of changes in the INI file
  
• start of the "avast! Mail Scanner" service should now be fast again
  
• fixed a problem with avast being installed in a directory with name containing non-Latin characters
  
• fixed entering of the license key (didn't work in certain configurations)
  
• improved detection/healing of MBR rootkits
  
• avast can now correctly handle the case when the INI file is missing/corrupted
  
• the "Disable startup rootkit scan" option on the Troubleshooting page now effective
  
• P2P Shield: added support for Azureus Vuze and Qtrax
  
• taskbar messages from Internet Mail should now correctly handle most common character encodings
  
• fixed problems with the boot-time scanner on FAT[32] partitions
  
• small improvements in some unpackers (WinExec, RAR, CHM)
  
• fixed the message announcing the license key going to expire soon
  
• on 64-bit Windows, avast now detects both 32-bit and 64-bit version of the WHS connector
  
• the avast Home / Pro Edition comparison window is now correctly displayed even under Windows 9x