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Andrew Lee
 Post subject: Avant Browser
PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:01 pm 
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Application name: Avant Browser

Website: http://www.avantbrowser.com/index.html

Date tested: 2006-05-13

Status: Not portable

Reason: Writes settings to registry.
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joby_toss
 Post subject: Re: Avant Browser
PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:56 am 
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Anyone tested Avant Browser USB Disk Version 2012 build 173?

http://www.avantbrowser.com/download.aspx?uil=en

Seems to be portable, but not stealth.

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webfork
 Post subject: Re: Avant Browser
PostPosted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:19 am 
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Dual-engine (IE/Trident and Gecko/Mozilla), closed-source freeware with lots of extra goodies.

Full description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant_Browser

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Midas
 Post subject: Re: Avant Browser
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:28 pm 
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webfork wrote:
Dual-engine (IE/Trident and Gecko/Mozilla), closed-source freeware with lots of extra goodies.
Avant seems to have gone tri-engine by adding webkit:
http://www.avantbrowser.com/new.aspx?uil=en-us wrote:
Avant Browser 2012 build 173, Released 6.14.2012
[Update] Firefox rendering engine (13.0.0.4545)
[Update] Chrome rendering engine (19.0.1084.56)
[Fix][Gecko] Firefox.exe crashing problem aftering enabling silverlight
[Fix][Webkit] For the same link, Avant Downloader can't pop up twice after canceling the first task.
[Fix][Webkit] Searching via Address Bar failed.
[Fix][Trident] Saving AutoFill dialog automatically popped up when loading a page
[Fix] Avant Downloader can't detect videos on certain sites
[Fix] The video on the page sometimes played in the background after clicking the full screen button on the video player.

@joby_toss: what's preventing Avant's USB version from being stealth, if you don't mind my asking?
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I am Baas
 Post subject: Re: Avant Browser
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:08 pm 
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@Midas

common.ini file in user\current\AppData\Roaming\Avant Profiles\
Extensions folder in current\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\
urlclassifier3.sqlite file and lots of Cache folders and files in current\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Avant\Profiles\l0cgewf9.default

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Avant Browser
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Chromium
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MozillaPlugins

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Midas
 Post subject: Re: Avant Browser
PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:57 am 
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Thanks. 8)
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