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#1 PsYcHoKiLLa

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 19:43

After signalling out Valve's Steam service as a trojan at the beginning of the year, it looks like Avast's free protection has gone dumb again...


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Anyone else getting same?....again...


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Posted 23 July 2012 - 19:53

"attacking"? :s

Get your tinfoil hats ready, people! :shifty:

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#3 siah1214

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 19:54

Microsoft Security Essentials is your friend, my friend :)

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 19:55

View Postsiah1214, on 23 July 2012 - 19:54, said:

Microsoft Security Essentials is your friend, my friend :)

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAA

*breath*

HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA

I wouldn't let that security sieve anywhere near my PC!!

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 20:58

"I wouldn't let that security sieve anywhere near my PC!!"

So did you even look at the results of avast and mse? Wouldn't call it a sieve by any means.

And that is not the current version anyway, 4 is the current version not 2.1 - some test items mse surpasses avast. So again wouldn't call it a sieve.

then again it doesn't bug you every 2 minutes to upgrade to the pro version either or have ads in the UI.. Its not always about the score it gets detecting virus X, etc.

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 21:10

The amount of false positives Avast throws is irritating. I'm lucky to have gotten a copy of Kaspersky free with my motherboard.

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 21:46

"The amount of false positives Avast throws is irritating."

If you say everything is a virus, you will never miss one ;) heheeh j/k

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 22:34

Wow...OK....

1] This is the first false positive I've had yet.

2] I don't see any ads in Avast and only saw an "Upgrade to Pro" offer the first time I installed it.

3] Whatever version MSE is on now it's consistently been at the bottom of tests so I'll still stick with Avast which is always near the top thanks.

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 22:55

View PostBudMan, on 23 July 2012 - 21:46, said:

"The amount of false positives Avast throws is irritating."

If you say everything is a virus, you will never miss one ;) heheeh j/k

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 22:56

Pft, Avast, MSE, ...

I just use the 2012 edition of this one and it's served me extremely well at all times. When I am in doubt I deep scan my whole PC with NOD32 and it never found anything (but keygens/cracks) anyway.
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 04:09

View PostBudMan, on 23 July 2012 - 20:58, said:

And that is not the current version anyway, 4 is the current version not 2.1 - some test items mse surpasses avast. So again wouldn't call it a sieve.

http://www.pcmag.com...,2403986,00.asp

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Bottom Line
Microsoft Security Essentials 4.0 does a decent job protecting a clean PC, but in testing its cleanup of already-infested systems wasn't thorough. You can get better protection for the same price.

"Scanning my standard clean test system took 72 minutes, about twice the average. And despite these lengthy scans, the cleanup wasn't very thorough."


Same as previous versions then.

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Bottom Line
If avast!'s very good malware cleanup doesn't recognize a suspicious file, its built-in automatic sandboxing can keep that file from doing harm. It's one of several good choices for free antivirus protection, with unusual bonus features like Web reputation reporting and built-in remote assistance.



http://www.pcmag.com...,2401321,00.asp


#12 Azies

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 04:19

Don't make a thread about how Avast is "attacking" Steam and picking it up as a vius, then spend the rest of the time protecting it, it's annoying.

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 04:30

View PostPsYcHoKiLLa, on 24 July 2012 - 04:09, said:



http://www.pcmag.com...,2403986,00.asp

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Same as previous versions then.

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http://www.pcmag.com...,2401321,00.asp

If you are starting fom am already infested system, then you only option is a clean install anyway. MSE is good enough from prevention and has served me well so far. I prefer it to Avast's in your face SCANNING COMPLETE crap.

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 04:38

MSE does the job well enough, it's caught the one or two viruses in the rare iffy download, it minds its own business, never nags unless 100% necessary, it self updates daily, it's made by the people who make the OS, they know better than any third party where the holes are and how to protect them, and it's truly free

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 05:01

Lol Avassed more like it.