AVG 8 Free Launches

[jdenton]

Originally Posted by vlk

Heh, all I can say is that none of the statements in this paragraph is true.

1. since when do P2P/IM apps communicate via HTTP protocol?

2. avast WebShield only protect browser traffic, that's it. I.e. traffic coming from Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari and the like.

3. What "dirty trick by Eset" are you talking about? The local proxy concept is the absotutely cleanest way to implement web filtering on the Windows platform. And the only firewall that cannot really handle is the ancient Sygate free.

BTW the avast WebShield also works as a local proxy. It has always had.


Cheers
Vlk

Hi vlk,

Are you the same Vlk from the Avast forums, the one with the picture of a guy performing a salute as his avatar? If so, then I don't doubt that you know more than I do, but there's still things that don't make sense to me.

Regarding 1 and 2, I've heard from other experts that the HTTP and other protocols are only a kind of "handshake" that programs use to identify themselves. If this is true, then why would it stop Avast's webshield from working? Other programs can transmit exactly the same kind of data that viruses are made of, can't they? Why would people need different kind of scanners for the same types of data transmitted over the same connection? Are other protocols other than HTTP encrypted with a special key or something? Also, browsers can access the FTP protocol as well. If, as you say, the webshield can only protect against traffic through the HTTP protocol and not other protocols, then doesn't Avast need an FTP shield as well? Not to mention one dedicated shield each for all the other protocols out there? Why can other antivirus products handle everything with just the same webshield, while Avast needs so many?

Regarding 3, there was a 15-page thread in the Eset forum. I went back to look, but I can't seem to find it now. Very suspicious indeed...

[acr1965]

Anyone using this for on-demand scanning only? I used to have the free avg antispyware but that will soon be discontinued. Was the Ewido scanning engine in the former anti-spyware product? If so, has it been abandoned now or is it still one of the scanning engines of AVG 8?

[jdenton]

Originally Posted by acr1965

Anyone using this for on-demand scanning only? I used to have the free avg antispyware but that will soon be discontinued. Was the Ewido scanning engine in the former anti-spyware product? If so, has it been abandoned now or is it still one of the scanning engines of AVG 8?

It's now integrated into the new AVG. You get the real-time shield as well, whereas AVG Anti-Spyware only offered it during the 30-day trial.

AVG seems to have quite good cleaning abilities thanks to its Ewido roots. There was a post in the Eset forum saying that Nod32 couldn't clean Virtumonde off his computer, but AVG managed it in a jiffy.

[robinb]

btw here is the answer from javacool on the wilder security forums with the problem of the false active x compatibility's issue in avg 8

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showt...66#post1231666

robin

[jfd15]

Originally Posted by vinzenz.ewido

Well. AVG Anti-Spyware has no longer a value since the technology of
AVG AntiVirus and AVG Anti-Sypware was merged.

It is true that there's no more a AVG Anti-Rootkit as a free version yes. But the product has not been discontinued. (There was only an AVG Anti-Rootkit free before (afaik))

AVG Anti-Spyware as a single product has just become obsolete due its scanning technology has been integrated into the new AVG Scan engine which is much better and even offered for free with AVG 8 free.

BR
Vinzenz

yeah, alll that makes sense...again, i probably went to the wrong part of the site....and i dont blame AVG for wanting to make some $$$, they provided a good free product for quite a while now...i just always like to have a few stand alone scanners as backup and am disapppointed that AVG Antispyware will no longer be avail. that way(and AVG-AR for that matter)....

[Macstorm]

Originally Posted by robinb

btw here is the answer from javacool on the wilder security forums with the problem of the false active x compatibility's issue in avg 8

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showt...66#post1231666

robin

Thanks for the link.

Well, the ball is now in AVG's court. We'll see.

[tawd1992]

Does anyone know when Grisoft will stop updates for the free version of AVG 7.5. now that version 8 is out?

[duke1959]

Originally Posted by tawd1992

Does anyone know when Grisoft will stop updates for the free version of AVG 7.5. now that version 8 is out?

I read it will be at the end of December this year.

[robinb9]

Originally Posted by tawd1992

Does anyone know when Grisoft will stop updates for the free version of AVG 7.5. now that version 8 is out?

At the end of this year. That goes for the pro version too

robin

[robinb9]

also for the active x impcompatablity issue
I just got a reply from avg

Dear Sir/Madam,


thank you for your email.


We are currently working on solution for this. It will be added into next major program update of AVG.


We are sorry for this inconvenience. Please ignore the warnings in AVG tests.


It really is not an infection. Please see our pages:
http://www.avg.com/faq?num=1198


Thank you for cooperation.

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tada! guess they heard all of us

robin

[tawd1992]

Thanks to everyone that answered my question.