Avast Security

thanks Mongol. Trust me, it wasnt a hard effort. For Avast, I set the sensitivity to high on every shield and have seen no issues. I also check to scan for potentally unwanted programs in shields that have expert settings. Other then that, all else is right out of the box.

 

Thanks for the info and that price is downright great with the discount...18 bucks for a year. I'll be shopping soon...

 

Anytime.

 

I am now an Avast-er...

 

Congrats, it is the lightest out there. Get ready for 5.1 soon and Version 6 wont be to much longer and is really going to be nice.

 

That is debatable.

 

well my teen son just brought me his broken pc that Hitman found 2 viruses and one rootkit that Avast didnt flinch at. Guess I am going to be a Webroot man.

 

Won't Avast and Prevx get along together

 

People can try to discredit the youtube videos all they want, but if you watch them, or better yet test the software yourself, you will see Avast is not a top tier AV against zeroday threats.

 

Warning!
This post may cause SCD (System Configuration Doubt) among avast users.
It's up to you to decide if that's a good thing, or a bad thing.
Should you trust your layers and your tweaks
or toss 'em out and keep reaching for replacements?
Like Cat Stevens said, Oh baby, baby it's a wild world.

 

yep, they do. quite well, actually.

 

What! My avast! is not perfect? (..throat tightening with fear)

 

I have yet to see a review of just an AV by a respectable reviewer that didn't let 0-day malware get through. I was mortified at how many Avira let through on a couple of reviews. Same with Kaspersky and Norton. Bottom line is that AVs that rely greatly on signatures are always going to be late to the 0-day party.

Avast Pro and the security suite now have a sandbox as well. Putting the browser in the sandbox would be a great way to avoid 0-day exploits. Unfortunately they don't test Avast Pro or AIS with the sandbox. Or you can use any AV and browser and use Sandboxie.

 

did u report that to avast forum ?

 

no I only post here. It doesnt matter, all let stuff through but this was alot in a short time. I have to admit, Hitman Pro did a very good job at getting rid of all the stuff.. His internet was not working which pretty much told the issue. I had to lower the firewall in Avast to the lower setting and the internet worked. Did scan with HP and bam.

Word of caution. At first, Hitman was of no use cleaning infection because the rootkit had killed my internet connection.

 

Wait, avast! doesn't provide 100% protection??
Holy...
You can count on me to get the word out to all the other blind zealots quicker than you can say Infallible Anti-Malware 2011!!

 

Just curious if your son was using Avast's sandbox? Every AV misses lots of zero day malware but if it escaped the sandbox that is another issue entirely.

 

no he wasnt Ed.

 

we all know the behavior shield is not that fully functional yet, hoping to see it function better in Avast! 5.1.

 

Would Mamutu handle something like those?
Regards,
Jerry

 

Thanks...I have AIS running on my wife's laptop using the AIS sandbox for browsing and Sandboxie (free) for Thunderbird. Should be enough protection. Any issues and I'll put DefenseWall back.

 

I just put it on my wifes laptop and it runs like a camp. So far great product.

 

Good Evening ! I've developed Trjam-itis..I had Avast Internet Security for roughly a month...and reconsidered that the Firewall on the Suite didn't weigh that heavily in my useage...the Anti-Malware...and Virtualization...and the 2yr pricing on the pro anti-virus were the ultimate decision makers in switching products. And as Trjam recently stated the further development of the upcoming releases will make an already excellent product that much better. I've sandboxed all of my browsers...and of course with Avast surfing is quick and responsive. A special product and company. Sincerely...Securon

 

I'm wondering if running Internet Explorer x32 and x64 virtualized automatically will give even more protection without using extra system resources.

 

Absolutely. You can configure the Sandbox to still allow you to manually download to your normal download position and to retain your bookmarks, cookies and browsing history as well. Then turn off the red border and you will never even know the browser is sandboxed. Using the sandbox has 0 impact on my system.