Avast 5.0 Love To Produce FP's?

Norton's SONAR-2 is way too sensitive, but in case of Avast, i have no words. Even they detect non malicious files as malware on the basis of their signature database.

 

Can I get a List of the Non Malicous Files so I can Avoid any Problems?

 

Sorry !! I didn't get you....

 

This isn't a reply from an avast! associate. Their forum is very hard to keep on top of due to the large volume of posts, but the posts I have read from members actually associated with avast! have always been professional in my opinion.

The last FP I experienced with avast! 5 was during the beta which is to be expected. I haven't used Norton since the mid-nineties so I can't compare the two.

You mentioned earlier in the thread that you changed many of the default settings; perhaps that was not a very wise thing to do in hindsight. I think every A/V will generate false positives and if you tell it to delete files without prompting, you'll eventually have something deleted and regret it later.

 

I agree with you that i should not change the default settings and right now i am regretting...Yeah every AV can produce fp's but what i have saw that Avast is producing many...

 

Try taking a-squared for a spin if you want to see what many FPs looks like!

 

Yeah i do heard of this too, that's why i have never tried it even having its 1 year license.

 

What other false positives ? You say there are many, but only descriped one

Greetz, Red.

 

ive never known avast to be heavy on FP's, im guessing the user was just unlucky with this one...

i certainly wouldn't say avast love to produce FP's

 

Because i want to stick with one only !!

About others, we can see that on their forum, where many users like you and me are complaining.