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| Thread ID: 143593 | 2017-02-22 22:41:00 | Stop annoying adverts in Avira anti virus | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1432151 | 2017-03-26 03:22:00 | I'm getting like Digby and Speedy. I removed Avast 2 weeks ago, and running Windows Defender. So neat and simple. But then I suppose more people could try Pro versions, if a least to remove ads (supposedly), and to ward of more infections (supposedly). Yesterday, removed Avast from a persons Computer, It then rebooted and the inbuilt W10 Defender took over, almost instantly it detected two active Trojans, and caught them, avast didn't even detect them. This followed with various other antimalware programs removing quite a few more infections -- Avast = :yuck: | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1432152 | 2017-03-26 05:55:00 | Adwcleaner does a better job than most of these paid for programs | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1432153 | 2017-03-26 19:18:00 | Adwcleaner does a better job than most of these paid for programs After removing avast Adwcleaner found and removed 114 on the PC mentioned above - Avast let the whole lot through. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1432154 | 2017-03-27 00:17:00 | If pros like Wainuitech and Speedy tell people that Defender is better than all of those A*.* programs Then why don't more people listen? There is no point in having Free av if they don't are bloat ware. But for extra safety I think you also need something like Malware Bytes Premium Especially if you are worried about Ransomware. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1432155 | 2017-03-27 00:27:00 | Lucky you're not on this other forum I'm on. People love Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Mcafee, AVG, Avira, and Avast lol Yer right, then next minute you see a few 100 posts with people complaining about slowness, crashes. Guess what's installed |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1432156 | 2017-03-27 00:32:00 | We've discussed this once or twice before. I just use Defender as well and do the occasional malwarebytes and nod32 online scan as a backup. No problems at all. Trouble is when advising others I can't trust that their PC use is going to be as good or better than mine in terms of safe habits to avoid malware. If anyone with access to the PC is the sort of person likely to believe a fake warning on a website or open a strange attachment on an E-mail then they need the best possible protection available, which is not going to be my free option. One time I gave an old PC to a friend with a fresh install of windows on it and MSSE as the anti-virus. It took her a day to get it infected with ransomware, not because MSSE is terrible but because a warning page flashed up on a website so she clicked on it. I leant her a spare machine and gave her a lecture about not clicking stuff, took the PC home and fixed it. Took it back and my spare machine had that Mccaffee software that comes bundled with flash player installed on it. Grrrr. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1432157 | 2017-03-27 00:41:00 | Everyone on this other forum thinks if you dont install something you'll get hacked Yer right. I just saw a pig flying outside the window! |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1432158 | 2017-03-29 08:05:00 | We've discussed this once or twice before. I just use Defender as well and do the occasional malwarebytes and nod32 online scan as a backup. No problems at all. Trouble is when advising others I can't trust that their PC use is going to be as good or better than mine in terms of safe habits to avoid malware. If anyone with access to the PC is the sort of person likely to believe a fake warning on a website or open a strange attachment on an E-mail then they need the best possible protection available, which is not going to be my free option. One time I gave an old PC to a friend with a fresh install of windows on it and MSSE as the anti-virus. It took her a day to get it infected with ransomware, not because MSSE is terrible but because a warning page flashed up on a website so she clicked on it. I leant her a spare machine and gave her a lecture about not clicking stuff, took the PC home and fixed it. Took it back and my spare machine had that Mccaffee software that comes bundled with flash player installed on it. Grrrr. Well said. Its that quick click on a website that does it. The best option is to have a PAID version of Malwarebytes which stop those before they get onto your machine. Ransomeware is really nasty and fatal. The guys that do that should be arrested and shot. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1432159 | 2017-03-29 08:13:00 | The best option is to have a PAID version of Malwarebytes which stop those before they get onto your machine. Have to disagree with that comment, its not as good as they claim. Over the last month I've worked on three different customers computers that have had the paid Malwarebytes, all up to date and active subscription. Two of them had obvious infections, and here's the WTF!! All Three of them when running scans manually found and removed the infections. So the question is, WHY if it has active protection does it still let them through requiring a manual scan to remove ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1432160 | 2017-03-29 23:16:00 | Just had a inquiry regarding a VERY suspicious popup "your passwords are not secure.." "unprotected passwords".."your a/c in danger" sniff sniff , smells like malware or virus ..... Nope , its Avast , using scareware to scare users into paying for another un-needed addon god help us malware = AV . Honestly, where is the difference |
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