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1391767	2015-01-09 22:03:00	I have spent to much time looking! Can anyone tell me how to let Avast Know that their software is Blocking the most benign of downloads?	Vince (406)
1391768	2015-01-09 22:05:00	Go to their site / contact them. Or if youre on facebook add them then tell them. Or join their forums	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1391769	2015-01-09 22:24:00	May also be something else triggering Avast. Could also be you have an infection on the computer that is actually triggering avast. Sorry to say, but avast hasn't been that good for a while now. What message is avast saying its blocking -- any half decent AV will tell you whats being blocked. Care to post some links to the pages / items you are trying to download. Can soon tell you if its the sites or your PC.	wainuitech (129)
1391770	2015-01-10 01:44:00	Hi,check to see if you are running the avast add on for your bowser (can cause hassles) Also with respect for avast not being at its best... see what other people say! www.google.co.nz	ruup (1827)
1391771	2015-01-10 02:38:00	Hi,check to see if you are running the avast add on for your bowser (can cause hassles) Also with respect for avast not being at its best... see what other people say! www.google.co.nz Reviews (LAB TESTS) mean naff all (proven that several times over the years) . When you see hundreds of computers from every day users, and the antivirus is either been disabled or the PC is full of malware that other software detects instantly, kind of makes reviews look like lies. I'll take real life actions / results over fake Lab tests any day. NO antivirus is perfect, but some work better than others. Some are system hogs some just shouldn't even be called an antivirus. Got one PC here at the moment, has a paid version of Avast on it, the whole system is totally screwed due to infections.------- Attached his drive as a slave to get the data off, and Nod32 when ballistic stopping live infections instantly.(haven't actually scanned it yet) From one of the tests on the linked page -- The picture shows avast is useless missing 42% compared to the others shown. 6136 Be careful posting links to reviews without reading them all ;) Did you read the ones on snapfiles-- Not very good- in fact the first few are the opposite www.snapfiles.com So is it still Good ?	wainuitech (129)
1391772	2015-01-10 03:25:00	Reviews (LAB TESTS) mean naff all (proven that several times over the years) . When you see hundreds of computers from every day users, and the antivirus is either been disabled or the PC is full of malware that other software detects instantly, kind of makes reviews look like lies. I'll take real life actions / results over fake Lab tests any day. NO antivirus is perfect, but some work better than others. Some are system hogs some just shouldn't even be called an antivirus. Got one PC here at the moment, has a paid version of Avast on it, the whole system is totally screwed due to infections.------- Attached his drive as a slave to get the data off, and Nod32 when ballistic stopping live infections instantly.(haven't actually scanned it yet) From one of the tests on the linked page -- The picture shows avast is useless missing 42% compared to the others shown. 6136 Be careful posting links to reviews without reading them all ;) Did you read the ones on snapfiles-- Not very good- in fact the first few are the opposite www.snapfiles.com So is it still Good ? Like you say it depends on what you read and where you read it,with regards to the link I provided,I did not want to vet them,I simply put Avast into Google and let them fall as they would.As for your flavoured antivirus (NOD 32) I tied it with Windows 10 and ended up with some nasty PUP's. So as you say no antivirus is perfect. An antivirus is only as good as the latest updates and providing the user actually does not ignore the warnings (have seen this done).I can show you many links which put Nod 32 third in preferred tests,so like you say no antivirus is perfect,and by the way I get no remuneration for my views from Avast.	ruup (1827)
1391773	2015-01-10 04:21:00	Like you say it depends on what you read and where you read it,with regards to the link I provided,I did not want to vet them,I simply put Avast into Google and let them fall as they would.As for your flavoured antivirus (NOD 32) I tied it with Windows 10 and ended up with some nasty PUP's. So as you say no antivirus is perfect. An antivirus is only as good as the latest updates and providing the user actually does not ignore the warnings (have seen this done).I can show you many links which put Nod 32 third in preferred tests,so like you say no antivirus is perfect,and by the way I get no remuneration for my views from Avast. I tied it with Windows 10 and ended up with some nasty PUP's. So as you say no antivirus is perfect. Did you simply install it as is, or did you set it to work better / full ? 99% of all AV software wont work to its full capabilities because if it were set then people would complain about it being to over powering. I've got and set up fully and do so for customers. I can honestly say that even though I run programs like malwarebytes & Adwarecleaner every so often, they never find anything, PUPS or what ever.Looking at the active log files in Nod, the majority are PUPS been stopped along with a few trojans and other entries. Take for example: lets say you brought something ( anything you like) , and all the reports / reviews say its perfect never breaks down, works 100% of the time.-- Yet from your own experience it did break down often ? Would you say the reviews are correct ? As mentioned before, I'd rather take real world results over "controlled" Lad Tests. So are you saying what techs see all the time is false ? ;) ANY AV the worst action is the user ! Back on Subject -- If a lot of downloads are reporting infections then its either the program is wrong ( which I doubt) or the Computer has something ( infections) that's causing it, or they ARE dodgy downloads/sites to start with. Think about it, if a high percentage of downloads are being marked as infections the makers of the program would fix it. Mind you some say disable the protection -- yeah real good idea ;)	wainuitech (129)
1391774	2015-01-10 05:02:00	' So are you saying what techs see all the time is false ' Please show me where I have said this...I can't see where I have typed this.Thats where Avast works well straight out of the box,I don't have to fiddle to make it work better.I do agree the weakest link of a n antivirus is most definitely the user.Cheers	ruup (1827)
1391775	2015-01-10 07:06:00	' So are you saying what techs see all the time is false ' Please show me where I have said this...I can ' t see where I have typed this.Thats where Avast works well straight out of the box,I don ' t have to fiddle to make it work better.I do agree the weakest link of a n antivirus is most definitely the user.Cheers I never said anything of the sort, I asked if that is what you were suggesting since you appear to believe lab reports over FACT. What I DID say was Controlled lab reports, DONT match what happens in a real world. Its very rare anyone who works in the repair business and sees these false reports will agree they are accurate. -- That ' s why I said NOTHING is perfect. As for Avast working right out the box -- Thanks for the laugh :D -- there ' s quite a few settings that are disabled by default. If they were enabled it may work better. You want proof -- Have a look -- on a form related to avast -- "Enhanced protection features, such as Browser Cleanup, Site Blocking, Software Updater and Home Network Scan are covered in the Avast Free Antivirus Additional Protections tutorial." ------- Always tick the Enable reputation services and Enable DeepScreen / Use secure virtual machines check boxes: these options keep unknown malware away Just to name a few. As well as : In most cases, turning on the Scan for potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) option is strongly recommended as it will keep users from installing bloatware and stuff that is potentially illegal to use (keyloggers, license key generators, etc). in Bold-- Nice one, PUP detection is OFF by default -- Hmmmmmmmm. One other mention for a laugh -- you cant by default set some advanced settings, site blocking : This feature must be used with Avast password protection, otherwise it is absolutely useless. Hmmmmm But hey you know that right ?	wainuitech (129)
1391776	2015-01-10 07:27:00	Ran out of time in other post -- But looking further on the forum relating to avast , just found the section relating to Boot time scans; :eek: Boot-time scan is an effective way of detecting and removing malware, because the scan takes place before Windows starts up and therefore rootkits and other system modifiers have little to no chance of hiding themselves. However, there are two important caveats: •inexperienced users can easily make Windows unbootable if they allow avast! boot-time scan to delete or move system files, •boot-time scanning takes a long time - up to several hours. For these reasons, you should always use RKill first to stop malware processes and services and then run a full anti-virus scan and a full anti-malware scan. This is a much safer and often a quicker way to remove rootkits and other nasty hard-to-detect malware. In Bold -- So they are basically saying Avast has missed the infection and cant stop the infection in the first place :illogical, more than likely because the option to detect it could be disabled by default :lol: Hence the comment previously- NO AV will work fully as is, they need to be setup correctly.	wainuitech (129)
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