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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: chuzzbot on March 10, 2014, 08:34:23 AM

Title: AVAST and PUPs
Post by: chuzzbot on March 10, 2014, 08:34:23 AM

Avast currently will not remove Passshow even after browser clean-up and the deepest boot scans. I don't think it considers Passshow a threat even though it often hitch-hikes onto a computer pretty covertly and can completely ruin the browsing experience with masses of unwanted advertising and redirections and it populates itself widely across browsers without easy un-installation.

Surely this is exactly what most people would like to be protected from when buying a security 'suite'.

I have been very disappointed that Avast ( which has been great- Grimefighter not withstanding) could not remove Passshow  :o and I had to go to Malwarebytes  to get the job done ( in trial mode I'm happy to say).

Title: Re: AVAST and PUPs
Post by: Pondus on March 10, 2014, 11:03:21 AM

No security program have 100% detection.....

Have you turned on avast pup detection?......as it is defeault off exept for in boot scan