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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Andrew-k on April 15, 2014, 05:39:35 PM
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I am running Avast Free with Windows Vista 32-bit. I have Avast set so that the tray icon is animated when scanning, but note that when I open a website using the Tor Browser the icon doesn't move; does this mean Avast isn't scanning? (I run Tor from a removable drive).
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Probably it was not scanning because the connection was encrypted (https traffic) - inside the nodes all the traffic is encrypted while outside it depends...
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Using Tor has its own risks since you don't know which nodes your surfing through.
FYI the NSA, CIA, FBI, the British GCHQ, and the Australians all own a ton of nodes.
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Thank you for your replies, though I am unable to read all of Tetsuo's answer as it's cut short and I can't find any way of expanding it. Being technically ignorant, I suppose what I'm really asking is whether, by opening a website using Tor or other proxy server, I am liable to a virus infection if Avast isn't scanning it.
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Yes! Anytime you are surfing the web irregardless of browser used and you are without protection you are wide open for any and all infections.
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Being technically ignorant, I suppose what I'm really asking is whether, by opening a website using Tor or other proxy server, I am liable to a virus infection if Avast isn't scanning it.
Probably off-topic, but considering what you've already asked, I think that you might want to try Tails:
https://tails.boum.org/
About Tails: https://tails.boum.org/about/index.en.html
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Even if someone uses "tails" they are still in the same boat as far as protection as "Tor".
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Thank you for your replies.