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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Spyros on January 22, 2008, 10:31:19 AM
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Read all about it here --> http://blog.chip.de/0-security-blog/security-suiten-2008-im-test-q12008-20080122/
If you don't speak German, just read the titles, they're almost the same as in English.
Way to go, avast!
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That is very good news.
Thanks. :)
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Wow good news Avast is better than AVG
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Wow good news Avast is better than AVG
It is good but not really news! ;D
Seriously, Avast rated surprisingly well in regard to rootkits. FPs were not so good.
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Results in English here:
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/latest-antivirus-test-results-from.html (http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/latest-antivirus-test-results-from.html)
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Congratz Alwil.Avast will be number one antivirus on this planet ;D Go Avast Go.
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This is great news. I loaded Avast free on my daughter's laptop last summer just before she went to college and she hasn't had an infection yet. Such test results confirms why. Avast is just plain good and it works very well with Vista Home Premium.
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Results in English here:
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/latest-antivirus-test-results-from.html (http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/latest-antivirus-test-results-from.html)
Ah--muchas gracias. ;)
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Results in English here:
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/latest-antivirus-test-results-from.html (http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/latest-antivirus-test-results-from.html)
Ah--muchas gracias. ;)
De nada.
(Always knew that Spanish 'O' Level I did 25 years ago would come in useful one day!)
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Aquí se habla en inglés,hihihihi.
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I am using Avast home and its better than Mcafee in detection rate, in my opinion.
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this is really great. i have wondered if avast had a better dtection rate than avg since i switched from it. avg really slowed my com down brrrrrrrrr .i am really happy with this new av
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ps : can someone tell when the new version of avast come out?how it will be named? what new feat it will have etc i am really curios about it
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ps : can someone tell when the new version of avast come out?
It will be released when it's ready! Stay alive, and you will see when it's released ;)
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ps : can someone tell when the new version of avast come out?how it will be named? what new feat it will have etc i am really curios about it
There are a couple of topics relating to version 5.0 (so a forum search should help), the features are however, not cast in stone, but it will be very well worth the wait.
avast! is in ongoing development for version 5.0, but who knows we might well have other program updates before that. One thing for sure if you monitor the forums, you will find out here 'first.'
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hello there can someone tell what the win32 l-pinch is?i found this in my last scan a week ago
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That is very good news.
I am also very happy about that ;)
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hello there can someone tell what the win32 l-pinch is?i found this in my last scan a week ago
LdPinch infection is rather dangerous. I'm sure that you should change passwords form you ICQ, mail, sites etc.
E.g. description of one variant of this family:
http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruses/encyclopedia?virusid=147349
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i thought it was a false alrm becouse i scaned the computer with Bit defender and it didn't find anything. I scaned it with AVG nothing. than i redownloaded avast and it found nothing.so i am a bit calm right now.
I should say that all of the AV were updated.Now i have another question:What dou guys think about AVG ANTISPYWARE? i READ ON THIS THREADS THAT IT WASNT VERY GOOD.wHAT ABOUT AD-WARE?
pLEASE REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ???
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AVG anti-spyware is better than adaware, but it does seem not to be developing at the pase of others like SuperAntiSpyware.
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thank you so much about your fast reply. you guys are really fast on answers.another question about comodo firewall 3.doues anyone have problems with this firewall?I think it is slowing down the Pc very much . what about COMODO ANTIMALWARE?IS IT OK to have it alongside with avast? thanks a lot for your great care about newbes
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Can you suggest what other sicurity software goes along with AVAST? 2-what is the best thing about Avast in comperison to AVG? Can you give some hints about this issue? i have been long trying both and cant really make the differencew though i am not a tech. one thing i can tell it was a slow down of the pc from AVG.thanks again
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Sorry I don't use any of the comodo products.
I think the short answer is that there are many ex AVG users who are now happy avast users.
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I swear I read the same site yesterday and it said avast! was worst than AVG... And it was saying that the detection rate was something around 80%-85%
I knew it was all a lie! ;D
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this is nonsense. who can say something like this/ no way it is not. give us some more datails if you can
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is there any antivirus software developement from avast? i think many are waiting this thing to come up .
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sorry i mean any firewall software. ??? ??? ??? ???
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Wow good news for the avast users :-* like me ;D
I'm waiting for the results here: http://www.av-comparatives.org/
< On-demand comparative February 2008 release date: 10th March >
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thank you for the good news . i thpught no one would answer.i still didn't get any answer about the firewall question and comodo BO CLEAN
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Avast is working on a firewall but no details have been given yet as to a release date.
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what is AVK 2008
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G Data AVK 2008, which includes kaspersky and avast engines :)
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These are great results from avast! I've tried a lot of security software, but I always find myself coming back to avast...
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that is right i have done this very often and finally got back to avast. it makes smb feel secure
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Good news~I like it~~~
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has anyone tried the new version ov avast? some are reporting problems . There is a very good news about it now we have an antivirus/spyware engine. is this a better engine than ST?
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Is this a better engine than ST?
I have no doubts about it. Spyware Terminator could have, from time to time, in some cases a better detections due to signatures. But the engine (scanning machine), I'll trust on avast.
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Do you know AVZ (http://z-oleg.com/index.php)?
Zaytcev Oleg has tested ST on 2500 samples of viruses ITW - result 0, nothing has been detected.
The best antispy is antivirus...
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Do you know AVZ (http://z-oleg.com/index.php)?
Zaytcev Oleg has tested ST on 2500 samples of viruses ITW - result 0, nothing has been detected.
The best antispy is antivirus...
Can't read Russian... but it's a very poor result if an user is using ST as the resident protection. I just have it as on-demand.
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i think that ST ISNT A VERY GOOG OR SAFE SOFTWARE IN ITSELF.I HAVE ONLY TRIED ONCE AND IT GAVE ME A LOT OF TRUBLE. I THINK I WILL HANG ON AVG AS IT IS VERY SIMPLE AND A LOT FASTER THEN SUPERANTISPYWARE.SAS IS DREADFULLY SLOOOOWWWWWWWWWW.PLEASE KEP US IN TOUCH OF ANY NEWS POSSIBLE AND DO KEEP THE GOOD WORK ON
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gery, avoid CAPS as you're not screaming...
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@ gery
Well something which doesn't cut the mustard (AVG-AS I feel has suffered a lack of development since it was bought from ewido) even if it is simple and quick really isn't worth having. AVG-AS has for some time now not been close to SAS and the fact that it will soon no longer be available as a standalone product isn't good. When that happens who knows if it will be supported with signature updates, etc.
There is a new version of SAS 4.0 just released to the public after beta testing and that is quicker on scans.
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that is another truble for me . thank you for the warning. i have seen the thiong about AVG AS and it is smth really bad. i upgraded to avast 4.8 and i really dont see any trouble.can you specify why i should avoid CAAPS or something?thank you for your reply.I think it is a very good news that avast is an AS aplication too. good deal for us all . Do you know that i am considerin to envite all of my friends to switch to avast?i think it is a very wise thing. The little problem with avast is that when i scan the arcives it takes i don't know how long to finish scaninig. hope this will be fixed soon. the progress bar is perfect . at list we know what is going on now. greatings to every avast user on this forum and allllll
:D :D :D :D :D
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Using CAPS to emphasise a word is fine when you use ALL caps in computing it is considered shouting in many forums and news groups. Not only that large blocks of caps are hard to read.
It is good to invite your friends to use avast, but on the on-demand scans you don't have to scan archives, nor do you have to do a Thorough scan (perhaps the first scan you do Thorough+archives to check your system is clean). After that I would suggest a Standard scan without archives.
Archive (zip, rar, etc.) files are by their nature are inert, you need to extract the files and then you have to run them to be a threat. Long before that happens avast's Standard Shield should have scanned them and before an executable is run that is scanned. Thorough is also by its design very thorough and perhaps a little overkill for routine use, were a Standard scan without archives should be adequate.
I have only ever done a through scan with archives once shortly after installation just to ensure a clean start state, but with XP for example avast will do a boot-time scan after installation if you select it, this I believe will be quicker and reasonably effective. Like everything in life things are a compromise.
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The antivirus is not autoupdating anymore. the previous 4.7 was very well but since i downloaded 4.8 this is not happening anymore even after 3 days. Any suggestions
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avast 4.8 is a beta version only at present.
You should be aware of possible problems with beta software and willing to accept them. If you participate in the beta program please look for information on problems being reported and investigated in the beta forum at the top of the forum page.
If you are using a dial-up connection then there does appear to be a problem with auto-update that is being investigated by the avast team.
Please see this thread:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=33718.0
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The antivirus is not autoupdating anymore. the previous 4.7 was very well but since i downloaded 4.8 this is not happening anymore even after 3 days. Any suggestions
Probably this should be discussed in the corresponding beta topic http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=33718.0
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The antivirus is not autoupdating anymore. the previous 4.7 was very well but since i downloaded 4.8 this is not happening anymore even after 3 days. Any suggestions
This is unrelated to this topic and should be in the beta sub forum.
Where you would probably have seen the I started 'Auto Update no longer working' the link previously given by Alan and psw.
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thanks a lot
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i heard that the forum was hacked. is this sort os a joke?hope yes
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i heard that the forum was hacked. is this sort os a joke?hope yes
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/Results-2008q1.htm
http://www.security.nl/article/17895/1/
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/latest-antivirus-test-results-from.html
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=144046
or go to http://www.av-test.org/ select "2008-01-22 New test results of virus protection software" news section.
I think enough ;D avast is best.especially with v4.8 better than older versions.Thnx Avast team.
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http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/Results-2008q1.htm
Third best antivirus and considering AVK uses avast engine, it will be the among the two best ones. Indeed, big companies should be afraid ;D
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that is very good news because when i tried to find the forum on google it didn't find anything and i read on another forum that the avast foeum has been hacked and dissapeared.anyway no big deal since it is just fine right now and working perffectly. please don't take as an offense