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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Danio on September 07, 2011, 08:51:37 PM

Title: Can Avast free Antivirus pick up key loggers?
Post by: Danio on September 07, 2011, 08:51:37 PM

Hello
Just wondering will Avast free Antivirus pick up key loggers? if so is there any settings i have to change or is it default many thanks
(i have Version 6.0.1203)

Title: Re: Can Avast free Antivirus pick up key loggers?
Post by: Gargamel360 on September 07, 2011, 09:06:25 PM

Yes it will.  By default it will block malicious ones, or try to block malicious install of them.  You have to enable PUP detection to catch the kinds that are installed intentionally, this is off by default. 

If you enable PUP detection, just be sure you know what PUP means (potentially unwanted program), as this could generate detections on a legit program you have installed, and these are not considered false positives, the detection is just Avast! asking "do you want this program?, did you put it here?, do you know what it does?"