Latest Avast update screwed my PC!!

[normishmael]

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/malware/?Adware.Win32.Armor2net
http://www.2-spyware.com/review-armorwall.html
http://www.techsupportforum.com/security-center/hijackthis-log-help/hijackthis-log-help-inactive/139308-computer-sluggish-often-100-cpu-hangs-up-easily.html
third post down
http://www.pdesign.net/SED/SED%20Articles/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
on this one see armor wall where Armor2net is listed as its domain.
its not an open and shut case,and I may have jumped the gun,but with
a product being offered on so many hinky sites,I would not trust it.

[normishmael]

one more old Wilder's thread for what its worth:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=121074&highlight=armor2net

also fired up Returnil,downloaded the exe from the first site on google results,
and ran the exe through Jottis and Virus total,no hits.
Downloaded the program,and ran Rogue Remover  which detected the rogue ArmorWall in the C/Programs folder for Armor2net,plus a bunch of registry entries.
Thats good enough for me.
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[gutterboy]

Ironically I just started using Online Armor because Armor2net was causing issues with another program I was running..... however I installed Avast BEFORE I installed Online Armor to make sure that wasn't having an affect on it.

[normishmael]

Is it possible that Armor2net ,being something less than Kosher,might have left a few registry entries/scraps that could be causing some problems?

[gutterboy]

But there is no documented proof of Armor2net causing problems with Avast? Let's not forget these problems only started happening after an Avast update & was running completely fine with Armor2net for a long time beforehand.

[normishmael]

Yes Sir,after an Avast update,and also after you removed a firewall that is at least somewhat
shady,and replaced it with one that has had some issues with Avast.
 Just how well the first Firewall was removed seems worth looking at.
In any event,DavidR has said he doubts this is the problem,and I certainly defer to his judgement.

[gutterboy]

This was happening BEFORE I removed Armor2net & AFTER..... note the date of the original post

[DavidR]

Well the home site doesn't come up smelling of roses, so personally I wouldn't trust the content/applications on the site.

WOT doesn't like it, http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/armor2net.com, OpenDNS doesn't like it.