Sheesh...
Now atapi.sys can be infected?
As I said before, Avast!'s team really NEED to go back to the draft/design board and either rebuild the entire virus detection engine or build a new one altogether or take the time to perform EXTENSIVE tests of VPS updates prior to release...
Too many potentially "disastrous" FPs have been appearing as of late...
This is a major concern for an Antivirus product, mainly because most of its user base are not computer experts or do not have the knowledge of the inner workings of their OS and as such they "trust" what the product tells them... Even if it's completely ludicrous or coudl led to them losing their system's operability or data, like a quack doctor telling you 'tis alright to extirpate both your lungs. In a corporate environment this proves worse as they could lose money, data, deadlines, etc.
Please DO NOT let Symantec's mass mailing rants about how "Free Antivirus solutions are untrustworthy" become TRUTH.
