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Avast missed Astromenda - why?
« on: December 01, 2015, 01:04:20 AM »
Hi,

I just wanted to ask why Avast (and Malwarebytes) missed Astromenda on my laptop.

My father still only trust's Norton and he got a licence which allows him to install Norton on several devices. We had a licence spare so I thought, what the heck...and it detected Astromenda (and I lost a bet with him too!).

I've used Avast for ages and had always thought it a great free resource. Is it because Astromenda is adware, perhaps, and that is why I was missing it? If so, what other antivirus/adware etc should I add? I had always thought Norton overrated, but not at the moment.

Thanks

Jim
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Re: Avast missed Astromenda - why?
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2015, 06:01:22 AM »
Is PUP protection enabled in Avast..!?
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Re: Avast missed Astromenda - why?
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2015, 10:33:19 AM »
Asyn is on the right track.

Astromenda is a PUP (or as some others call it a PUA)
avast only detects it when PUP detection is enabled.

I don't know the details of the bet, but it seems there still is a change for you to win  ;D
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