AVG Version 8 - Wots UP?

[Lisandro]

YoKenny, it's a matter of confidence... I don't feel self-confident with McAfee... sorry.

[bob3160]

YoKenny, it's a matter of confidence... I don't feel self-confident with McAfee... sorry.

I wouldn't use their Security Suit but SiteAdvisor IMHO is a valid add-on to help secure my internet browsing. 

[YoKenny]

YoKenny, it's a matter of confidence... I don't feel self-confident with McAfee... sorry.

McAfee anti virus is as bloated as Ferdinand von Zeppelin's airship just the same as anything from Norton. ( Symantec )

I do trust McAfee SiteAdvisor and FireTrust's Sitehound.

[leemar]

the new version AVG 8.0.138 is very nice, does not cause traffic to internet. its a nice upgrade. it really works fine now. slows has been reduce.

if we are going to compare avast 4.8 with avg 8.0 both paid versions

Avast 4.8 - has a lot of shield (web shield, standard, im, mail, p2p, script blocking, outlook)

AVG 8.0 - has resident shield and web shield only. (lacking of p2p is very important)

both are fine with me, but choosing what best for every pc is hard to do. AVG detections are much better than avast. and avast confirmed that they are not using heuristic analysis for their resident scanner, which i think is very important for resident scanner to have. 

[Kilia]

You have no idea how happy I am to be using Avast! as my virus scanner!
Thank you Avast! programmers for such a wonderful product!!
<3

[Lisandro]

AVG detections are much better than avast.

From time to time... I've seen the opposite already.

and avast confirmed that they are not using heuristic analysis for their resident scanner, which i think is very important for resident scanner to have. 

They use generic signatures detection.

[leemar]

yes they are using generic signature for detections, which means that they can only detect infections that are included in their definition database. how come they still have false positive? i wish they could resolve this issue.

according to a source of mine, avast 5.0 which will be released by end this year will include heuristic analysis. which is a good start.

by the way both avg 8.0 and 4.8 are great anti virus products. it really depends on the user who's using the product.

[bob3160]

I used to use Avg. It was avast! that found the viruses Avg left behind.
I've now used avast! for the past 3 years without any problems and I have a clean system.
I have however seen a lot of ex Avg users who are now happy and safe avast! users.

[Lisandro]

yes they are using generic signature for detections, which means that they can only detect infections that are included in their definition database. how come they still have false positive? i wish they could resolve this issue.

Generic signatures have a similar effect of the heuristic detection. They detect variants, polymorphic viruses, etc. Due to this and to the development stage of these signatures, you'll seeing false positives.

according to a source of mine, avast 5.0 which will be released by end this year will include heuristic analysis. which is a good start.

It's not officially confirmed this.

[DavidR]

yes they are using generic signature for detections, which means that they can only detect infections that are included in their definition database. how come they still have false positive? i wish they could resolve this issue.

You are incorrect about what generic signatures are, they are designed to catch variants of malware types (typically win32:trojan-gen) with just one signature that could be hundreds or thousands which may be caught by a signature (not uncommon to heuristics) and there is only the one signature in the database.

There are also algorithmic detections over and above the generic signatures, again one algorithmic signature can detect many different variants.

according to a source of mine, avast 5.0 which will be released by end this year will include heuristic analysis. which is a good start.

I don't know who your source is but they are incorrect, there won't be heuristics (a term which is clearly defined) in avast! 5, but there has been little firm about what 'will' be in version 5.0. There will be other additions, a type of behaviour function is one that has been hinted at.

[leemar]

ok let's just wait for the release of avast 5.0.

generic signature is very much different from heuristic. thats it!

[Lisandro]

generic signature is very much different from heuristic. thats it!

You're right. I've edited my earlier post.