.I do wish that I would have came here first instead of trying to fix my pc on my own, then maybe I wouldn't have lost over 700 files, but that's in the past now. Time to move on with Avast!
To many of us users, as well as the developers of Avast, this recent experience with the false positives has taught us many things about how to react to the unfortunate but highly unlikely possibility of a repeat event sometime in the future. The Avast developers obviously already knew to act quickly and decisively in formulating a fix when they discovered their error, and as we found out, the update to repair the issue was being distributed within hours of discovery.
For me personally, I know enough now that in the future whenever I receive a string or series of malware alerts such as the ones for
Win32:Delf-MZG and
Win32:Zbot-MKK to come to these forums first before doing anything rash.
After the second Trojan alert I received I became suspicious enough to
Google "Win32:Delf-MZG"...first of all to find out what kind of threat it was but instead immediately saw an overwhelming number of computer users posting at various tech and security sites inquiring about the same thing and this then prompted me to come to these
Avast Forums. It took a while before I could gain entrance due I suppose to the ever-increasing numbers of Avast users also looking for answers but, once here, I found the problem first of all was NOT with me or my computer but with the recent 091203-0 update containing the FP's we had all received. In a short time I had answers and a solution once the new updated VPS version 091203-1 was issued.
So, lesson learned...don't panic. Just come to these Forums before over-reacting as many of us did in the beginning and you might find you're in the good company of many other Avast users finding themselves in the same predicament and, as we found out with this recent event, we will work together as we listen to the progress of the developers as they endeavor to find and distribute a solution.
Today, with a sense of relief that this is all behind us, I can now relax and get back to the enjoyment of my computer experience knowing full well that Avast is once again on-guard protecting me from "real" threats out there just looking for the opportunity to invade my system.
Good day everyone!
and as far as I'm concerned, my opinion hasn't changed one iota...
AVAST still rocks!