Avast 5 ?uestion

[patrice58]

See what I done up there ^ Anyway does avast 5's icon spin like avast's ball in 4.8?

[DavidR]

Yes, though given your signature is a rotating icon going to entice you back

[sded]

Sure it spins.  But Vlk won't love you like Melih does. LOL.   And you'll just get straight answers and some dedicated improvements, not promises of how good it is going to be someday.

[patrice58]

Shut up you lot! Melih loves me and only me! Ahem..............Anyway yeah something like that could make me come back. A lot of people has been having quite a few problems with Avast 5 which scares me a bit. In saying that it's a bit like that (a lot like that) in the comodo forums with their beta of CIS 4 with sandbox.

[sded]

Yes, there are still some outstanding contentions with other security software (like Malware Bytes) but Avast! seems to be working them out with the other vendors, as well as the developers getting dumps from the users to chase things down.  Very professional approach to the issues, IMHO.  Image your system and give it a try.  You have already probably seen a lot of postings about the great GUI and new features of the various versions of Avast! 5.    I have it running on 2 Vista and 1 XP3 machine with no problems at all.  Updates are transparent and frequent and a lot more than just signatures.

[patrice58]

I might just jump in *Is the water warm?*

[DavidR]

Come on in the water is fine as are the hot and cold running women and the poolside drinks

[Hermite15]

off topic:

it's a bit like that (a lot like that) in the comodo forums with their beta of CIS 4 with sandbox

been watching off and on, this beta testing of CIS 4 seems a disaster and even a nightmare for many. It's not just about the sandbox, which is their worse failure so far, but also about how def+ now behaves in V4, seems to be many regressions when referred to V3. Ah they'll fix it. I'm only half sarcastic, I seriously believe they'll deliver a good product with most things fixed in the end, at least for the firewall, def+/sandbox, I trust them for that. The AV is another story...

[patrice58]

The AV is hiding behind Defence + me thinks.

[patrice58]

Comodo might be going down the avast route ie free and pro version of their firewall. http://forums.comodo.com/feedbackcommentsannouncementsnews-cis/different-versions-of-upcoming-cis-4-t51358.0.html If they do that the company is done, as so much was done by the users because of the fact is was free ie bug testing and the like.

[Hermite15]

Comodo Internet Security Free
...Complete
...Plus
...Pro

interesting... will be hard to justify that after it's been completely free for so long... may be they refer to extra services...what's worrying is the "complete" version   could actually mean that the main suite won't be free anymore... so in its complete current form I mean.

edit: on the other hand, why would it be mad or the company be done with that, I was one of those when CFP 3.0 (and later CIS) came out to state that offering for free such a firewall+HIPS was a bit mad...considering the development time spent on it. the argument then was that Comodo expected in return enterprises to buy more ssl products once they feel more secure on the Internet with CIS. The reasoning there was ridiculous. Supposed causes and expected effects totally unrelated imo. So now that they've realized that it was commercially suicidal, and CIS became in the meantime rather popular, they may want to sell it. Or they planned that in advance, long ago, I've thought about it...no big deal.
 To your comment, that wouldn't be exactly the Avast way as the AV part of Avast software is completely free, and that's, imo, what so far constitutes the best of what Avast produces, not even mentioning that since V5 the "free" AV version doesn't lack a single AV related feature.

ps: sorry for the off topic here on my side, but anyway I think the whole thread should be moved to the general topics section no?

[patrice58]

What I meant by the Avast way is a free product then a pro product then a ultra product.

[Hermite15]

What I meant by the Avast way is a free product then a pro product then a ultra product.

yeah I know... let's see what the content of these CIS 4 versions will be first, as we don't know much yet, I'm following this thread you linked to here 

[DavidR]

What I meant by the Avast way is a free product then a pro product then a ultra product.

Well it isn't an ultra product, there have always been a Home (free) and Pro (paid) AV so no change there.

The introduction of the Avast Internet Security suite with firewall and anti-spam, etc. has never been free but a paid option.

So this is worlds away from what comodo are considering as their suite has been free in the past and that is a big difference.

[patrice58]

Not really as if you wanna take it on it's most basic level one will be free 2 will be chargeable like erm......................Avast!