[ AVAST detects 100% of in the wild virusses and has EXCELLENT HEURISTIC features.
Wich is far more important than a large database.
Avast uses a heuristic? The Problem with a heuristic is that the posibility of false alarms is much higher, than having a good, up to date Database. And the more "agressive" the heuristic is, the more Malware it finds, but the more false alarms it reports.
I rate a good unpacking (UPX, ASPACK) engine higher than a "agressive" heuristic.
I totaly agree. But AVAST
does use Heuristics, although
only on its Mail providers. But with the resident shield put up to scan ALL files, no virus will run.
But a good "unpacker engine" is far most important. That's why I asked many questions (today) in this forum about the options to scan CAB's also. (microsofts archive)
A heuristic resident scanner, can indeed pull off many fals alert, wich work verry distracting, and could be dangerous, if you delete a "good" file, that is flaged by the heuristic.
Its hard to find a good solution between "strong heuristic" and not many false alerts.
Waldo
