The future of avast protection

[SpeedyPC]

Ok Speedy, if you need help with CIS, better trying their forum

 

[Lisandro]

I was merely trying to point out that sandboxing goes beyond simple virus/malware protection.

Sure. Why does the interest of this topic dropped then? Don't you think it is a technology for avast?

it's becoming a necessity is we think in 2 million malware per year, and, better, avast already has the technology: a firewall and an on demand sandbox.

It's all the time
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=64122.msg545778#msg545778

This isn't really a rejection on the idea itself (sandboxing to counter unknown threats is viable, albeit shaky with false positives), but rather the idea that the feature be integrated into anti-virus software. I prefer software to be light and stick to what they were truely meant to accomplish; bloat is absolutely horrible no matter the intent.

Really? I can't imagine how could it become bloat if there is similar programs already available and they're suites not bloatwares...

[Lisandro]

avast users, please, consider the weakness of zero-day protection and fake-AV we're achieving...

http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=8ad3165eba03c2bd92dedbc89a5c13700cc289e2d636e7a4f2adb4cb90cce948-1286022745
http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=b61fd3beea501c83ae6f0b1a2a5fd00366dbb2744ab480c814dbe4e3578cdfd0-1286017983
http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=18b1ac1ce2bbc3214004a9edcd64a1383ffdc5ea364b6e64d82802ff54e84566-1286017643
http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=12e5efddd690c52fcc751a93aa16c2216d2107cc2b164eaa9984b312a3ab0f43-1286017451

More here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=64122.0

[SpeedyPC]

avast users, please, consider the weakness of zero-day protection and fake-AV we're achieving...

:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

[Asyn]

avast users, please, consider the weakness of zero-day protection and fake-AV we're achieving...

If you only rely on avast, this indeed could be a problem...!
asyn

[Lisandro]

If you only rely on avast, this indeed could be a problem...!

Are you saying that we can't achieve protection with avast as it is right now?

[Asyn]

If you only rely on avast, this indeed could be a problem...!

Are you saying that we can't achieve protection with avast as it is right now?

Yes.
asyn

[Lisandro]

Yes

And so? What do you do about that? How do you think avast users should react?

[Asyn]

Yes

1. And so? What do you do about that?
2. How do you think avast users should react?

1. See my sig...
2. Right now they should wait for 5.1 (keeping their fingers crossed)...
asyn

[Lisandro]

Ah, haven't noticed that you're using HIPS... But why the old version 3 of CIS?
By the way, it does not have automatic sandboxing, so it's not related to this thread.

[Asyn]

1. Ah, haven't noticed that you're using HIPS... But why the old version 3 of CIS?
2. By the way, it does not have automatic sandboxing, so it's not related to this thread.

1. There are many good reasons, but doesn't fit here, does it?
2. True, I never said so...
asyn

[Lisandro]

There are many good reasons, but doesn't fit here, does it?

Do you have any reason for avast to use automatic sandboxing? If so, please, post.
If you have other reasons for avast to improve protection, please, start a new thread. I'll be very happy to participate and help improving avast.

[Asyn]

There are many good reasons, but doesn't fit here, does it?

Do you have any reason for avast to use automatic sandboxing? If so, please, post.
If you have other reasons for avast to improve protection, please, start a new thread. I'll be very happy to participate and help improving avast.

I'll wait for 5.1 (as posted before), until then I am patient, as my level of protection is quite good...
asyn

[Lisandro]

I'll wait for 5.1 (as posted before), until then I am patient, as my level of protection is quite good...

What are you waiting for 5.1?
What about the other users? What about the ones who think avast protection is enough? Don't you worry about them?

[Hermite15]

I'll wait for 5.1 (as posted before), until then I am patient, as my level of protection is quite good...

What are you waiting for 5.1?
What about the other users? What about the ones who think avast protection is enough? Don't you worry about them?

so you're clearly suggesting to use another software or what? like Comodo Internet Security ?  ...thought you were talking about improving Avast I misunderstood? ...no I didn't...you said it several times in this thread, and now you're saying "why wait for 5.1?" and what's 5.1 about if I may ask, but bringing improvements...we don't know yet if it will bring auto-sandboxing or not (unless you have other sources ...) And even if it doesn't, so what??? 99% of users have never heard of virtualization, and they'll keep ignoring it... trying to make people believe that their system isn't secure when running Avast5 because it doesn't have auto-sandboxing is completely over the top

 Again, we're on Avast forums here Tech, not Comodo's.