I am REALLY disappointed, and of course, SAD

[Lisandro]

Well... avast!5's protection against zero-day malware is not better than 4.8's.

I feel the same.
Although there should have some improvements, not a real movement toward zero-day protection yet.

[essexboy]

All AV's let stuff through and the worst culprits in my experience are AVG, McAfee, Norton and Trend.  On the malware forum where I work I find Avast to be among the lowest frequenters(?) of the service   

[12-es_csaj]

Well... avast!5's protection against zero-day malware is not better than 4.8's.

I feel the same.

We are not alone with our opinion.

AVAST Software put some improvements into v5.0 engine and definitions, but in real life, its detection is not better.

As I said before, I read more positive comments and post 1-2 years ago than now.

[12-es_csaj]

All AV's let stuff through and the worst culprits in my experience are AVG, McAfee, Norton and Trend.  On the malware forum where I work I find Avast to be among the lowest frequenters(?) of the service   

But now AVG has a new version, v2011

[essexboy]

And that is even worse, plus it stops a lot of malware removal tools working.  To run combofix on an infected system with AVG 2011 we have to uninstall it first

[Lisandro]

I like avast, but it seems it is weaker than others.

It's a matter of trust. You need to trust
Seems and feeling aren't that important if you're really protected.

[Dch48]

Spend the one time fee for Malwareytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) and your system will be protected with Website Blocking as well plus automatic updates and scan sheduling.

Tell all avast users that they must have other on-access scanner with avast unless they will become infected.

While it's a good idea to have backup scanners, I wouldn't go as far as saying it's a must. I scan with Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware on occasion and neither one has ever found anything. Also, the chances of you encountering true zero-day malware before the major security vendors can detect it are probably less than 1/10 of 1%.

[Lisandro]

I like avast, but it seems it is weaker than others.

It's a matter of trust. You need to trust
Seems and feeling aren't that important if you're really protected.

[12-es_csaj]

I scan with Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware on occasion and neither one has ever found anything.

In my computer, ESET Online Scanner found 7 infected files - to be honest, not only avast!, but MBAM missed them, too.

[Lisandro]

In my computer, ESET Online Scanner found 7 infected files - to be honest, not only avast!, but MBAM missed them, too.

Can you upload the files to www.virustotal.com and post back the links of the results?

[12-es_csaj]

Can you upload the files to www.virustotal.com and post back the links of the results?

I uploaded them to VirusTotal, but unfortunately, I forgot the results.
It was about three months ago.

Some of them (e.g. the infected UnLocker installer) are submitted to avast via chest.

[Lisandro]

Well...

[DavidR]

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I like avast, but it seems it is weaker than others.
I think the good combination is a firewall, an antivirus and an on-demand scanner. But if somebody's av is avast, it is sometimes not enough.

I use only the free version of MBAM to scan my system sometimes.

Which as I have said on a number of occasions, you have to go by your own personal experience and not arbitrary test, which in many cases don't reflect real-time user experience.

If it doesn't meet your needs and you are 'disappointed and of course sad,' then you can choose another AV, but constantly complaining about it achieves nothing, take action and switch if you are 'disappointed and of course sad.'

The same is true no matter what AV you choose, it won't give 100% protection so a multi-application approach is wise for all, not just avast.

[Left123]

AVG wins avat almost at all.This is fake ^^ undoubtedly.I also read somewhere that avg2011 have a serious problem(bug)that it can causes damage to internet pages

[YoKenny]

Can you upload the files to www.virustotal.com and post back the links of the results?

I uploaded them to VirusTotal, but unfortunately, I forgot the results.
It was about three months ago.

Some of them (e.g. the infected UnLocker installer) are submitted to avast via chest.

You seem to be here just for an argument:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM

Typical female logic