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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #30 on: April 05, 2011, 03:08:39 PM »
Hope Vlk drop some light over these points (WebRep and DNS).
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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #31 on: April 05, 2011, 03:13:37 PM »
Meaning that when webrep reports that a site is infected, it gets the info in priority from Avast labs and not the users, which I find normal.

Yes, he said they get the info from two sources.
- virus-lab
- users
And I guess the lab has the last word. ;)
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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #32 on: April 05, 2011, 03:13:55 PM »
ps: where are the aquariums with worms and viruses ??? did you guys see that when you went to Prague ???  ;D

We have seen the aquariums ;D

Here a picture of Ondrej standing in one of them.

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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #33 on: April 05, 2011, 03:15:14 PM »
To be honest, I don't think that webrep reports any infections?
It sends info only when you push the button... and there is nowhere you can select "infected", or am I wrong with this?
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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #34 on: April 05, 2011, 03:16:07 PM »
I don't see any way for WebRep to report a site as infected.  Red just means a lot of users didn't like it, hopefully with the content icons indicating why.  Any infection reports I have seen were from Network Shield, since you are blocked from going to the infected site to see what WebRep might think of it anyway.  See http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=75453.msg624461#msg624461 for example.

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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #35 on: April 05, 2011, 03:20:20 PM »
@Rednose cheers ;D

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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #36 on: April 05, 2011, 03:20:48 PM »
Red just means a lot of users didn't like it, hopefully with the content icons indicating why.
That was my point: is WebRep using avast infection information of just users votes?
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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #37 on: April 05, 2011, 03:21:22 PM »
Maybe he unintentionally spoke about the future of WR... ;)
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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #38 on: April 05, 2011, 03:22:46 PM »
I don't see any way for WebRep to report a site as infected.  Red just means a lot of users didn't like it, hopefully with the content icons indicating why.  Any infection reports I have seen were from Network Shield, since you are blocked from going to the infected site to see what WebRep might think of it anyway.  See http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=75453.msg624461#msg624461 for example.

+1 (you might see the webrep symbols within the results list if you google for the specific site, maybe)
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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #39 on: April 05, 2011, 03:25:40 PM »
Where is he?
On a plane or on avast headquarters?
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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #40 on: April 05, 2011, 03:28:33 PM »
Where is he?
On a plane or on avast headquarters?

No idea, where he is right now, but he was on the forum today.
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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #41 on: April 05, 2011, 03:29:59 PM »
Where is he?
On a plane or on avast headquarters?

On Sunday when he emailed me he was just at home from the USA.

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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #42 on: April 05, 2011, 03:30:01 PM »
As far as I understood Vlk, it uses only user votes plus information that comes from virus lab which in turn of course gets information from avast community.
But the webrep addon itself (on the client side, transmitting) only uses user votes.
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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #43 on: April 05, 2011, 03:37:06 PM »
plus information that comes from virus lab
That is the point...

But the webrep addon itself (on the client side, transmitting) only uses user votes.
Why? If you have the virus lab information... Why isn't it took into account in the search webpages?
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Re: Interview with Ondrej Vlcek ( Vlk )
« Reply #44 on: April 05, 2011, 04:03:44 PM »
That was my point: is WebRep using avast infection information of just users votes?
It seems WebRep does not use infection information.
I googled some infected webpages but WebRep says "this site has no rating".

It would be good if WebRep took them into account but I also think Web/Network shield are good enough to protect users from infected websites...
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