I am interested in the communities' discussion to the following examples:
Let's assume that Joe and Joe are both Avast users running the latest version of Avast on the same OS. They both have their settings to the default position. Upon Avast Registration BOTH choose to participate in the Avast Community. They leave all program settings at the default level.
Example One: Joe does a full scan and Avast finds a virus. Joe moves the file to the virus chest and than sends it to the virus lab for testing.
Example Two: Jane does a full scan and finds a virus, moves it to the virus chest, but does NOT send it to the lab.
Questions:
1.) Is Joe better off than Jane because he submitted the file to the lab and Jane did not? If so how does Joe benefit?
2.) Does the lab/Avast know about Jane's virus even if she does not send it from the chest to the lab? Remember, in this example, she participated in the Avast community, so is she at a disadvantage by not reporting the file, and why?
Assume for this argument, that both files are viruses and not false positives. If both people in this example are equally protected, how does the lab help in this situation?
Jack