« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2012, 05:44:27 PM »
Tony,
Avast 6 should be receiving definition updates... in fact, the same ones as are provided for avast 7. At present, my avast6 has 12-02-26-2 loaded.
Without definition updates, an antivirus would become worthless very quickly.

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[I believe computer-users who sandbox (Sandboxie) are acting prudently.]