@UserA789: do u try to understand what igor is trying to say? like when he said: The antivirus can decide whether the site is safe from the low-level point of view (checking the html code for exploits etc. - i.e. the real malware).
let me quote from u: Yea, like when the resident scanner let me navigate without warning to a completly hacked,malware boasting stargateworlds a couple of weeks ago, right?
This shows ur lack of understanding that no antivirus can protect from every single threat on the web...anyways, who are u to verify that the website is hacked?
theres NO antivirus that will provide complete protection
If your going to quote me, please inlcude the entirity of the quote, not a peice that can be used to make the same point the quote ends up making to begin with please
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Yea, like when the resident scanner let me navigate without warning to a completly hacked,malware boasting stargateworlds a couple of weeks ago, right? I know the webrep tool wouldnt have helped here either
Not long ago, my mom was almost robbed of everything she had in her HSA. She was sent a link via email whos header was faked to look as though it was from her brother. When she went to the site, and also when I went there, the webrep tool had been manipunlated to identify it with a "GREAT" rating. Being one who does understand that no antivirus solution is perfect... dont get me wrong in this next statement... it was already coded to walk past anything Avast (and most other solutions) use to detect its malicous malware spreading purpose. Its a very clever scam, one of the best Iv found. However, WOT would have reported it as "BAD" just from the simple check it does over 'blacklists' and she would not have ordered from them.
Do I blame Avast?? Not at all. Does she, to a degree as she relies on being able to trust ALL portions of Avast... and why shouldnt she be able to
Yes, one should have known better but her age makes her a little more trusting when it comes to PC's and the internet than she should be. It also made her so the fact Avast WebRep rated it so high; why wouldnt she trust it
. If I had not been keeping 'silent' tabs on her email every now and again, she would have lost the money she ended up needing for knee replacement surgery. Iv never had to file a police report until that day, but as this was my mother you can bet I went to every length convievable to achieve her safety again.
Here is some information of the organization that almost robbed her, its a good read and also shows how easily (without showing how to do it) they make secure systems their toys:
http://spamtrackers.eu/wiki/index.php/My_Canadian_PharmacyIv been on the internet for longer than most. My ISP was the first ISP in my astate and the 3rd in the nation to ever exist. I know more than most about what type of code is out there and that some of it will most liekly always walk past security software. However, a tool that is flawed in design and able to easily be manipulated by those with 'less than honorable' intention should never... I repeat
NEVER... be part of any security solution. If it is then one
must question the true intent of the vendor.