Another Avast question

[mort]

Nowhere in this most unintuitive program interface do I see anywhere to
tell the program what to do if it catches a virus. For instance, in some
other programs you can tell it to first try to disinfect, and if that
fails, to delete the file.

Exactly what happens if Avast finds a virus or trojan. (Their "Help"
section sucks.)

I am not crazy about their method of excluding certain folders from
scans. It would be much better to exclude file types. You never know
what could slip into an "excluded" folder.

Avast is not the memory hog that F-Secure is. F-Secure slowed my machine
horribly. It also keep giving me runtime errors and other such
nonsense. If I hadn't had those problems, I would *much* prefer
F-Secure's straight forward and definite way of handling things.

I'm using the Avast Pro version.

 

[Anti_Freak_Machine]

Exactly what happens if Avast finds a virus or trojan. (Their "Help"
section sucks.)

It depends on how it was found. If it detects one as you download it,
it gives you this display:
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/afm/image1.jpg

If it detects it as rrunning resident it gives you this display:
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/afm/image2.jpg

Both seem pretty straight forward to me.

 

[mort]

(e-mail address removed) wrote:



It depends on how it was found. If it detects one as you download it,
it gives you this display:
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/afm/image1.jpg

If it detects it as rrunning resident it gives you this display:
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/afm/image2.jpg

Both seem pretty straight forward to me.

They sure are - IF you knew that these warnings existed.

I looked all through the "Help" and didn't see anything on them. Maybe
I missed 'em.

Anyway, that is what I was worried about.

Thanks for answering.

 

[Gerard Coorne]

They sure are - IF you knew that these warnings existed.

I looked all through the "Help" and didn't see anything on them. Maybe
I missed 'em.

Anyway, that is what I was worried about.

Congratulations - you have not yet found a virus with Avast! I have...
and received the warnings as well.

Gérard

 

[FromTheRafters]

They sure are - IF you knew that these warnings existed.

I looked all through the "Help" and didn't see anything on them. Maybe
I missed 'em.

Anyway, that is what I was worried about.

Thanks for answering.

The EICAR test file would be good for getting your AV
to display for you. Most AVs detect this harmless file.

 

[BoB]

(e-mail address removed) wrote:



It depends on how it was found. If it detects one as you download it,
it gives you this display:
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/afm/image1.jpg

If it detects it as rrunning resident it gives you this display:
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/afm/image2.jpg

Both seem pretty straight forward to me.

You could also visit their forum and try your questions there:

http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2

BoB

 

[mort]

You could also visit their forum and try your questions there:

http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2

BoB

I was there. I hate those forums. They are like a rat's nest of
uncontrollable slop. I much prefer my Usenet newsreader (Agent) and its
tidiness at getting rid unwanted clutter. : )

 

[Anti_Freak_Machine]

The EICAR test file would be good for getting your AV
to display for you. Most AVs detect this harmless file.

Crap- I forgot about the Eicar test file, I actually went back to a
thread that I knew had the infected file and downloaded it. :\

 

[Heather]

Crap- I forgot about the Eicar test file, I actually went back to a
thread that I knew had the infected file and downloaded it. :\

Grin......perhaps your donkey found the (m)idget he desired.....(sorry,
couldn't resist that.....

 

[FromTheRafters]

Crap- I forgot about the Eicar test file, I actually went back to a
thread that I knew had the infected file and downloaded it. :\

That works too (though to some it may be risky). Plus you
can check the cleaning ability with a real virally infected file
as EICAR cannot be repaired (it ain't broke).