Questionable biz practices by security software makers

[apistomaster]

Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and
SpyNoMore expire.
In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it
was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off
like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it
had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had
found?

It found my SpyNoMore.

1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring
manual scans only.
2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"
find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore
seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the
AVAST is watching out for my best interests.

Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?

 

[smlunatick]

Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and
SpyNoMore expire.
In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it
was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off
like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it
had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had
found?

It found my SpyNoMore.

1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring
manual scans only.
2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"
find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore
seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the
AVAST is watching out for my best interests.

Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?

If you were to do a search on the Internet, you will find that
Spynomore was previously listed on as a rogue (a spyware category)
program. Unfortunately, the detection routine for other anti-virus /
anti-spyware can be "flawed."

 

[Hiram B Culpeper]

Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and
SpyNoMore expire.
In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it
was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off
like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it
had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had
found?

It found my SpyNoMore.

1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring
manual scans only.
2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"
find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore
seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the
AVAST is watching out for my best interests.

Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?

Forget AVAST and get the free AVG.

 

[db.·.. >]

some fyi's:

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/antivirus.mspx

http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?form=MSHOME&setlang=en-us&q=antivirus&mkt=en-us

ps: i would not recommend
nav.

 

[Spiderman]

That's just a coincidental false-positive. I've used Avast for a couple of
years now and it has saved me twice from potential infections. My system has
never been infected. While it's true that I use safe browsing habits I can't
say the same for my wife and 4 kids. Never heard of SpyNoMore.

Spidey