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[Airbot]

Thanks. Updated to .396 thru the program this time.

 

[Brink]

Thank you Neoasr. First post updated.

 

[smiths22]

No firewall in the free edition if i use it is that enough protection (surfing and downloading files only), is the windows 7 firewall enough?

 

[mitchell64]

No firewall in the free edition if i use it is that enough protection (surfing and downloading files only), is the windows 7 firewall enough?

Hello psikofunkster, Windows Firewall is good & works well alongside Avast

 

[smiths22]

No firewall in the free edition if i use it is that enough protection (surfing and downloading files only), is the windows 7 firewall enough?

Hello psikofunkster, Windows Firewall is good & works well alongside Avast

Wow really? thanks man but the free version doesn't have the script shield....Would it really protect against virus and spyware even when im browsing dangerous sites?

avast! Free Antivirus - Download Software for Virus Protection

The avast web site says also that the free version:
doesn't protect you when you Surfing high-risk websites. so its not secure to use it right?

 

[Jonathan_King]

No firewall in the free edition if i use it is that enough protection (surfing and downloading files only), is the windows 7 firewall enough?

Hello psikofunkster, Windows Firewall is good & works well alongside Avast

Wow really? thanks man but the free version doesn't have the script shield....Would it really protect against virus and spyware even when im browsing dangerous sites?

avast! Free Antivirus - Download Software for Virus Protection

The avast web site says also that the free version:
doesn't protect you when you Surfing high-risk websites. so its not secure to use it right?

Don't go surfing dangerous sites, then.

If you need to for whatever reasons (I will not even ask), get an on-demand scanner like Malwarebytes, and run it every time you visit one of those sites.

 

[smiths22]

Hello psikofunkster, Windows Firewall is good & works well alongside Avast

Wow really? thanks man but the free version doesn't have the script shield....Would it really protect against virus and spyware even when im browsing dangerous sites?

avast! Free Antivirus - Download Software for Virus Protection

The avast web site says also that the free version:
doesn't protect you when you Surfing high-risk websites. so its not secure to use it right?

Don't go surfing dangerous sites, then.

If you need to for whatever reasons (I will not even ask), get an on-demand scanner like Malwarebytes, and run it every time you visit one of those sites.

nop because malwarebytes slows my pc. Maybe i should use norton internet security 2010.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Wow really? thanks man but the free version doesn't have the script shield....Would it really protect against virus and spyware even when im browsing dangerous sites?

avast! Free Antivirus - Download Software for Virus Protection

The avast web site says also that the free version:
doesn't protect you when you Surfing high-risk websites. so its not secure to use it right?

Don't go surfing dangerous sites, then.

If you need to for whatever reasons (I will not even ask), get an on-demand scanner like Malwarebytes, and run it every time you visit one of those sites.

nop because malwarebytes slows my pc. Maybe i should use norton internet security 2010.

If you want to go the full security suite, look into getting a free one, like avast or Microsoft Security Essentials. There is no need to pay for anti-virus software these days!

 

[swarfega]

Malwarebytes never proved its worth to me since it found just one false positive and nothing else where others have.

 

[Tews]

hmm.... thats strange Nick.... Its always proven to be very accurate with me....

 

[Dinesh]

hmm.... thats strange Nick.... Its always proven to be very accurate with me....

With me too.

 

[Airbot]

Another Pre-Release Avast 5.0.415 available.

Changelog -

What's new
Most notable improvements include:
- stability improvements in the Behavior Shield
- an attempt to solve the compatibility issue with MBAM Pro
- improvements in the rootkit scanner
- solved a vulnerability in AavmKer4.sys (Windows 2000/XP only)
- firewall: low-level packet rules are back in the Expert settings
- new languages: Traditional Chinese, Swedish, Korean, Bulgarian, Hungarian. This makes the current number of supported languages 16

Bottom line: we're hoping that this build will finally solve the remaining bsod/hang issues.

INTRODUCING: New pre-release build of avast [5.0.415]

 

[Brink]

Thank you Aaron. First post updated.

 

[yowanvista]

Boot Scan doesn't work in x64

 

[Airbot]

It never has in any version. They haven't built the boot time scan to work with x64 as of yet. They say someday, who knows when though.

 

[Brink]

Hello Yowan,

Yeah, the boot scan only works when Avast is installed in a 32-bit OS instead. There is currently no support for it in a 64-bit OS yet.

 

[yowanvista]

Hello Yowan,

Yeah, the boot scan only works when Avast is installed in a 32-bit OS instead. There is currently no support for it in a 64-bit OS yet.

That's why I use KIS2010, Avast5 is fully x64

 

[Dinesh]

Hello Yowan,

Yeah, the boot scan only works when Avast is installed in a 32-bit OS instead. There is currently no support for it in a 64-bit OS yet.

That's why I use KIS2010, Avast5 is fully x64

There is nothing called as Boot-Scan in KIS2010.

 

[Airbot]

Avast official program update to 5.0.418 now. Couple new fixes from 5.0.415

Change log (incomplete list):
- stability improvements in the Behavior Shield
- improved compatibility with MBAM Pro (Windows XP)
- improvements in the rootkit scanner
- solved a vulnerability in AavmKer4.sys (Windows 2000/XP only) - special thanks to Tobias Klein
- ProAV + IS: solved a problem with Acrobat hanging when opening pdf files directly from IE
- firewall: low-level packet rules are back in the Expert settings
- improvements in the licensing engine
- new languages: Traditional Chinese, Swedish, Korean, Bulgarian, Hungarian. This makes the current number of supported languages 16

New avast program update 5.0.418

 

[Dinesh]

Updated smoothly from previous build.