Avast! Home/Pro 4.8 officialy released

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[Ragwing]

One thing I do like about Avast over Avira is the web shield. Its nice to catch a virus even before you download it.

Doesn't it impact on the connection speed? Sure, it's no big deal if you're on a 10+ mbits connections, but for dial-up connections it might make a big difference. Avira stops the malware before it loads into the memory, and that's good enough for me.
Reason for why I like it is that Avast! has a boot-time scanning function.

Cheers,
Ragwing

[Vettetech]

No not any slow downs at all. You disabled the web shield? Why? I am on a 6MB DSL connection and I get no slow downs browsing.

[Ragwing]

No not any slow downs at all. You disabled the web shield? Why? I am on a 6MB DSL connection and I get no slow downs browsing.

I think this answers your question.

Now this is interesting. I'll download it and use together with Avira as on-demand scanner

I don't use any anti-virus for real-time protection, only CFP 3. I think it's enough to scan them manually if needed.

Cheers,
Ragwing

[Goose18]

Doesn't it impact on the connection speed? Sure, it's no big deal if you're on a 10+ mbits connections, but for dial-up connections it might make a big difference.
Ragwing

It doesn't impact my 3 MB ADSL either 

[Vettetech]

I like going to the eicar test page and clicking on the files and then BANG. Avast kicks and and terminates the download. With Avira Premium I was aloud to download some of those files without any alerts. I know this isnt a big deal but it makes me feel better.

[Goose18]

Lol [ at ] eicar test "CAUTION A VIRUS HAS BEEN DETECTED" 

[Vettetech]

Lol [ at ] eicar test "CAUTION A VIRUS HAS BEEN DETECTED" 

Yes thats it. If you use Avira and click on the ZIP files it will let you download them.

[ganda]

downloading............... 

[ganda]

switched to Avast 4.8 home edition (hi goose18  )
some questions : 
* should i generate avast VRGB everytime i start my comp or what? it's something like "system restore",am i right?
* i think goose18 mentioned that avast 4.8 offers spyware & rootkit detection, where can i see it?
* does it have "virus database/definition list"? (found it!)
* i have these kernel32.dll, winsock.dll,wsock32.dll in "virus chest", what are they? isn't this chest similar to quarantined item? so these things are virus?
* where do i set the heuristic level? i have all shield on "high" sensitivity, is that it? senstivity=heuristic level?
and how good is avast' heuristic compared to antivir's?

that's all 
Ganda

additional question :
how do i enable this? what's "archive files" exactly? 

[Goose18]

Alright i'll take a shot at answering   "Should i generate avast VRGB everytime i start my computer" VRDB stands for "Virus Recovery Database"; it was known as "Integrity Database" in previous avast! versions. The aim of VRDB is to help when, despite all the security measures, a virus gets inside the computer and the files are infected. With the help of VRDB, it is possible to repair many infected files (return them exactly to their original state). VRDB is announced by an icon with the letter "i" in the system tray (next to the clock). If the icon is animated, the database is being created right now. I have mine set to Generate VRDB when the screen saver comes on.



Yes Avast 4.8 has integrated Anti spyware and Anti Rootkit the only options i saw for it is when you go to install if you choose custom install it allows you to choose or not choose to install them. It is protecting from spyware and rootkits 24/7. 




"i have these kernel32.dll, winsock.dll,wsock32.dll in "virus chest", what are they? isn't this chest similar to quarantined item? so these things are virus?" First off NO they are not viruses. I'm not exactly sure why they are there but they are there on both of my computers too. You should not have anything to worry bout with those 


"where do i set the heuristic level? i have all shield on "high" sensitivity, is that it? sensitivity=heuristic level?
and how good is avast' heuristic compared to antivir's?"  Currently Avast does not use Heuristics. Besides its Email scanner. Is is based on Signatures only. But i set all my shields to high (which i recommend doing) and i have been virus clean for awhile now.


Hope this answers your questions       

[Bader40]

On a lighter note , any Vista users out there can download a nice vista skin from the avast web site.

download at http://www.avast.com/eng/skins.html

[Goose18]

And i forgot to mention, if you like a very easy to use Anti Virus i suggest Avast. It has a very simple media player like Skin that is great for a beginner. 

[Vettetech]

Ok I cant resist any longer. Hey Shin its right on front of you about scanning archives. Look at the scanner shot. LOL. Wanna barrow my contacts. You can access more options by simply right clicking on the "a" in your taskbar and selecting "on access protection control". Also you can merge the VRDB icon with the avast icon in the taskbar.

[Rednose]

Ganda

First of all : Did you ever hear of Google http://www.google.com

And Avast! has a user forum too http://forum.avast.com

On second thought ... don't go there, it is still a very peacefull forum and I don't know if they are ready for you

* i have these kernel32.dll, winsock.dll,wsock32.dll in "virus chest", what are they? isn't this chest similar to quarantined item? so these things are virus?

A very good explanation :

kernel32.dll, winsock.dll, wsock32.dll are all legit system files automatically backed up by avast! when installed. Copies of them are placed in the Chest as backup for additional protection in case the originals become corrupted and you need to restore them. You only need to be concerned with files in the "Infected files" section of the Chest.

RejZoR at the avast! Forum wrote:

This is a backup of clean system files, so you can restore them in case of serious infection.

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=21588.0

Tech at the avast! Forum wrote (reply #13):

wsock32.dll
winsock.dll
kernel32.dll
These files are CLEAN, not infected. They're into Chest due to backup purposes...

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?PHPSESSID...77694;topicseen

The Virus Chest is an isolated folder where infected files can be stored when detected by avast. Moving these files in the chest disables their usage and prevents them from causing any harm to your system. The Virus Chest also stores vital system files to prevent them from viral infection. The files are still functional, but access to them by any source is blocked until they are removed from that location.

From here :

http://www.theeldergeek.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=26117

Greetz, Red.

[ganda]

Ok I cant resist any longer. Hey Shin its right on front of you about scanning archives. Look at the scanner shot. LOL. Wanna barrow my contacts. You can access more options by simply right clicking on the "a" in your taskbar and selecting "on access protection control". Also you can merge the VRDB icon with the avast icon in the taskbar.

uh huh got it!    love you vettetech 

First of all : Did you ever hear of Google http://www.google.com
And Avast! has a user forum too http://forum.avast.com
On second thought ... don't go there, it is still a very peacefull forum and I don't know if they are ready for you

i don't need google if i have you 

* OK i have VRDB generated when comp is idle
* hmm, not cool, i wanna see the option to turn off/on rootkit detection like on antivir
* uh huh, NP got it!
* no heuristic  goose18  i have a microwave you know?
* what's "archive files" ? 

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