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Anti Virus, etc

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  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    mulldoonuk wrote: »
    Before uninstalling AVG yesterday did my usual weekly scan ....
    clean as a whistle!

    Downloaded AAV ...scanned the downloaded file with AVG and Malwarebytes (clean) uninstalled AVG...
    installed AAV then setup a system scan while i watched a movie....
    then it found the three nasties!

    So......?? :confused:

    So Avira AntiVir is better at finding viruses than AVG is.
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    mulldoonuk wrote: »
    Before uninstalling AVG yesterday did my usual weekly scan ....
    clean as a whistle!

    Downloaded AAV ...scanned the downloaded file with AVG and Malwarebytes (clean) uninstalled AVG...
    installed AAV then setup a system scan while i watched a movie....
    then it found the three nasties!

    So......?? :confused:

    As Marty says

    It makes me laugh when peole tell me theyve used say - NORTON and never had a virus. But how would they know if its too c*ap to pick them up?
    Ive scanned drives with Malwarebytes that have found trojans on computers that use ~ AVG, Norton and Mcafee amongst others
    :idea:
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    Marty_J wrote: »
    So Avira AntiVir is better at finding viruses than AVG is.

    No it simply finds false positives!
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • mulldoonuk
    mulldoonuk Posts: 318 Forumite
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    espresso wrote: »
    No it simply finds false positives!
    How do i tell if these are false positives or not??
    They are in quarantine now..
    What are my options?
    Should i delete them?
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Espresso ~
    I find it slightly baffling as to why you so vehemently defend AVG
    Its consistantly behind both AVAST and AVIRA in all the tests ive seen. I used to use it myself but on at least 2 occasions I had to uninstall and reinstall just to get it to update
    Theres at least 3 times this year its detected an actual genuine operating system file as a virus (And made a REAL mess of some peoples computers)
    THIS VERY SITE is RIDDLED with people having problems with AVG
    I dont recall a SINGLE Avira problem
    It DOES slow certain computers down (What the exact conditions are im unsure of)
    Avira is faster without question
    AVG takes all night to scan my drive when Avira (with BETTER detection rates) takes a couple of hours
    I could probably go on and on..........
    :idea:
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    mulldoonuk wrote: »
    How do i tell if these are false positives or not??
    They are in quarantine now..
    What are my options?
    Should i delete them?

    Highly unlikely to be

    can you post details of what its found and where?
    :idea:
  • mulldoonuk
    mulldoonuk Posts: 318 Forumite
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    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Highly unlikely to be

    can you post details of what its found and where?

    Found....

    TR/Exploit.Bytverify.B

    DR/WhenU.A.103

    DR/Rabio.IJ
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    mulldoonuk wrote: »
    Found....

    TR/Exploit.Bytverify.B

    DR/WhenU.A.103

    DR/Rabio.IJ

    can you send the LOCATION links please?
    eg ~ C:/windows/system32/drivers etc

    They look dodgy to me anyways (no need to delete them anyways, theyre safely 'locked' in the vault)
    :idea:
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    espresso wrote: »
    No it simply finds false positives!

    Please for the life of me give me evidence. Give me 3rd party independant tests. Don't give me a tin-pot article written by some AVG lover ;)
  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    espresso wrote: »
    No it simply finds false positives!

    Of which AVG finds more than its fair share.
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