Avast! Antivirus problem tonight

spg_SCOTT

https://blog.avast.com/2011/04/11/false-positive-issue-with-virus-defs-110411-1/

aliEnRIK

And all the Avast users will still slag off Avira for its splash screen

WhiteChristmas

Yes. Yes, we will.

gonzo127

meh i did experience any problems last night with Avast :P must have just been lucky although i have to say i am impressed according to that blog the fix was released within 45 mins which i think is a pretty good response time,

although i would have thought the simple solution would be to stop the 110411-1 update rename 110411-0 update as 110411-2 and send that out asap whilst working on number 110411-3 as a proper fix, but hey ho hindsight is a wonderful thing

aliEnRIK

WhiteChristmas wrote: »

Yes. Yes, we will.

Takes me less than 2 seconds to click on it (And thats only every 3 days)

I wonder how many hours some people lost on this slip

spg_SCOTT

gonzo127 wrote: »

meh i did experience any problems last night with Avast :P must have just been lucky although i have to say i am impressed according to that blog the fix was released within 45 mins which i think is a pretty good response time,

although i would have thought the simple solution would be to stop the 110411-1 update rename 110411-0 update as 110411-2 and send that out asap whilst working on number 110411-3 as a proper fix, but hey ho hindsight is a wonderful thing

That is what they did. The update servers were turned off until the -2 one was pushed out...
I think this was mentioned in the forum.

Esoog

MarkBargain wrote: »

Oh no! I thought my laptop was virus infected so run a scan, which reported 3,000-odd viruses. It then went into a boot scan and is currently deleting hundreds of files. I expect that will be the end of my laptop!!!!

Exactly the same here, I was wondering how the hell I had such a bad infection heh.

Luckily I logged onto my other pc and was just doing some googling before I whacked out the recovery disks.

southernguy_2

aliEnRIK wrote: »

And all the Avast users will still slag off Avira for its splash screen

Won't be able to slag it off

The machine will be so slow with Avira running in the background that it won't be possible to type anywhere

Tried it once and it was awful. Horrible interface

Avast may have been a problem last night but for a freebie can't really complain too much

southernguy_2

Oh just realised i quoted alienrik and he normally knows his stuff (previously helped me)

Perhaps Avira is not so bad after all and i was just unlucky when i used it

Just seem to remember it wasn't very user friendly.

RussJK

southernguy wrote: »

Won't be able to slag it off

The machine will be so slow with Avira running in the background that it won't be possible to type anywhere

Tried it once and it was awful. Horrible interface

Avast may have been a problem last night but for a freebie can't really complain too much

I used Avira on multiple computers and multiple incarnations of Windows for over a decade - never had any problems with speed; also it is has one of the best pure antivirus file scanners available, free or not.

Interfaces are subjective. I found Avira's to be no-nonsense & simple enough to follow. Avast is a bit more 'noisy' by comparison with a lot more happening and a lot more to configure, but still straightforward enough. F-Secure is the most unobtrusive & minimalist I've seen.

I agree that we can't complain too much about Avast, but they do really need to work on their quality control as this is pretty bad PR for the average user. Information wasn't available in a timely fashion as their sites weren't available, so the worst case easily could have been that a malicious act had been perpetrated on Avast.