Avast 6 Free Final Review and Malware Test

[Dieselman]

 

[Dieselman]

He should have done a boot scan like it told him to. Duh..................

 

[jamescv7]

I really liked the part where webguard block the url threw up except from banker trojan with its something partial blocked but its executed.

 

[Guest28]

It could have done better but i am happy with the results hopefully in the next build that they release soon will improve the auto-sandbox.

 

[Dieselman]

He took the video down. Go figure.

 

[Jack]

But why did he took it down ? I did manage to see it .... Avast failed or ...?

 

[Ink]

Avast did very well, but with one flaw when disabling the File System Shield it also disables the Auto-Sandbox, I don't think the user realised this at the time.

 

[Dieselman]

Thats not a flaw...............Thats called not understanding how the program works. When you disable the file shield it also disables the sandbox.

 

[Ink]

It's a flaw in the test.

Edit: I referring to the video test in my previous comment.

 

[Dieselman]

Oh sorry about that. Ok here is the thing. We all know that going to MDL does not mean a thing. Copying a pasting 10 malicious links is more then the average Joe will see in a life time. Before I full commited myself to Avast I did something yesturday while I had some spare time. I went on MDL and copied/pasted every single link on the front page. Some did not work but the ones that did were blocked. So basically thats about 40/40. Thats enough for me to stick with it. Even though MRG shows that Avast does not do that well with zero day threats its good enough for me.

 

[jamescv7]

Cudgelwap1 Sorry everyone. My Avast video was somewhat of a dud. It was too improvised, and I will be making another improved version soon.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Cudgelwap1

So he will make a video soon

 

[Dieselman]

Well hopefully this time he will fully understand how Avast works.

 

[Guest28]

Meh.....Everyone makes mistakes i don't count this one against him Cudgelwap1 does great reviews. Anyway looking forward to the other review!