- Apr 13, 2013
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Avast CyberCapture
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It is advised to take all reviews with a grain of salt. In extreme cases some reviews use dramatization for entertainment purposes.
- Nov 19, 2014
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It only does exe so it still didn't take part in the test. 
Which means it will not protect you, as it did not above. Why they release tools like this in products that only protect from "this" and not "that" is beyond me, when they know "this" is not the only thing floating around out there in the wild.It only does exe so it still didn't take part in the test.
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- Nov 19, 2014
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I am not saying it will protect you. I am saying the test was of avast as a whole not cybercapture.
EDIT: If you want to test cybercapture you need an exe which you copy to the vm that doesn't get detected and then download the same exe on the test pc and try again.
Anw you are missing the point i am trying to make. I am not defending Avast i am just noting that cybercapture was not working for this test.
- Sep 22, 2016
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It still didn't test CyberCapture because of non .exe file. But I would just leave CyberCapture alone, it doesn't work well even with exe files. Even if it detect some file, it can take few hours to analyze it. I would say that Avast has too many "good looking in terms of marketing" stuff, like CyberCapture but they are unpolished (for example only exe files support). Avast has potential but devs need to focus on main components, and not stupid things which make Avast overloaded.
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- Mar 1, 2014
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Regardless of the discussion about CyberCapture, Avast, as a whole, failed the test.
- Sep 22, 2016
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I want to also add that Avast isn't as bad at all. In fact, every other famous AV could fail in this test.
- Aug 30, 2012
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- Apr 13, 2013
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I just have an issue with stuff like CyberCapture. We would call these things "Wednesday Rules" protection modalities (it will only work on a Wednesday as long as it is Sunny and as long as it is in the Fall and as long as you hear 2 ducks quacking).
In short the usefulness of any protection routine is inversely proportional to the requirements needed for it to work.
In short the usefulness of any protection routine is inversely proportional to the requirements needed for it to work.
- Sep 22, 2016
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Well, it doesn't have connection with Avast...
- Aug 30, 2012
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@cruelsister played with their rule.. but she still loves the term
At the moment CyberCapture only targets exe file types so it wouldn't work lol.
It doesn't need to be from the Avast Browser, you can use any browser you like.
You are correct that CyberCapture at this moment of time doesn't protect against files types such as JS.
It will improve in the future against more file types and the key point here is that although it isn't very effective now, it has potential in the future.
To be honest, I think that even Hardened Mode only targets exe files too even in aggressive mode. That would explain why the js files weren't in the blacklist.
I'd like to see a test against CyberCapture and/or Hardened Mode with exactly the same scenario above but you using some exe files instead.
If it fails then I'd be interested to see what responses I can get from the Avast devs.
It doesn't need to be from the Avast Browser, you can use any browser you like.
You are correct that CyberCapture at this moment of time doesn't protect against files types such as JS.
It will improve in the future against more file types and the key point here is that although it isn't very effective now, it has potential in the future.
To be honest, I think that even Hardened Mode only targets exe files too even in aggressive mode. That would explain why the js files weren't in the blacklist.
I'd like to see a test against CyberCapture and/or Hardened Mode with exactly the same scenario above but you using some exe files instead.
If it fails then I'd be interested to see what responses I can get from the Avast devs.
- Sep 22, 2014
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Does Avast have options for adding other extension to watch?
It seems Avast is another AV which needs more tweaks for adequate protection.
- Sep 22, 2014
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Avast have that options to add extension.
It will be intresting to add .js extension and then do the test again.
It will be intresting to add .js extension and then do the test again.
- Sep 22, 2016
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It's not connected with CyberCapture, only File System Shield. CyberCapture is connected with Web Shield.
I love this term (Wednesday rules), really need to remember it
Thank you for testing Avast twice, looking forward to more product tests
- Sep 22, 2014
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