Avast! Free Antivirus v9 with Hardened Mode (Manzaitest)

[Manzai]

Requests : @Malware1
Avast version : English ( @Jaspion )

 

[RevolutionSphere]

Great review, always glad to Avast doing so good considering its my main AV.

 

[nissimezra]

Great AV AND review thx

 

[omidomi]

Good
TNX

 

[Malware1]

Great review, always glad to Avast doing so good considering its my main AV.

Please make sure that hardened mode is enabled

 

[ALi]

Great review thank you

 

[Kent]

Created an EICAR file and saved it.Avast did'nt catch it without a custom scan.But Qihoo IS and Comodo I.S. detected it in a flash and put it into virus vault

 

[RevolutionSphere]

Please make sure that hardened mode is enabled

I don't personally have it on but I'll turn it on if necessary.

 

[Jaspion]

Avast used harden!

It's super effective!


@manzai Very good! Since you show all settings, now it's easy to pause and check what is on and what is off! Thanks a lot!

 

[Chromatinfish 123]

I don't personally have it on but I'll turn it on if necessary.

What does hardened mode do? Does it block all downloads or something? I used Avast before and turning on hardened mode blocked every modification, every change in the registry, and every download or installation!

Might've been to agressive

 

[Malware1]

What does hardened mode do? Does it block all downloads or something? I used Avast before and turning on hardened mode blocked every modification, every change in the registry, and every download or installation!

Might've been to agressive

I haven't experienced any false positives so far.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20131229133747AA0LjzA

Created an EICAR file and saved it.Avast did'nt catch it without a custom scan.But Qihoo IS and Comodo I.S. detected it in a flash and put it into virus vault

Did you use "exe" extension?

 

[Chromatinfish 123]

I haven't experienced any false positives so far.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20131229133747AA0LjzA

Downloading Kingsoft Office Pro was blocked, downloading ThreatFire, Emsisoft, and Malwarebytes were all blocked.

 

[Malware1]

Downloading Kingsoft Office Pro was blocked, downloading ThreatFire, Emsisoft, and Malwarebytes were all blocked.

Try with medium protection level.

 

[RevolutionSphere]

What does hardened mode do? Does it block all downloads or something? I used Avast before and turning on hardened mode blocked every modification, every change in the registry, and every download or installation!

Might've been to agressive

I know it adds layer of proctection on the pc and helps block more unknown files. I think they mainly designed it for inexperienced users.

 

[Malware1]

I know it adds layer of proctection on the pc and helps block more unknown files. I think they mainly designed it for inexperienced users.

Yes, they said exactly this in the settings. It should be enabled by default.

 

[Terry Ganzi]

Sweet iyah thank you champ

 

[Chromatinfish 123]

I know it adds layer of proctection on the pc and helps block more unknown files. I think they mainly designed it for inexperienced users.

I don't think anybody here needs it if they can pass the real vs rogue test by Microsoft:
https://www.facebook.com/msftmmpc/app_236330836495399

 

[Kent]

I haven't experienced any false positives so far.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20131229133747AA0LjzA


Did you use "exe" extension?

Qihoo IS and Comodo I.S. catch the file in .txt form...............

 

[RevolutionSphere]

Yes, they said exactly this in the settings. It should be enabled by default.

Yeah, thats right.

 

[Littlebits]

Yes, they said exactly this in the settings. It should be enabled by default.

I totally disagree, of coarse it will have better protection but will flag many false positives to the point that it is not useable.
I enabled it before and it detected many safe programs and block many safe downloads much like BitDefender does.

There is a reason why it is not enabled by default.

Enjoy!!