What do YOU think the worst thing an anti-virus company has never done, mine is Immunet placing ads within their program and my firewall blocked some tracking coming in from the ads...
Avast blocking Avast from accessing the internet to download virus database 
- Jan 14, 2015
- 1,761
To be honest, nearly all companies did one thing or another that damaged their reputation, despite improvements been made after.
Some will point the finger at TS360; others to Norton, while majority still point the finger at McAfee.
I will be bold and say none are that damaging to average consumer, however I would like to point out one thing and it is not really an AV solution but does have its place under Security solutions/services: WOT keeps getting referred and I will highlight that it is based on Community "Feedback", and it has been known that companies manipulate such feedback to their own advantages and it just gets worse by the day. In the end is the consumer who gets affected (whether its a free service or not).
Some will point the finger at TS360; others to Norton, while majority still point the finger at McAfee.
I will be bold and say none are that damaging to average consumer, however I would like to point out one thing and it is not really an AV solution but does have its place under Security solutions/services: WOT keeps getting referred and I will highlight that it is based on Community "Feedback", and it has been known that companies manipulate such feedback to their own advantages and it just gets worse by the day. In the end is the consumer who gets affected (whether its a free service or not).
mcafee blocking critical system 32 files , seeing them as threats.
iobit stealing malwarebytes signatures
AVG never listening seriously to their devoted followers
but the alltime low has to be for me the battle between enigma software and bleeping computer......way.....way.... out of line!!!!!
iobit stealing malwarebytes signatures
AVG never listening seriously to their devoted followers
but the alltime low has to be for me the battle between enigma software and bleeping computer......way.....way.... out of line!!!!!
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- Mar 15, 2011
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If you are going to read all throughout the articles, many antivirus company create silly mistakes that quickly turn to be viral due to mistakes happened like False positive detection on Windows System Files, Legitimate programs and even websites.
That's already the worst thing happen cause many users didn't inform as they just only do their usual task everyday.
That's already the worst thing happen cause many users didn't inform as they just only do their usual task everyday.
I'm going to go with ZoneAlarm using scareware back in 2010 to convince people to upgrade from the free edition. Never used it again.
worst things? ummmmm...let me think....ah yes, keep using signatures
symantec destroy PCTOOLS company i never use symantec again cuse i love pctools internet securityband used for 5 years with no infection
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