Questionable biz practices by security software makers

[Guest apistomaster]

Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and

SpyNoMore expire.

In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it

was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off

like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it

had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had

found?

 

It found my SpyNoMore.

 

1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring

manual scans only.

2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"

find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore

seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the

AVAST is watching out for my best interests.

 

Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: Questionable biz practices by security software makers

 

On Jun 20, 3:59 pm, apistomaster <apistomas...@clearwire.net> wrote:

> Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and

> SpyNoMore expire.

> In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it

> was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off

> like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it

> had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had

> found?

>

> It found my SpyNoMore.

>

> 1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring

> manual scans only.

> 2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"

> find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore

> seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the

> AVAST is watching out for my best interests.

>

> Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?

 

If you were to do a search on the Internet, you will find that

Spynomore was previously listed on as a rogue (a spyware category)

program. Unfortunately, the detection routine for other anti-virus /

anti-spyware can be "flawed."

[Guest Hiram B Culpeper]

Re: Questionable biz practices by security software makers

 

"apistomaster" <apistomaster@clearwire.net> wrote in message

news:7b99933d-c287-4c23-be10-b78b111f6aa8@p25g2000pri.googlegroups.com...

> Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and

> SpyNoMore expire.

> In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it

> was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off

> like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it

> had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had

> found?

>

> It found my SpyNoMore.

>

> 1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring

> manual scans only.

> 2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"

> find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore

> seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the

> AVAST is watching out for my best interests.

>

> Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?

 

Forget AVAST and get the free AVG.

[Guest db.·.. >]

Re: Questionable biz practices by security software makers

 

some fyi's:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/antivirus.mspx

 

http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?form=MSHOME&setlang=en-us&q=antivirus&mkt=en-us

 

ps: i would not recommend

nav.

--

 

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

 

 

"apistomaster" <apistomaster@clearwire.net> wrote in message

news:7b99933d-c287-4c23-be10-b78b111f6aa8@p25g2000pri.googlegroups.com...

> Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and

> SpyNoMore expire.

> In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it

> was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off

> like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it

> had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had

> found?

>

> It found my SpyNoMore.

>

> 1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring

> manual scans only.

> 2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"

> find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore

> seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the

> AVAST is watching out for my best interests.

>

> Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?

[Guest Spiderman]

Re: Questionable biz practices by security software makers

 

That's just a coincidental false-positive. I've used Avast for a couple of

years now and it has saved me twice from potential infections. My system has

never been infected. While it's true that I use safe browsing habits I can't

say the same for my wife and 4 kids. Never heard of SpyNoMore.

 

Spidey

 

"apistomaster" <apistomaster@clearwire.net> wrote in message

news:7b99933d-c287-4c23-be10-b78b111f6aa8@p25g2000pri.googlegroups.com...

> Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and

> SpyNoMore expire.

> In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it

> was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off

> like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it

> had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had

> found?

>

> It found my SpyNoMore.

>

> 1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring

> manual scans only.

> 2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"

> find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore

> seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the

> AVAST is watching out for my best interests.

>

> Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?