Avast boob

[sim]

Hello eveyone I would like to say if you are using Avast home ED then warring it classes your PTxSCP.ocx as a problem and blocks it or removes it, well it did this to me and on running Autoplay told me to go way cos it was missing.







Simple Sim

[sim]

Hello eveyone I would like to say if you are using Avast home ED then warring it classes your PTxSCP.ocx as a problem and blocks it or removes it, well it did this to me and on running Autoplay told me to go way cos it was missing.







Simple Sim



I like to update people on this little matter, I have just replaced this file with a known clean copy and avast did it again I told it to take no action but it did it blocked the file from been accessed from Autoplay, only way I am able to use it is by disabling the On Acction Protection.



Simple Sim

[jassing]

An update today has flagged almost every program I use as a virus or trojan.

I'm confident (hopeful?) that they'll have an update out soon to fix it.
if you're only experiencing a few false positives, you can always customize the scan to ignore the file.

I have just disabled avast (pro, not home, just to let you know it's across the board) and just not installing anything off the web and only going to known good sites.

[sim]

An update today has flagged almost every program I use as a virus or trojan.

I'm confident (hopeful?) that they'll have an update out soon to fix it.
if you're only experiencing a few false positives, you can always customize the scan to ignore the file.

I have just disabled avast (pro, not home, just to let you know it's across the board) and just not installing anything off the web and only going to known good sites.

Thanks jessing for updating me on this, I have been getting in on many programs and I really hope they will fix this in the next day or two I did submit a detailed report to avast and I am sure others have so this should be picked up on, they do this from time to time.



Simple Sim

[jassing]

You're not alone on this one.. I recommend (and, if they fix it by tomorrow, I will continue to) recommend Avast as one of the better virus scanners out there.

One of my "specialties" is to clean up pc's from virus infections. I've seen more virus on systems protected with norton (mcafee a not-so-distance 2nd) than any other ones.

Rarely do I see huge infections with Avast protected ones -- and the overhead is usually fairly low compared to others out there. And if you're using the home version, you really cannot beat the price or what you get for it!

Glad you (too) made reports to them. I have found them to be very responsive to user reports.

[sim]

You're not alone on this one.. I recommend (and, if they fix it by tomorrow, I will continue to) recommend Avast as one of the better virus scanners out there.

One of my "specialties" is to clean up pc's from virus infections. I've seen more virus on systems protected with norton (mcafee a not-so-distance 2nd) than any other ones.

Rarely do I see huge infections with Avast protected ones -- and the overhead is usually fairly low compared to others out there. And if you're using the home version, you really cannot beat the price or what you get for it!

Glad you (too) made reports to them. I have found them to be very responsive to user reports.

The added options pro offered was great but when I found home was keeping me just as safe and with the new update to windows seven I needed to keep it cheap as windows seven cost me 229.99 not sure why the 99p, I would just call it 230 and be done lol.

I used to be the AVG fan back in its day but soon as they changed there ways I moved to avast as I also liked the seeds you can download for offline systems and install them without some silly key.



Simple Sim

[jassing]

This was on my todo list but somehow forgot all about it.

Avast fixed the problem with a fairly big virus database update; all my false positives gone & all is well. They got the fix out fairly quickly...

you can google it or read more here:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1564958/avast-update-fixes-false-positives

According to reports, it was about a 5 hour window...
Here's Avast's blog entry on it:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=51647

I wasn't exposed to their 1st round; but this one had me bummed; and lots of calls from customers... but in the end, I stand firm, it's the best out there in the free price range; and very reasonable for the pro version. Still better than the crap from Symantec & mcafee (IMHO).

-j

[sim]

This was on my todo list but somehow forgot all about it.

Avast fixed the problem with a fairly big virus database update; all my false positives gone & all is well. They got the fix out fairly quickly...

you can google it or read more here:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1564958/avast-update-fixes-false-positives

According to reports, it was about a 5 hour window...
Here's Avast's blog entry on it:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=51647

I wasn't exposed to their 1st round; but this one had me bummed; and lots of calls from customers... but in the end, I stand firm, it's the best out there in the free price range; and very reasonable for the pro version. Still better than the crap from Symantec & mcafee (IMHO).

-j

I can say I also have my false reports fixed Avast lived up to there name once again.




Simple Sim

[mystica]

Hey I replaced annoying, resource-hogging antivirus products years ago ... with a much less intrusive, equally as effective, alternate system of a/v protection.
Here's what I do (no antivirus product necessary). And before you lot start the bashing :D, just let me say off the bat ... don't be tempted to compare what I'm talking about here, with trashy System-Restore products like Symantec's GoBack. Nor confuse it with Drive-Imaging software like Ghost or TrueImage. What I'm talking about here is of a different architecture altogether:

STEP-1: Buy yourself a decent reboot-to-restore software that write-protects the hard-drive at physical-sector level. It's a one-time expense (about US$40), a fraction of the price of ongoing a/v software, and then install it to your system-drive only. (Personally, I use something called, Drive-Vaccine)

STEP-2: Do a fresh install of Windows, making everything just how you like it, nice & pristeen. Then isolate, all your non-system files on your other HDDs or partitions. (ie. music, docs, apps, code, whatever).

STEP-3: Install a cheap password-protected drive-locking software and lock each of your HDDs or partitions down. (becomes a neccessary part of the process, to prevent viruses jumping from your write-protected system-drive to unprotected storage-drives where you keep your valuables).

Okay ...you're now free to surf the web in peace. Doesn't matter what nasties you get infected with during your session ... feel free to incur all manner of malware mayhem, and even the wrath of the most demonic virus-gods known to man. If your hard drive starts to break out in blisters, demanding a trip to the ICU, nothing to worry about ... (as Con-the-Fruiterer 'd say, Na-aah, dushn't matta! Cuppla dayz) ... all you have to do is hit reboot, then about 30 seconds later, you're back to the same pristeen, disinfected computing environment that you started with in STEP-2. There's not a virus in existence that can break this protection ... it's impervious, and a very different architectural concept to a/v software. Doesn't matter if you get hacked to pieces while online, 'cause all your valuables are safely locked down on your other HDDs, and the system-drive slate gets wiped clean on reboot. With your protection switched on, nothing actually gets written to your system-HDD ... it's just a marvellous imitation of it.

I've been using this little gem of a system for well over 3 years now, and barring one occasion, I've never had to do a re-install, not once. (And believe me, I go to some pretty dark corners of the deep web on a regular basis). In this time, have never even had to do one of those annoying reinstalls, that seem to become necessary after the registry becomes so clogged, choken & broken after time has made its mark on your once was pristeen, Windows installation. The only exception to this was once ... when I got lazy and couldn't be bothered turning Drive-Vaccine back on, after making some configuration changes.

Now, I guess it all depends on your actual computing habits, as to whether this system suits ... but for me, it's been like a cure to cancer. And no, I'm not a sales-rep for Drive-Vaccine (and just to prove it, I also recommend another Reboot-to-Restore software that cuts the mustard ... which is, Deep-Freeze)

I reckon the key to making these softwares work as a successful alternative to a/v software, is in how you go about syncing their protection with your other non write-protected HDDs, so that you can effeciently save all your newly-written files without them getting wiped on a reboot. Anyway, here's a screencap that explains how Drive-Vaccine works, for anyone who's interested:


http://lolfwd.com/?zb

[sim]

I have used this system layout backin ex with Deep-Freeze I never had anything to password the drives but deepfreeze locks down the drive downfall i had after about 28 hrs of hammering the system would want to be restarted to just clean the drive of all the unsaved status.

What software would you say is good for step 3 ? nice How Two on the No AV thing but one thing i did do at time was keep AVG at the time just to make sure files i downloaded was safe for others. and i would still have avast with a new setup as a AV still usefull.

And do you have a unlocked drive aka dump drive for game saves and download files you don't want to lose

Old setup was

-WinXP Pro Deep-Freeze Ent 6 locked
-Documents Unlocked
-Documents backup Locked
Dump Drive Never locked

NTFS USB Restore software drive locked with seed genrated codes only so there was never a pass it was one time codes for that one app.



Simple Sim

[mystica]

Well first up, try Drive-Vaccine instead ... it's well worth the $40. Deep-Freeze is a very good product, but Drive-Vaccine is better. Have been using version-6.0 for over three years, and never a single problem with it. It's currently at version-9.0, so will probably be even better.




I never had anything to password the drives but deepfreeze locks down the drive

DeepFreeze doesn't lock your drive, it write-protects it ... same with D-V. Password-Locking of all storage drives is necessary to stop some aggressive viruses which can jump system-partitions and even hard-drives themselves. So you use a cheap drive-locking software on all storage-drives, to stop this. Apply DeepFreeze or D-V only to the Windows Drive, other storage drives are just locked with the cheapy program. It's critical though, that when surfing the web, or when bringing new files home on USB, that you keep the storage-drives locked, so they don't get infected. That way, if your Windows drive gets infected during a session, it's not a problem, 'cause you just reboot, and then you're clean. If you wanna save files from the Windows Drive to a storage drive, save 'em to USB-stick first, and once you know the files are clean, disconnect from the web, and then & only then, unlock your storage-drives to copy them over.

So:
Windows Drive = Drive Vaccine or DeepFreeze (to write-protect the system-drive)
Storage Drives = Drive-locking software only (to protect them from virus-transfer)




What software would you say is good for step 3

I use, FileLock v6.1.4 ($29) http://toplang.com/filelock.htm ... but it doesn't really matter as long as it locks the drive, via password-input. There are plenty of these kinds of programs around ... just google for 'em. I'm sure there are a few decent freeware ones around. NB. Change the password every week or so to protect against keyloggers you might have picked up during an online session. You'd have to be very unlucky to get punked by a remote source in the time between.




Old setup was

-WinXP Pro Deep-Freeze Ent 6 locked
-Documents Unlocked
-Documents backup Locked
Dump Drive Never locked


Far out, man! Profile of a professional victim, yeh? ... No good! :eek:

Documents Unlocked = infection via web or autorun-virus when you plug in an infected stick. Keep your Docs on a storage-drive, that's locked when you're online. Hope there was nothing sensitive in those Docs! (lol)
Dump Drive Never locked = disaster. A single autorun-virus from an infected-stick probably wiped out your entire archive, yeh?

Hope nothing valuable was on those drives! Not to mention what's coming down the pipe, off the web. Say goodbye to your banking-details, credit-card numbers sucked up by trojan-droppers ... and Boris Barisitacroff in Russia is probably reading all your emails because he has all your passwords which he hoovered up with a keylogger that your browser pulled down from his website. Not to mention the fact, he's probably already sold your identity to the Sicilian mob in Brighton Beach, a dozen times over. :D

So, you see ... for this to work, you have to keep all storage-drives locked at all times. Only unlock them when offline, and after DeepFreeze or D-V has had a chance to clean up your sytem-drive via a reboot.


My configuration is like this:
C:\ (60GB SystemDrive - WinXP) Drive-Vaccine write-protecting it
D:\ (60GB StorageDrive - Data Archive) Password-Locked via FileLock6
E:\ (80GB StorageDrive - Backup Drive) Password-Locked via FileLock6
H:\ (80GB StorageDrive - Software & Music Archive) Password-Locked via FileLock6
I:\ (16GB Removeable USB Stick - for Transfer of clean files to Storage Drives) No need to lock.

PS.

Old setup was

-WinXP Pro Deep-Freeze Ent 6 locked

No need for the Enterpise version ... this version more suited to commercial environments, like internet-cafes. The standard version is all you need.

[sim]

Well first up, try Drive-Vaccine instead ... it's well worth the $40. Deep-Freeze is a very good product, but Drive-Vaccine is better. Have been using version-6.0 for over three years, and never a single problem with it. It's currently at version-9.0, so will probably be even better.





DeepFreeze doesn't lock your drive, it write-protects it ... same with D-V. Password-Locking of all storage drives is necessary to stop some aggressive viruses which can jump system-partitions and even hard-drives themselves. So you use a cheap drive-locking software on all storage-drives, to stop this. Apply DeepFreeze or D-V only to the Windows Drive, other storage drives are just locked with the cheapy program. It's critical though, that when surfing the web, or when bringing new files home on USB, that you keep the storage-drives locked, so they don't get infected. That way, if your Windows drive gets infected during a session, it's not a problem, 'cause you just reboot, and then you're clean. If you wanna save files from the Windows Drive to a storage drive, save 'em to USB-stick first, and once you know the files are clean, disconnect from the web, and then & only then, unlock your storage-drives to copy them over.

So:
Windows Drive = Drive Vaccine or DeepFreeze (to write-protect the system-drive)
Storage Drives = Drive-locking software only (to protect them from virus-transfer)





I use, FileLock v6.1.4 ($29) http://toplang.com/filelock.htm ... but it doesn't really matter as long as it locks the drive, via password-input. There are plenty of these kinds of programs around ... just google for 'em. I'm sure there are a few decent freeware ones around. NB. Change the password every week or so to protect against keyloggers you might have picked up during an online session. You'd have to be very unlucky to get punked by a remote source in the time between.





Far out, man! Profile of a professional victim, yeh? ... No good! :eek:

Documents Unlocked = infection via web or autorun-virus when you plug in an infected stick. Keep your Docs on a storage-drive, that's locked when you're online. Hope there was nothing sensitive in those Docs! (lol)
Dump Drive Never locked = disaster. A single autorun-virus from an infected-stick probably wiped out your entire archive, yeh?

Hope nothing valuable was on those drives! Not to mention what's coming down the pipe, off the web. Say goodbye to your banking-details, credit-card numbers sucked up by trojan-droppers ... and Boris Barisitacroff in Russia is probably reading all your emails because he has all your passwords which he hoovered up with a keylogger that your browser pulled down from his website. Not to mention the fact, he's probably already sold your identity to the Sicilian mob in Brighton Beach, a dozen times over. :D

So, you see ... for this to work, you have to keep all storage-drives locked at all times. Only unlock them when offline, and after DeepFreeze or D-V has had a chance to clean up your sytem-drive via a reboot.


My configuration is like this:
C:\ (60GB SystemDrive - WinXP) Drive-Vaccine write-protecting it
D:\ (60GB StorageDrive - Data Archive) Password-Locked via FileLock6
E:\ (80GB StorageDrive - Backup Drive) Password-Locked via FileLock6
H:\ (80GB StorageDrive - Software & Music Archive) Password-Locked via FileLock6
I:\ (16GB Removeable USB Stick - for Transfer of clean files to Storage Drives) No need to lock.

PS.


No need for the Enterpise version ... this version more suited to commercial environments, like internet-cafes. The standard version is all you need.

I worked for a cyber caffee that got me a copy and they got me the ent so I was not going to cry about the version I was using lol.

Deepfreeze never let one virise in once but later I will give this post another read build a demo pc up as I have one waiting for me and I will test your set up and I will see how it differs.

I had a bit checker on the unfrozen drive that would request me to comfarm any data copying that would be checked with AVG before moving from download folder that was on he frozen drive the only problem was power cut
once deleted my downloads lol.


But our setups was not far off I thought I was mad doing that way as no one else did and getting a new windows 7 laptop I just left it how it was.


Simple Sim