Avast has no rating for GON

[Lurk]

Isn't that a bit of a silly way to see if a site is trustworthy?

If I was inclined that way, I'd probably target highly rated trusted websites to make them malicious, as people might be inclined to disregard any warnings they get as it's a trusted website.

If I thought like a jerk I'd think that anyway >.>

That was my thought as well, no reason you couldn't target 'trusted' sites for infection when there's no actual way for avast to monitor the site outside of voting. Not to mention that scammers could upvote their own sites.

I dunno. You could not test trustworthiness but you can test "is this site reported as dishing out malware" by hooking into some central group like ISC - but most people won't care about this. The ones that do will already be looking there anyway.

[wayne19540]

this place is far from trustworthy, ur_noobie roams here

its not my fault, I can't help it

^^^^ Thats funny he was just saying the other day the same thing about you so I dont no why he is crying for...

Who has a rating on Avast to see if thats trustworthy.

[Wyld]

The more important question is, why the hell are you using Avast?

[Matty]

The more important question is, why the hell are you using Avast?

Hahhaaa!

[wayne19540]

The more important question is, why the hell are you using Avast?

^^^^ Yes I agree with Wyld on this why do people need Avast....

[Drakand]

what is avast?

[Jez]

what is avast?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=avast

[Drakand]

figured i would ask here because i often get an informative reply with some pointers about pros and cons...thread here seems fairly clearly indicating some cons.

so it is anti-virus software....cool....

[Mekon]

The more important question is, why the hell are you using Avast?

As opposed to? Been using Avast for years, both at home and work and regularly recommend it to clients as an alternative to ongoing problems they have with Norton/McAfee.

Seems to be the one A/V that gives us the least amount of support problems in our software releases.

[Lurk]

I use MSE on Windows 7.

[Chucky]

I use MSE on Windows 7.

QFT

[Mekon]

I have a logical disconnect with running an a/v solution produced by the same company who developed the OS which suffers from security flaws that a/v products are trying to protect against. Seems a little... perverse.

[wayne19540]

The more important question is, why the hell are you using Avast?

As opposed to? Been using Avast for years, both at home and work and regularly recommend it to clients as an alternative to ongoing problems they have with Norton/McAfee.

Seems to be the one A/V that gives us the least amount of support problems in our software releases.

I have McAfee Mekon and don't have a problem with it; I did with Norton.
And all I have heard about Avast is nothing good;
But you say that you having recommend it to your clients as for I don't recommend things I just say I don't have a problem with it myself but its up too you if you wish to have it.

[Curlew]

I use Avast and have no problem with it. Been using it for years. On multiple occasions I've had qualified and I thought, knowledgeable, IT friends bag it to hell and recommend among others, Kapersky, Norton etc and I've then gone and tried many of them. Each and every time I do within a month or so, my computer is running crappy and doing weird things. So, I reinstall Avast! it finds the infection the others missed and I curse my so called expert mates for wasting my time and money.

And as family/friends tech support, I recommend it to them and have had no complaints.