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    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Crimsonman, Dec 7, 2007.

  1. Crimsonman

    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    AVG free edition never finds anything at all. Im perfectly safe.

    Does AVG free edition find virus' for anyone else?
     
    Crimsonman, Dec 7, 2007
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  2. ejl

    ejl fudge

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    well, you could test your system >.>
     
    ejl, Dec 7, 2007
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  3. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Umm, if you don't have any viruses, it won't find anything. Do you really want a virus to find?

    I mean, do you say a doctor is bad because every time you go take a cancer test it comes back as negative?
     
    adinu, Dec 7, 2007
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  4. Crimsonman

    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    Well, i did. I ran one (actally quite a few) of those scans and... nothin at all.

    yes adinu, you prove a point, but what im saying is, will it find one if i do have one?
     
    Crimsonman, Dec 7, 2007
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  5. The Forerunner

    The Forerunner Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah it does. Once I got a known trojan and it found it and problem fixed.
     
    The Forerunner, Dec 7, 2007
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  6. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    AVG is a great and well respected anti-virus, so yes it will find one if you have it. Just be glad that every time you finish a scan, there is nothing found.

    If you really wanna test this, go download some harmless trojan from the internet and see if it sees it. There are many websites that can test your AV's capabilities with harmless viruses.
     
    adinu, Dec 8, 2007
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  7. Crimsonman

    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    I could... but I wont, I trust the forerunner. :)
     
    Crimsonman, Dec 8, 2007
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  8. The Forerunner

    The Forerunner Notebook Virtuoso

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    Suprisingly enough avast didn't find it. Even with a thorough scan. Hell even windows defender caught it. Avast let me down big time.
     
    The Forerunner, Dec 8, 2007
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  9. thnksfrthmmrs

    thnksfrthmmrs Notebook Evangelist

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    You have to put some trust into AVG just like you trust a doctor. Just cause it's free doesn't mean that it can't find viruses. If you really do need a second opinion you should try an online scanner like Trend Micro HouseCall.
     
    thnksfrthmmrs, Dec 8, 2007
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  10. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    After being a vigilante against viruses and spyware for years, I've got to say that I've never actually got one. I'm pretty confident now-a-days that I could easily surf away with only a firewall.

    User common-sense trumps all viruses.
     
    Lithus, Dec 8, 2007
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  11. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Here you go, Download any of the files in the link below

    http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm

    Virus found. Don't panic. This is just a test file.
     
    coolguy, Dec 8, 2007
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  12. vaio2k7

    vaio2k7 Notebook Evangelist

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    AVG Antivirus found a virus once for me, when I was watching a live stream. Immediately upon clicking the channel, AVG popped up showing the threat.

    AVG Antispyware periodically identifies tracking cookies, usually medium threat...just option to delete upon completion of the scan.
     
    vaio2k7, Dec 8, 2007
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  13. Padmé

    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    AVG has found a couple trojans for me and took care of them.
     
    Padmé, Dec 8, 2007
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  14. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    I uninstall-ed AVG quite a while ago because it's never done anything for me.
     
    Gintoki, Dec 8, 2007
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  15. eyecon82

    eyecon82 Notebook Deity

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    I have also had avg detect a few trojans from the past few years I have been using it
     
    eyecon82, Dec 8, 2007
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  16. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

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    Shouldn't you be thankful you actually don't have a virus? ;)

    Anyway, my AVG cleaned up a friend's USB flash drive. All 139 infections :eek:

    Is AVG better than Avast? Because I use AVG on my older desktop and Avast on my laptop...
     
    scythie, Dec 8, 2007
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  17. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    AVG found a virus in a file a friend gave me. But he did warn be that the file might be infected - he had found a virus in a copy of the file. I scanned it with ClamWinPortable, a portable virus program, and it didn't detect anything, but AVG did.
     
    pixelot, Dec 8, 2007
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  18. John B

    John B Notebook Prophet

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    If it detects the file then the real-time(or on-demand) protection is OK and you don't have to worry.
     
    John B, Dec 8, 2007
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  19. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

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    Oh yeah, forgot about the ClamWin part. I actually scanned my friend's USB drive using ClamWin, but it was AVG that was detecting [a window that pops out whenever ClamWin goes through an infected file] and healing the files. So basically ClamWin did the scan while AVG did the healing part lol.

    I tried scanning the flash drive with AVG [right click then Scan with AVG Free] and it detects the viruses, but there's no option to heal them all. I only got to heal them when it was ClamWin doing the scan. And it was painful. Healing files one at a time as ClamWin was scanning through the flash drive. Really weird.
     
    scythie, Dec 8, 2007
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