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Old 04-19-2008   #1 (permalink)
Gui..


 
 

avast antivirus..help me!!!

hi u guys!!

huuhh first of all my windows isnt vista,is't XP,but i didnt find the right
community for it so i decided to post here..if somebody knows,please answer
me,it's important for me and my pc...READ IT I IMPLORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
today i was seeing some photos on google images..everyone know that on
google the images are little,then we gotta click the photos to enlarge them...
well i clicked one and as usual,under the image that appears,there's the
site where it came from..when the page loaded,the following message appeared:
"welcome to..." (i forgot the name of the site)
so i just clicked ok...right after,avast antivirus found a virus...and on
the message shown was telling me to desconnect...well i clicked 'desconnect'
and then i closed the web page....i ran the antivirus on my pc and avast
found no more viruses,but i don't know if the virus is outta my pc..
what does the command 'desconnect' mean on the avast message???


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Old 04-19-2008   #2 (permalink)
Rick Rogers


 
 

Re: avast antivirus..help me!!!

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsxp.general

But regardless of the group, you will need to clean up your description of
the problem if you want a good response.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Gui.." <Gui@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> hi u guys!!
>
> huuhh first of all my windows isnt vista,is't XP,but i didnt find the
> right
> community for it so i decided to post here..if somebody knows,please
> answer
> me,it's important for me and my pc...READ IT I IMPLORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> today i was seeing some photos on google images..everyone know that on
> google the images are little,then we gotta click the photos to enlarge
> them...
> well i clicked one and as usual,under the image that appears,there's the
> site where it came from..when the page loaded,the following message
> appeared:
> "welcome to..." (i forgot the name of the site)
> so i just clicked ok...right after,avast antivirus found a virus...and on
> the message shown was telling me to desconnect...well i clicked
> 'desconnect'
> and then i closed the web page....i ran the antivirus on my pc and avast
> found no more viruses,but i don't know if the virus is outta my pc..
> what does the command 'desconnect' mean on the avast message???
>
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Old 04-25-2008   #3 (permalink)


Vista Home Basic 32bit
 
 

Re: avast antivirus..help me!!!

if i understand you correctly, did you mean "disconnect"?

i have avast! and when it detects a virus while browsing, it may instruct me to "disconnect" (actually, it probably uses the words "abort connection").

hope this helps.
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Old 04-25-2008   #4 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x32
 
 

Re: avast antivirus..help me!!!

avast protected you by the order of desconect so that the site trying to violate into your pc was blocked.
thats o.k. now you know that site its a trap for all meanings.
Keep the VRDB of Avast funcional. Activate it for a complete reading once in a while and deactivate it when done. It protects virus data base of avast, so thus preventing a virus of destroying the anti-virus and acess your system. May you consider having also Spyware Doctor program installed toghether with avast, one kisses the other in good harmony, getting you high in net surfing safe.
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Old 04-26-2008   #5 (permalink)
Lester Stiefel


 
 

Re: avast antivirus..help me!!!

ribeiro wrote:
Quote:

> avast protected you by the order of desconect so that the site trying to
> violate into your pc was blocked.
> thats o.k. now you know that site its a trap for all meanings.
> Keep the VRDB of Avast funcional. Activate it for a complete reading
> once in a while and deactivate it when done. It protects virus data base
> of avast, so thus preventing a virus of destroying the anti-virus and
> acess your system. May you consider having also Spyware Doctor program
> installed toghether with avast, one kisses the other in good harmony,
> getting you high in net surfing safe.
>
>
I had a similar issue trying out Panda Softwares
'ActiveScan' - AVAST does not ilk to have any additional
/other AV software installed as yet (detects it as possible
Virus). I'm trying to resolve this with them, but do not
know if there will be a solution.

Thank you - Lester
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Old 04-26-2008   #6 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x32
 
 

Re: avast antivirus..help me!!!

Hi Lester,

I do run avast pro, v.4.8 and Spyware Doctor v.5.5.0.212 whithout its anti-virús, they work very well toghether and never gave me problems. Work well over XPīs and Vistaīs. Its a nice duet and i pratice them to all the clients i get. Mostly private users and small companies without networks, just running single pcīs. For bigger enterprises thatīs another history.
I donīt like Panda, i had an issue with them when they firstly came to the market, wasted money with the products and after i didnīt get any support but a sort of joke between Portugal and Spain phone calls, well. a month ago i was called to clean a butch of Trojans, keyloggers, in a office where they had Panda freshly running and Panda didnīt protect them nothing at all, it was atacked first by this viroses and then they went for the system. Avast as this VRDB wich seals its virus data base thus preventing being afected and also garanties the true removal of virus. Nobody "feels" the presence of this Avast working permanently over the system, its good and its light. Spyware Doctor just also complements the rest of the protection on its own and kills anything that its ready to kill. Many others detect threats but donīt remove them.
Panda itīs another heavy duty anti-virús that takes more out of the pc then the user itself, like Symantec, McAfee, etc.
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Old 04-27-2008   #7 (permalink)
tashfeen


 
 

Re: avast antivirus..help me!!!

1. I think the webpage that you opened had malware, which Avast tried
to protect you from. You ought to check your computer for spyware,
etc; read this: http://techqi.blogspot.com/2008/01/m...re-part-1.html.

2. As much as it's loved, Avast doesn't have the best real-time
scanner out there (here's my experience:
http://avscan.blogspot.com/2008/01/a...on-review.html).
You might want to grab a different antivirus; check out http://avscan.blogspot.com.

3. Are you using a good firewall? XP's firewall is far from perfect,
so you definitely need something. I suggest ZoneAlarm (http://
techqi.blogspot.com/2008/01/miscellaneous-security-software-
part-2.html).

Good luck!
----
tashfeen
http://techqi.blogspot.com
http://avscan.blogspot.com
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