![]() I also ran the latest version of Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool. I did a full system scan with Avast 6 as well (just to be sure): and still nothing was found. After finding what I was looking for: I did a full boot-time scan (with all setting on "high") with Avast 6 and it found nothing (no problems at all). Now this is concerning (and hopefully useful to others):įor ONCE in my life I had to try and find some software for somebody and DID INDEED have to browse sites of a "dubious" nature. Be that as it may though: given that I really hardly ever browse sites that are of a "dubious" nature and really only access sites that are familiar to me would you (somebody, anybody) say that Avast 6 is still "good to go"? I cannot say the same (in my experience anyway) for Avast 7 and Avast 8 unfortunately. Anyway and I really don't mean to be "rude" here: but it really appears to me as though Avast has somehow "dropped the ball" since Avast 6. YES: there are "fixes" and "workarounds" on these and the support forums but why should this be necessary (yeh I know: one COULD say the same for Microsoft too let's face it). having to do all sorts of things MANUALLY to get the Ad Blocker installed and working in Google Chrome and Firefox, it NOT working in IE8 at all (I'm running Windows XP SP 3 by the way), the Avast 8 user interface informing me (in "Browser Integration") that some of the modules were NOT installed and yet I could clearly see that they WERE installed in each browser (and visa versa). This week I thought I'd "take the plunge" and give Avast 8 a try. My main query is this: is Avast 6 still fully functional insofar as virus detection and removal is concerned (I'm more concerned about viruses contained in email attachments and files than I am with viruses that come from web pages and pop-up ads etc.)? I mean to say: the virus definitions are still being updated for Avast 6 so where's the problem (if any)? The reason I ask is this: at some point I downloaded Avast 7 and that was a total "mess" so reverted back to Avast 6. ![]() ![]() A question and a note and come comments from somebody who has used Avast 6 for a good few years now.
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