The Little Guy Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 I have the newest version of Avast Antivirus, and my windows (vista) says that It can not find any antivirus software, anyone know of any reasons why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Avast doesn't register itself as an Antivirus program with Vista? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 You'd be better off with Microsoft Security Essentials, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 From what I read, "Microsoft Security Essentials" isn't as good as Avast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 From what I read, "Microsoft Security Essentials" isn't as good as Avast. Everything I've read has said the opposite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 What anti-virus even really works anyways? All it takes is one stupid click with IE and viola. It is all trashed anyways (given the zero day exploits). You are better off just not downloading or running anything on your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventheyejosh Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Also, don't turn it on. Ever. It is much nicer as a paper-weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 It is all trashed anyways (given the zero day exploits). Some AV software employ various heuristics for detecting virus-like behavior. Besides, that argument is sort of like saying there is nothing wrong with eating rotten food just because there are other ways to get sick. Some protection is always better than no protection at all. The user just needs to know that he is not guaranteed security because he is running AV software, because it's impossible making any such guarantee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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