Questionable biz practices by security software makers

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Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and
SpyNoMore expire.
In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it
was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off
like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it
had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had
found?

It found my SpyNoMore.

1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring
manual scans only.
2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"
find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore
seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the
AVAST is watching out for my best interests.

Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?
 
On Jun 20, 3:59 pm, apistomaster <apistomas...@clearwire.net> wrote:
> Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and
> SpyNoMore expire.
> In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it
> was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off
> like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it
> had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had
> found?
>
> It found my SpyNoMore.
>
> 1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring
> manual scans only.
> 2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"
> find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore
> seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the
> AVAST is watching out for my best interests.
>
> Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?

If you were to do a search on the Internet, you will find that
Spynomore was previously listed on as a rogue (a spyware category)
program. Unfortunately, the detection routine for other anti-virus /
anti-spyware can be "flawed."
 
"apistomaster" <apistomaster@clearwire.net> wrote in message
news:7b99933d-c287-4c23-be10-b78b111f6aa8@p25g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and
> SpyNoMore expire.
> In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it
> was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off
> like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it
> had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had
> found?
>
> It found my SpyNoMore.
>
> 1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring
> manual scans only.
> 2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"
> find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore
> seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the
> AVAST is watching out for my best interests.
>
> Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?

Forget AVAST and get the free AVG.
 
some fyi's:

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/antivirus.mspx

http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?form=MSHOME&setlang=en-us&q=antivirus&mkt=en-us

ps: i would not recommend
nav.
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"apistomaster" <apistomaster@clearwire.net> wrote in message
news:7b99933d-c287-4c23-be10-b78b111f6aa8@p25g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and
> SpyNoMore expire.
> In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it
> was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off
> like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it
> had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had
> found?
>
> It found my SpyNoMore.
>
> 1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring
> manual scans only.
> 2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"
> find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore
> seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the
> AVAST is watching out for my best interests.
>
> Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?
 
That's just a coincidental false-positive. I've used Avast for a couple of
years now and it has saved me twice from potential infections. My system has
never been infected. While it's true that I use safe browsing habits I can't
say the same for my wife and 4 kids. Never heard of SpyNoMore.

Spidey

"apistomaster" <apistomaster@clearwire.net> wrote in message
news:7b99933d-c287-4c23-be10-b78b111f6aa8@p25g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> Within the next week, my subscriptions to AVAST Home Edition and
> SpyNoMore expire.
> In the entire past year AVAST has never detected a virus...until it
> was set to expire. Then my Laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1505, went off
> like a a 4TH of July fireworks display and triumphantly declared it
> had found malware/virus? What was the dire warning declaring it had
> found?
>
> It found my SpyNoMore.
>
> 1. I thought this version of AVAST was a passive system requiring
> manual scans only.
> 2. SpyNoMore is pretty widely used and to have AVAST "coincidentally"
> find it's first "Virus" in a year and identifying it as SpyNoMore
> seems a rather unsophisticated attempt to emphasize how diligent the
> AVAST is watching out for my best interests.
>
> Does it strike anyone else that this scenario is more than a bit odd?
 
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