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It's slow, but excellent at catching 'packers' (compressed files) that contain harmful code that others miss. BitDefender is Active-X based and requires IE. I scan regularly with BitDefender Free On-Line Scanner and Trend MicroвЂ™s HouseCall - a UK based scanner that lets you scan with Java (Firefox). I use Avast (no slowdown here) as a resident AV shield. I have found that no single AV solution should be counted on for complete protection for some of the above reasons. It's hard for AV companies to keep up with this every growing and evolving sophistication (as malicious as it may be). These are the ones that effect most security conscious 'surfers'. These exploits haven't been 'patched' yet and definitions are hours or days away.

Essentially, this is an exploit (vulnerability) discovered on day 1 - often exposed by hackers and revealed by a new virus 'in the wild'. There is this thing refered to as zero-day exploits. Keep in mind that no AV solution scores 100% everytime (as I recall). if you don't visit malicious sites (porn, etc), then you would probably be ok.

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Doesn't mean the program is junk, just that they may have been 'slow' to update that testing period. I recall that frequently a program will 'fail' (must catch all) because the tests were ran just hours before the definitions and patches/updates were issued. These 'groups' test current popular AV Programs using the lastest know threats (not old, known viruses). 2006, I believe.ДЄnother decent source of 3rd party data is: Virus Bulletin - you have to register here too, I believe. This used to be open access, but now (I believe), you have to register (free) to view the lastest reports/comparatives. One of the principal sites is AV Compararatives. That said, there are organizations that test the 'current effectiveness' of programs and publish this data.

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I've seem pro and con debates on almost every major AV/malware program. It always seems that what works well for one, may be less than effective for another. Normally, it's difficult to jump into these 'which is best' debates on security software. Sometimes free, SUCKS! Have a great day Russell! You may go from feeling safe with Avast to instant alarm at what you discover, just to be on the safe side I did a drive wipe and OP/SYS reinstall because part of the embedded virus that couldn't be repaired or deleted was in Windows System. I suggest to be on the safe side to run an independent scan of something like F-Prot to find out, if theres any virus on your machine that Avast doesn't even know is there, you may be surprised at the result. I don't want virus protection on my machines that cannot know when the machine is actually infected and tell me its clean when its not, I just wonder how many Avast users are infected with the same type virus and don't even know it. I deleted the Adaware blocking key and it started funtioning again, and then deleted the Avast key along with uninstalling Avast period for allowing the installation of the blocking keys.

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I knew something wasn't right about the machine and traced its root back to 2 embedded registry program disabling keys, and found that through RegistryScrub XPs manual control search feature. I stopped using Avast but not for the internet speed, I stopped using it after discovering it was giving me a clean bill of health, while I was actually infected with a virus that blocked Avast and Adaware from doing their jobs.ДЄll the time I thought I was protected and Avast was constantly running, I wasn't!, so if virus protection gives you a clean bill of health and you're infected with a virus, what good is the virus protection?ДЇ-Prot and NAV both discovered the resident virus but one part of the virus was imbedded too deeply in Windows to repair, but at least both of those virus programs found the virus.

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