Interesting. But I have experienced none of that with Avast. But then
I've never heard of the VBS-Solow virus. I gave up on Symantec years
ago but I think they're still the best source of virus info. See:
<http://www.symantec.com/security_response/threatexplorer/azlisting.jsp?azid=V>
and scroll down to VBS.Solow
Symantec identifies 6 different flavors of the worm VBS.Solow (B, C, D,
E, F, G) All are considered low threat and not widely spread. All are
classed as easily contained and easily removed. All have technical
details and complete removal instructions. Click on the appropriate links.
Chuck Norcutt
khen lim wrote:
> The antivirus market has gone a little insane lately. Now that market
> attention is no longer hogged by Norton and McAfee, there are some newcomers
> that have come in from the cold. I think discussions on antivirus in this
> list aren't new; so you'll expect to hear pretty much the same
> recommendations on AVG, Avast and now there's also Avira. Never heard of it?
> Count me in! We had an IT trade fair this weekend and it was virtually a
> Kaspersky versus Avira war going on there and both offer very cheap
> solutions for security including Internet protection. Of course that's a
> broad definition and coverage!
> My opinion on all these is that one day, product A will be king. Another
> day, product B will be better. The next day no one would have heard of
> product C but it is the best.
>
> I used to use AVG like Chuck but turned over to Avast. Got disillusioned
> with Avast because it couldn't detect and deal with the annoying VBS-Solow
> virus. I tried to find out as much as I could about this virus. I tried some
> ideas out but they never really worked. Other ideas were too cryptic and I'm
> not to game about going into the Registry and muck about.
>
> With Avast, it was like pulling out the weed but the root's still in the
> ground. And so everyday, Avast will continue to raise alert and then I find
> myself spending virtually forever deleting so-called malicious files. This
> can go on forever...until I decide to cripple it so that I can then do work
> in peace. In the end, I got fed up with the whole thing and recommissioned
> my whole ThinkPad. And then bought a 3-user licensed Avira pack from those
> pesky salespeople (in very short skirts and Japanese anime costumes) at the
> trade fair.
>
> Just my two cents worth anyway.
>
>
> K.
>
> 2009/8/16 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> I got tired of AVG's resource hungriness. I moved to Avast and am
>> happy. But it is very different. It works by analyzing only what's
>> used and on-the-fly, not by batch interrogation of the entire disk...
>> although it can do that too.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Don Holbrook wrote:
>>> Am finally moving up to XP. Could use latest advice on AVG, Avast,
>>> or something else? Tired of Norton & McAfee.
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