Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.

[Skyh3ck]

uninstalled Avast and installed Avira with latest update, now it is showing many viruses, most of them false positive, will see this for a week first

 

[rijinpk1]

uninstalled Avast and installed Avira with latest update, now it is showing many viruses, most of them false positive, will see this for a week first

how did you understand it as a false positive? what is the file name or is it the cr**ks detected as virus?

 

[Revolution]

Many people says Cr**ks detected as malware/trojan/virus are false positive.
Is it really true ?
How can anyone confirm it's really a harmful for your PC or not ???

 

[topgear]

only way is to get those from trusted sources .. read reviews before downloading one

 

[rijinpk1]

Re: Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.

Many people says Cr**ks detected as malware/trojan/virus are false positive.
Is it really true ?
How can anyone confirm it's really a harmful for your PC or not ???

not always. As Topgear said, trusted sources are the only way. Viruses spread in the name of cr**ks. Tey do their job fine but actually installs a hidden backdoor like trojans on the computer. better stay away from them.

read reviews before downloading one

he he

 

[Zangetsu]

Many people says Cr**ks detected as malware/trojan/virus are false positive.
Is it really true ?
How can anyone confirm it's really a harmful for your PC or not ???

it depends upon the hacker/cracker who created it

 

[Skyh3ck]

no it was not any cr**k file, it was one of my insurance software file

 

[topgear]

^^ macro virus ?? and if possible name of the insurance software and it's file extension / type.

 

[sumonpathak]

Anybody tried this?
*www.premiumav.in/?page_id=1443

Seems like a new entrant....

 

[topgear]

TBH : Never heard of this - may be I can try this on virtualbox but I need to get some infected files first

 

[Zangetsu]

most of the people don't experiment with Antivirus...including me.

 

[rijinpk1]

TBH : Never heard of this - may be I can try this on virtualbox but I need to get some infected files first

I have plenty in a CD ranging from least dangerous to most dangerous. If you need, ask me. I will gladly provide

 

[Zangetsu]

I have plenty in a CD ranging from least dangerous to most dangerous. If you need, ask me. I will gladly provide

this..i had mentioned in a thread about how some users keep a Library of viruses

 

[rijinpk1]

this..i had mentioned in a thread about how some users keep a Library of viruses

i dont keep it in my computer. Also i didn't get it for free either from internet. All of those are actually used for hacking specific things. most of them are sql based and some of them can keep the computer away from working without a full format by just copying it. no need to even execute.

 

[topgear]

OMG ! sounds too dangerous

On a second thought : you can share you experience after scanning the CD with premiumav but as it's a new AV it must be able to detect all those viruses/malwares so if I test I will get some files from torrents

 

[whitestar_999]

here is a hint for any "new AV".if it isn't on this list it is most likely garbage & even if on this list but don't take part in AV-C or AV test monthly tests like quickheal then again stay away from it:
*www.av-comparatives.org/av-vendors/

@rijinpk1,no virus/malware can infect PC without executing.even if user doesn't execute it something else will which will result in infection.kinda like those infected pdf files which could infect PC by simply opening the folder or clicking once on them if you have pdf preview enabled in adobe reader without ever double-clicking those pdf files.

 

[rijinpk1]

Re: Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.

@rijinpk1,no virus/malware can infect PC without executing.even if user doesn't execute it something else will which will result in infection.kinda like those infected pdf files which could infect PC by simply opening the folder or clicking once on them if you have pdf preview enabled in adobe reader without ever double-clicking those pdf files.

please check here it has something to say, not sure the genuinity though Virus information and help

Your computer can be infected even if files are just copied. Because some viruses are memory resident, as soon as a diskette or program is loaded into memory, the virus then attaches itself into memory and then is capable of infecting any file on the computer you have access to.

OMG ! sounds too dangerous

This was what i thought when my friend told about this

On a second thought : you can share you experience after scanning the CD with premiumav but as it's a new AV it must be able to detect all those viruses/malwares so if I test I will get some files from torrents

will try later. i need to download the set up from my college. My bandwidth in home is very limited. Is the premiumav offers offline install?I did not check the website.

 

[whitestar_999]

any program/file is loaded into memory if you have some kind of enable preview/similar feature enabled.e.g.if you have some pictures in a folder & you open it with thumbnail enabled then windows read data from those files to execute to display thumbnails hence the loading into memory.same is with single click on files which have some preview feature in the side bar(like in XP).in summary no file can load into memory by itself but needs support of another program/service.

 

[rijinpk1]

any program/file is loaded into memory if you have some kind of enable preview/similar feature enabled.e.g.if you have some pictures in a folder & you open it with thumbnail enabled then windows read data from those files to execute to display thumbnails hence the loading into memory.same is with single click on files which have some preview feature in the side bar(like in XP).in summary no file can load into memory by itself but needs support of another program/service.

it maybe the reason.What friend did is ,turnded on avast, copied all files from cd to hdd;some of the files got deleted. not all files are detected. Then he turned off avast, copied all files from cd to hdd, no files where deleted as avast is turned off. He shitted down his pc and try to turn on next day.he needed a full format of his hdd to get it to working.

 

[Zangetsu]

i remember we had a thread on checking AV is detecting a virus or not in that some code was given to put in txt file & scanning it
anybody remember?