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[Nate]

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So I emailed Avast! and the next day there was a virus database update. All cleared up, but still funny.

[Russ]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. That's hilarious! "There's no reason to panic though."

[Nate]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. That's hilarious! "There's no reason to panic though."

Exactly. There's no reason to panic though, because....

FALSE POSITIVE!

Hehe. Lithium showed me something even worse once.

I think a firewall software of his asked him if he really wanted Internet Explorer to access the Internet. That gave me a good laugh.

Of course, that's not meant to offend IE users, just the concept was funny.

[sigtau]

That was probably ZoneAlarm. It asks FIREFOX if it's supposed to access the internet, but you know, it's security, right? I mean, it's not a bad thing to feel secure.

[Nate]

That was probably ZoneAlarm. It asks FIREFOX if it's supposed to access the internet, but you know, it's security, right? I mean, it's not a bad thing to feel secure.

That's just plain out too secure.

It reminds me of a Mac commercial where the PC guy kept getting asked if things should be permitted.

Edit: In fact, here it is:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=VuqZ8AqmLPY

Edited by Nate, 04 August 2008 - 09:56 PM.

[Neppy]

Hilarious! Silly security! ^_^ Thanks for reminding me about getting Avast! I keep on forgetting to download it! @_@

[Nate]

Hilarious! Silly security! ^_^ Thanks for reminding me about getting Avast! I keep on forgetting to download it! @_@

I guess I'd rather see a false positive every now and then to know it actually checks for viruses, haha.

[Nicholas Steel]

Thats not too secure, imagine if you will, a User who only has Internet Explorer installed, accidentally aquires a virus that masks itself as Firefox. If the virus scanner prompts the user about it, then the user can easily tell something is wrong since they don't have firefox, otherwise the virus would live without detection.

I would like to be told of anything that accesses the internet, by default.

Edited by franpa, 07 August 2008 - 01:31 AM.

[Neppy]

I guess I'd rather see a false positive every now and then to know it actually checks for viruses, haha.

Exactly right. I would rather have my be over protective, then under protective, that way I know it's working, instead of slacking off letting crap in to destroy my computer.

[The Satellite]

Heh, probably thought the X had something to do with porn.

Though I gotta say: The name "Avast!" is freakin' awesome for a virus protection service.

[Lune]

Lol, I thought it was a joke. "There is no reason to panic, though."

[Nate]

Nope, haha. Not a joke.

[sigtau]

Yeah, while browsing on some ROM sites using Firefox (?!) a trojan tried to inject itself onto my hard drive but Avast stopped it from wreaking havoc before it was allowed to run.

At least it's doing its job.

[Fabbrizio]

Funny, but at the same time, logical. I mean, look at how many browsers can get information from your Gmail account to automatically fill in fields in web forms.


If firefox wasn't such a trusted and well known browser, people might actually uninstall it for that.

[Nate]

Funny, but at the same time, logical. I mean, look at how many browsers can get information from your Gmail account to automatically fill in fields in web forms.
If firefox wasn't such a trusted and well known browser, people might actually uninstall it for that.

The Internet keeps getting scarier

In 5 years, it'll be to the point where your computer can fill out forms saying when you usually shower, or go to sleep. D: