On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:47:51 -0400, Mark Warner
 wrote:

>On 7/16/2014 3:19 PM, FromTheRafters wrote:
>> 
>> Some of these rogue's have enlisted traffic diverters (redirecting 
>> services) that send to landing pages which load JS that detects which OS 
>> and which AV one is using so that the 'come on' looks right to the user.
>
>Ayup. Seen those. They're pretty impressive.
>
>> Some don't, and you end up with an unfamiliar AV/AM program pop-up  
>> dialog framed in XP looking windows on Windows 7. Not convincing to the 
>> discerning eye, but surprisingly effective anyway.
>
>The home users I support are extraordinarily naive, to put it kindly. 
>Most will click on anything; others are so paranoid they won't do 
>*anything*, like install Adobe updates or run scans when alerted. In 
>either case, my chronic repeat infection people will end up with the pro 
>version of MBAM along with their AV, or on occasion they'll get moved to 
>Linux. Either way, that's usually the last I hear from them, at least 
>concerning malware.
>
>> This particular scenario sounded to me like one of those "fluff" extra 
>> features going awry, but I am unfamiliar with Avast!'s extra stuff.
>
>I'm not as familiar with Avast as many (it's not my AV of choice on the 
>machines I support). I've installed it on a handful of machines recently 
>after XP went EoL and MSE no longer installs. I do not install/enable 
>all the extra Shield nonsense -- just the base resident AV. OTOH, my 
>very tech savvy wife uses it on her machines and is quite happy with it. 
>If there were widespread problems with any recent updates that effected 
>her, I would know about it.

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