"Mark Warner"  wrote in message news:lq6ksq$ma2$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>
>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.
>

Look here for some interesting facts in the Avast forum about letting the 
Avast Browser CleanUp program remove browser add-ons.
Seems like my sister is not alone.
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=151506.0
Any more info or suggestions would be appreciated.
Hey, Dustin, you said you use that Avast function since you don't use MBAM 
to do it. Any problems?
Thanks to all.  :)

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