Buffalo wrote on 7/16/2014 :
> "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.  :)

Looks like quite a mess for them. Ths sort of thing happens from time 
to time, could be any vendor not just Avast! - sucks to be them right 
now though I bet.


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