Originally posted by Mike.S:
it is 100x better then any other virus program i have seen. it has stopped toolbars from installing and browser hijacking. it has caught a trojan that was emailed to me from a friend that had infected his address book. my spyware programs have litterly nothing to catch anymore.
Mike, with all respect, but by telling people that it's 100x better than everything you've seen you're advising a tool that might give them a false sense of security.
I know, you're exaggerating, but from an older guy like you I didn't expect a teenager reaction.

Here's some test:

http://www.av-comparatives.org/seite...se_2005_02.php

For your information, Avast scores 11th place out of 13 scanners tested, not something what I would call a top score. And this was not even the free version.

So next time when you talk about things you don't understand, go to http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ and do some reading before people get infected because of your lack of experience. And as for your scanner catching all that crap on your computer; with all respect, but that says more about your inexperience as a user than the quality of the tool. I use Kaspersky which is considered one of the best (tests back that up) and I have never caught one single nasty one with this scanner, because I know what to avoid.

Btw, since we're talking about security now; here's a list of all kind of Anti-Spyware that turns out to be useless and trust me, there is a lot out there that falls into this category:

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_...e.htm#products