RCM hits a new low

You know what's even worse than trolls are those idiots who spam the name of their antivirus software in every message they post....

Jon

It can be turned off , but Avast! doesn't really want you to know that . I use it and it's turned off on my comp .

How do you turn it off? I never paid much attention to the spam but that's what it is. And since I paid for Avast I don't think it's my oblictaion to shill for them too. Thanks, Eric

Sorry it bugs you Jon. It bugs me too now that I think about it and I'm going to try to stop it. But it is not worse than trolls. Eric

This guy had a lot of time on his hands to build this contraption, ay? "There is a lot of activity but nothing is getting done, a lot like Congress". :>)}

Took me a while to find it ... open the user interface , click on the little gear thingy in the lower left corner . Next click on active protection , then the little gear thingy next to the "on" button . Click next on "behavior" and remove the check from the 3rd box down in "general" settings . That should do it !

protection is active.

protection is active.

Plonk "spambuster" while you're at it.

Well, lets see...

And -- it is totally useless as reassurance, as a virus could easily forge that message while it is infecting things. :-)

A "free from viruses" message from a virus checker which is local to your machine may be meaningful -- one put on at the sending end is too easy to forge -- anywhere along the chain. For that matter, it may get infected after it leaves the machine which put on the "free from viruses" message. :-)

Enjoy, DoN.

And not only that, but "Free from viruses" really only means "free from viruses that Avast is configured to detect." It is an often overlooked fact that the good guys can only stay one step _behind_ the bad guys.

Thanks Terry. Now this message should not contain any spam from Avast. Cheers, Eric

As is often the case, you get what you pay for.

I like Vipre best.

You're welcome . Now maybe , just maybe , some others that post here frequently will follow suit ...

But unless they are the ones producing the viruses, they can't fix 'em before they see 'em. Thus, they are always at least a step behind.