#Avast blocking firefox popups update

I was a avid BBS user back in their day and started surfing the internet in 1992 on a dial-up UNIX shell. I have been using, building, repairing, computers since the early 80's. As I am typing this the Windows7 Sidebar is using more RAM and CPU time than Norton. Granted a decade ago it used a lot more, but things have changed and Norton has vastly improved since then. The Symantec framework process peaks at about 2.5 megs of RAM and 17% of the CPU time. I am using the Norton Security Suite Comcast gives out for free, but only because it's free, not because I an some Norton fanboy. See even a false positive has its reasons, read people!Д¬lick to expand.:roll: and here I was hoping this was over with, but you had to go and make such an ignorant statement.

#Avast blocking firefox popups update

So evidently RR has old code and needs a Shockwave Flash update so they are no longer being blocked for fear of the exploit. They blocked many of them that included some code which was susceptible to the exploit. I did some research, the Shockwave Flash problem is due to an infection in the wild targeting SWF files attached to emails and malicious websites. So you believe what you want, but i have 8 years of staying safe, three years with five computers running Avast with ZERO problems. In the last three years with Avast i get a DAILY update that includes thousands of definition updates. I switched from AVG due to the dropoff in popularity and the slower release of large definition updates.

Why do you think Norton wanted to buy AVG a couple years ago? LOL If you have millions using Avast and only one million using Norton (just making an example so relax) then you have more people coming across the infections and getting them reported so that definition updates can be put in place. The population of users are followed by the most effective AV. Why? Well its pretty simple to answer, most of the trade magazines i get are saying the same. The only systems i have dealt with which had infections in recent years were using Norton and McAfee. Since then i used AVG for about five years, and now Avast for the last three. Not to mention how Norton bogs a system down to be almost unusable. Click to expand.I would rather have an AV give false positives then never catch anything!!! When i had Norton, about 8 years ago was the last time i used it, i had three infections in two months which had to be cleaned out with other programs.