The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[sun rise]

I'm annoyed.

Checked my email, didn't click on anything. Deleted 31 spam emails. Went to shut down to get the message Windows is installing Avast anti virus.

Went to task manager to stop the installation and it wouldn't let me.

Went to add- remove programs to remove avast and it would let me.

I thought avast was supposed to be a reputable product? It obviously uses malware to install it unbeknown to the user.

Running Spybot and Malwearbytes allowed me to used add-remove programs to get rid of Avast.

Now I'm concerned that our computers protection is not up to scratch and it may be infected with something nasty that our malware protection is not seeing.

Maybe it wasn't Avast but a malware version

 

[ChristineM]

Maybe it wasn't Avast but a malware version

Possibly, but malware would normally leave a trace.

 

[sun rise]

Possibly, but malware would normally leave a trace.

Polite malware yes. Evil malware likes to hide

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Polite malware yes. Evil malware likes to hide

I tend to agree

 

[ChristineM]

Polite malware yes. Evil malware likes to hide

Is there a difference? It's all malware

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Is there a difference? It's all malware

I think @sun rise is right. However, instead of calling it polite/evil, I'd refer to it as basic/clever.

 

[sun rise]

I think @sun rise is right. However, instead of calling it polite/evil, I'd refer to it as basic/clever.

Jawohl

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I'm annoyed.

Checked my email, didn't click on anything. Deleted 31 spam emails. Went to shut down to get the message Windows is installing Avast anti virus.

Went to task manager to stop the installation and it wouldn't let me.

Went to add- remove programs to remove avast and it would let me.

I thought avast was supposed to be a reputable product? It obviously uses malware to install it unbeknown to the user.

Running Spybot and Malwearbytes allowed me to used add-remove programs to get rid of Avast.

Now I'm concerned that our computers protection is not up to scratch and it may be infected with something nasty that our malware protection is not seeing.

Avast is legit. I've used it.

 

[ChristineM]

Avast is legit. I've used it.

So it's the ******** forcing it to install who are the ********

 

[sun rise]

Avast is legit. I've used it.

Avast could have been hacked, buggy or just giving @ChristineM the finger

 

[Shadow Wolf]

So it's the ******** forcing it to install who are the ********

Did it sneak any of thos3 tricky ones as you were installing it? Like the ones thay make it appear like the same program with different features but actually are different programs?

 

[Brickjectivity]

Now I'm concerned that our computers protection is not up to scratch and it may be infected with something nasty that our malware protection is not seeing.

Are you the only person who has enough access to install things on that computer? Has anything been installed recently? Suppose that someone else had tried to install a video game or utility that offered to also install Avast and suppose they forgot to uncheck "Install Avast" before clicking "Next."

So it could be that it was an add-on that rode in on the installer for another program. Lots of programs used to offer Avast or Norton as add-ons. I remember...Java...Flash...torrent apps....players...etc. Maybe it came with something like that.

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Are you the only person who has enough access to install things on that computer? Has anything been installed recently? Suppose that someone else had tried to install a video game or utility that offered to also install Avast and suppose they forgot to uncheck "Install Avast" before clicking "Next."

So it could be that it was an add-on that rode in on the installer for another program. Lots of programs used to offer Avast or Norton as add-ons. I remember...Java...Flash...torrent apps....players...etc. Maybe it came with something like that.

Reading it again I strongly suspect that's the case.

 

[Revoltingest]

 

[Shadow Wolf]

A grieving process cannot be delicious. It's some term agreement I knew a decade ago.
I can't fix it, but it needs fixed. And it can't be joyful either because then that's not grieving.
Now get to it! Chop, chop!

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I've noticed lately many posts the forum failed to alert me to.

 

[Revoltingest]

Big noisy storm raging in Revoltistan.

 

[Revoltingest]

A grieving process cannot be delicious. It's some term agreement I knew a decade ago.
I can't fix it, but it needs fixed. And it can't be joyful either because then that's not grieving.
Now get to it! Chop, chop!

Grieving should be joyous.

 

[ChristineM]

Did it sneak any of thos3 tricky ones as you were installing it? Like the ones thay make it appear like the same program with different features but actually are different programs?

Not that much know of, malwarebytes has given it a clean bill of health.