ID:132570
 May 7 2010, 9:21 am
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Just a head up that AVG internet security is now picking up BYOND as malware.
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May 7 2010, 9:31 am
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Nadrew
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We've gotten a few reports of this over the years, it's usually caused by something else or an invalid definition update. It usually gets resolved on its own eventually.
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I stopped trusting AVG some time ago anyway when I found out their update manager in 8.x is crap. The updater doesn't work, and rebooting your system can kill the Internet connection until you uninstall AVG.
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I found AVG to be like Marmite with people. Personaly I never had any problems with the software apart from the automatic daily computer scan slowing the computer down when I was using it in the past. I disable all automatic scans on the schedule in any anti-virus software and just leave it with the real time scanner to pick up anything.
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Cbgames wrote:
I found AVG to be like Marmite with people. I'm not quite sure what you mean by that. In my own experience I found it to be intuitive and good, until suddenly it went to crap. I don't use it anymore because it started having those update problems, which included completely crippling the Internet connection after a reboot. Lummox JR | |
Personally, I never felt AVG fit my needs. Not to mention that it was uninstalling programs on my computer for no reason.
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Lummox JR wrote:
Cbgames wrote: Marmite. You'll either love it or hate it. | |
Avast! There be no false positives from 'er capin'.
In all seriousness, my brothers run AVG and never came into those situations. But when I installed AVG, I found it wanting. Avast has been good to me all these years and I still trust it implicitly. Just like Windows XP (which is now outdated, so I'm forcing myself, with tears in my eyes, to update to Windows 7). | |
Just tossing it in, but Panda Cloud AV has always been good to me. Though, it requires a constant internet connection, 'cause it doesn't store local virus databases.
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I have the same problem, AVG identifies the DreamSeeker in BIN folder as severe malware. Should i just ignore it?
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Nadrew wrote:
No, throwing out false positives is what makes it bad. Then every anti-virus in existence is bad. I would have more of a problem if it was ignoring actual viruses. | |
I might write a guide, sometime next week, on how to add BYOND to the exceptions list on AVG 2011 so it can work.
The false positives could be due to a group named BYOND durring the Lebanon war which defaced websites. AVG is not the only one given false positives currently. F-secure had picked up BYOND once but I think its been sloved after I ticked some box to send a report to them. One of my friends also had issues with Norton and BYOND but I don't know the full story on that. | |
Norton is terrible.
AVG is horrific, it's such a memory hog and it doesn't even do it's job well. Avast is recommended. 100% free (as you can just keep registering for free on their site every year). | |
No one answered how to fix it....
Well if you get the option to ignore it, then do. If you accidentally caused AVG to put it in the safe then you need to manually add it to the exceptions. Now how you do add something that isn't there.. Well uninstall Byond first of all then download the Byond Setup again. Now turn off your internet to keep you safe and turn off AVG. It allows you to do this manually. After it is turned off you can happily install Byond into a NEW DIRECTORY. Now go back to AVG and add the new dreamseaker to the exceptions and turn AVG back on. You're now ready to rock and roll. | |