Avira Antivirus reached peak detection -> today detected herself !

[AlienForce1]

Today, October 26, Avira detected his own file aescript.dll as infected with TR/Spy.463227. False alarm has been corrected in the update: 7.11.16.146.

All who have seen this false detection are asked to update signatures and will solve the problem. Are especially affected users free version is not automatically updated only once a day.

http://forum.avira.c...threadID=137969

http://www.facebook.com/avira?sk=wall

It is a false shameful enough for a company well known and still look bright side: not detected critical system files :P

[AlienForce1]

I have a dilemma : Avira detects herself as malware and moves the files to quarantine . After which no longer detects herself because it no longer exists . Is there and another "then" ? :lmao:

[Tweety.Abd]

ROFL! This is crazy :P Is there any AV out there who had no major false positive? I remember McAfee deleting svchost.exe, and now this :P I wonder if there are other AVs who did detect false positive

[sanjoa]

:rofl: Avira is a piece of :shit:

[RadioActive]

Avira is a piece of

Actually, it's not. Avira is a solid product but it's major drawback is its large number of false-positives. False-positives are problematic but nowhere as near as critical as false-negatives!

So, regardless of whether you like the product or not I suggest you get your facts straight before you bash it, just my 2 cents.

[fred flintstone]

nis 2102 ruleeesssss !!!!!!!!! :showoff:

[RadioActive]

nis 2102 ruleeesssss !!!!!!!!! :showoff:

How's your statement is -in any way- relevant to this discussion? That's borderline spam.

[AlienForce1]

nis 2102 ruleeesssss !!!!!!!!! :showoff:

How's your statement is -in any way- relevant to this discussion? That's borderline spam.

No , it`s lack of knowledge -> Norton it`s much , much worse when it`s about false positives ... http://av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_od_aug2011.pdf