12th place ??? I was hoping for better results this month 
Me too, bob.
sometimes im thinking about going to Kaspersky or some other AV. But Avast 2015 could probaply change this. Lets wait and see.
Yes me too 
I don’t think its a secret, Avast has been lacking in these tests for months.
At least that’s my perception.
Todays live statistic…
from VT http://threatcenter.crdf.fr/?Stats
Shadow server https://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/AV/VirusDailyStats
new Malware http://www.av-test.org/en/statistics/malware/
spam http://www.av-test.org/en/statistics/spam/
Those are drastically different Pondus. Scoring a 90% and a 40%. Something’s not right…
A short video from Birtec: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYYtxc5hTXY&list=UU_M-iWYpQbgo4rK1YfewI5w
AVAST! vs. Bitdefender. The results, 100% for both. The only issue, avast! missed a site, but nailed the file. GG
The live statistic only tell you the amount of files detected among those uploaded
It does not say how many infected files missed, or how many where FP
This test gives you the scores of how well the Security Companies listed scored against a controlled
environment certainly different than the daily environment you and I encounter with our computers.
My monthly review is judged by the number or web sites correctly blocked by avast! and how many files that
avast! blocked which would have compromised my computer.
My score for this “Real World Test, April 2014” is avast! 100% infections! 0%
I agree with Bob the only test that matters to me is my experience and how avast protects me and my laptop.
That said, how do these tests affect a potential user when the results are not that good? ???
Results as they have been the last few months give the user(?) a plausible reason to look elsewhere.
These, so called, real world tests shows that avast is lagging consistently. :
I don’t know how many people do much research before downloading and installing “any” software.
I do know someone who does a lot of research before acting…me. It doesn’t matter if it’s a browser,
browser add-on, office suite or antivirus/anti-malware. I do the research on any and all software before I act. 8)
Well I sure some changes in default configuration will improve the detection, at least will rise at 98-99%.
So far I’m happy with my avast free. One thing I will love though, a new section in this forum to submit files to be withelisted(for Hardened mode).
Personally I don’t see the need to add another section/child board for this.
The best way is to contact avast directly http://www.avast.com/contact-form.php
Yep it is good, but I don’t see any option for white list in contact-form. But hey it is a starting point. Thx for you kindness.
Best regards,
That is unlikely to happen, because the only files that can be uploaded to the forums are .txt, .log, .png, .jpg and .gif.
Not to mention uploading a file that would be considered malicious could end up causing an alert within the forums.
Another point If you have the Hardened mode set to Aggressive, A) it checks against the avast cloud database and B) the alert gives the option of adding it to exclusions - with the CommunityIQ feature your decisions and file info, etc. is likely to be reported to avast. See image example, this is for Hardened Mode - Moderate setting.
By far the best way to ensure it gets whitelisted, is by direct submission to avast - open the avast Chest and select Add to chest and then submit to the labs. Reporting it as a false positive - hardened mode and giving details on why you consider it an FP, etc.