Avast Questions - Help

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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  1. Will it get HIPS?
  2. Are the Behavior Shield like Todays Behavior Blocker/Anylyser? Watching Files by its behavior

I really think you should make HIPS in AVAST… It could really improve protection against Un-known files.

Behavior Monitor… hm, I have seen ThreatFire miss some Virusses, that means that even Behavior Monitors can fail.

Also, if I can be any help… You can check out this website hxxp://www.malwaredomainlist.com/mdl.php BEWARE! ONLY EXPERTS MAY BE THERE
Its for the Web-Guard, it can automatic block the sites. Every LINK in the SITE is Malicous…

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There will be improvements in the behavior shield on next 5.1 version (September/October 2010).
HIPS pros are the ones you’ve set (block unknown files). Cons: the popups and the user getting tired and approving the application.
About malware domain list, it is taken into account by avast developers. Although they do not use it blindly, i.e., not just “as is”.

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How will the BehaviorShield be improved?

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Details were not disclosed yet. Just announced.
Seems related to cloud technology either.