Avast recommends Mcshield but !

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi everybody,avast recommends Mcshield,had it installed for a few months and there have never been any updates in this time.

Would have thought updates would be at least every few days,is it worth still having as I have avast checking removable drives ?

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I don’t believe it is avast that recommends it, but some avast users on this forum that recommend it.

I don’t believe the concept of Mcshield is the same as an antivirus, in that it required frequent signature updates.

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Thanks David for the update,will keep it monitoring in the background,it does show scanning when connecting a drive.

Better than nothing :slight_smile:

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MCShield does not need signatur updates to do its work, as it work more on how the malware try to infect

you find lots of info in this 16 page topic >> https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=104046.

and it works as you can see here (and in many more posts) > https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=186469.0

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You’re welcome.

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Thanks Pondus :slight_smile: