BBC article - Infected XP owners left unpatched

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I found it interesting that among all the suggested virus scanners / removal tools, Avast wasn’t mentioned:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8624560.stm

I wonder why?

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and what about Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool ??? >>> ;D

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I saw this news some days ago

People with Alureon malware should caution themselves

:slight_smile:

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This has already been posted in the Security Warnings & Notices Thread (where it belongs) :slight_smile:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=52252.msg494617#msg494617

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I think I’ve just answered my own question, I reckon the guys who wrote this article probably Googled ‘anti-rootkit’ or something along those lines:

http://www.google.com/search?q=anti-rootkit

Avast wasn’t very prominent in the results.

The reason I bought it up was because Avast is a very popular anti-virus and is quite high up on Google’s search results if you search ‘virus software’ or even more-so if you search ‘anti-virus software’. :slight_smile:

I was just surprised it was omitted from their list.