VB100 - April 08

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Hi all (especially Vlk),

i just read the VB100 Results Overview for April 08 (platform: vista SP1 business edition).
It states that Alwil failed the test with 19 wildlist misses, 1 false positive.

I don’t know what the Avast’s version used by VB100 during the test.
“19 wildlist misses” is quite a lot in term of misses.

As i’m now using Avast 4.8.1169, I need an advice regarding the report.
(NOTE: I still can not update via proxy server, and also tried to update to 4.8.1178 but with no avail either).

Any comforting comment would be really appreaciated ;D

P.S. I still prefer Avast to others due to its good features, amid the VB100 report 8)

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Hi se2mobile!

i just read the VB100 Results Overview for April 08 (platform: vista SP1 business edition). It states that Alwil failed the test with 19 wildlist misses, 1 false positive.

thank you for posting this, but see this:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=34370.0

As i'm now using Avast 4.8.1169, I need an advice regarding the report. (NOTE: I still can not update via proxy server, and also tried to update to 4.8.1178 but with no avail either).

i can’t help you with this, but for sure, someone else will :slight_smile:

yours onlysomeone

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VB100 april? isn’t rather the VB100 march?

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Sorry, I didn’t know this subject had been posted before, I missed that one.

Thanks for the reply, “onlysomeone” :slight_smile:

So, does it mean we, as the Avast! users, still feel ‘safe’ to use Avast regarding the VB100 report?

I would feel really ‘safe’ if Vlk (or any Avast evangelists) could give a comfortable explanations on this ‘issue’.

really, I just need to make sure that the Avast! 4.8.1169 I’m using right now could protect me from viruses / malwares in the wild.

Still proud to be avast! user ;D

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the proper Win32:Mabezat [Wrm] detection was released immediately when we got the information, which worm was the reason of VB100 failure…

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Thanks for the reply, Maxx.

This is one of the reasons why I like Avast! so much.
The tech support forum really hears and responses quickly to its users’ inquiry :slight_smile:

Keep the good job 8)

One more thing (sorry for asking too much ;D), you stated only worm that caused Avast! failed the VB100 test, while VB100 website stated that there’re 19 wildlist misses.
Why is that?

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All of them were samples of the same virus.

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Ic… just the variants from the same virus/worm.
Thanks for the confirmation.

Hopefully, Avast will pass the next VB100 test :slight_smile:

Good job 8)