WHY the Security Hole in AVAST?

[Lisandro]

@avvidro post:20

The security focused site Secunia (wich is one of the most active sites in identifying Microsoft Internet Explorer flaws) has more details about this issue.
http://secunia.com/advisories/19284/

Thanks for posting…
Indeed, it’s not a good advertisement to avast :-\

[DavidR]

However, this vulnerability has been patched as was mentioned in the link to the forums in the advisory and as I mentioned previously avast wasn’t the only AV or program to be effected by this vulnerability.

[Lisandro]

@DavidR post:22

However, this vulnerability has been patched as was mentioned in the link to the forums in the advisory

Where? In the last 4.7 version?

@DavidR post:22

and as I mentioned previously avast wasn’t the only AV or program to be effected by this vulnerability.

This is not an excuse to avast…
I think AVG and ClamWin user Documents & Settings folder to store user files. Firefox does the same to store the profiles.
It won’t be bad if avast could support profiles. This seems only to be possible at ADNM version

[system]

@DavidR post:22

However, this vulnerability has been patched as was mentioned in the link to the forums in the advisory and as I mentioned previously avast wasn’t the only AV or program to be effected by this vulnerability.

As mentioned at this link ( http://secunia.com/product/5162/ ) this issue keeps unpatched.

[DavidR]

Which is just pointing back to the advisory that you previously posted (categorised as Less Critical), which I have to take Igor’s word that it will now have been patched (as there have been program updates since that time 3 months ago) and also on the forum link given http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=19862.0.

There is also a work around solution given by toadlife, after Igor’s post so people could do something prior to the next program update.