The IT gravy train has become seriously derailed
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Limewire taps AVG for virus free torrents
POPULAR P2P FILE SHARING SERVICE Limeware has enlisted the help of anti-virus outfit AVG to offer its Pro users with free file scanning.
If the likes of the MPAA and the RIAA are to be believed, the only people who use Bittorrent sites are so called 'pirates' scouring the underbelly of cyberspace trying to get hold of the latest movies and music for free, robbing poor defenceless artists of their livelihoods in the process.
With this in mind you might think that these downloaders deserve any form of malware their PCs get infected with in their pursuit of ill-gotten gains, but Limeware appears to disagree and has licensed the AVG Anti-Virus SDK engine and integrated the anti-virus and anti-spyware protection into LimeWire Pro.
This means that any file being downloaded by a premium LimeWire Pro user will get a 'Protected by AVG' label stuck onto it, indicating that the file has been safely scanned and cleaned.
Regardless of their legality, all such files will be scanned before LimeWire Pro will allow them to play or execute on an end user's computer, which prevents infected files from harming machines.
Users of the free version of Limewire will still have to take their chances. µ
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I have a virus removal shop and computer repair shop in Calgary, Alberta Canada and we use AVG everyday in addition to other programs to remove viruses. http://ducktoes.com We remove viruses everyday without reformatting. AVG works great. On http://Virus.gr Comparative anti-virus testing, AVG finds and removes 97% of viruses. Avira does a bit better in the tests but its residential shield isn't as good, and the scan takes a long time. I've seen AVG catch a virus called Virut when Avira missed it.
But there are so many people getting viruses on Limewire and other p2ps I'm glad to see Limewire using AVG to scan.
I stand by my comment. Those who disagree check the multitude of AV tests. For example www.av-comparatives.org .
AVG does more harm than good.
The list only contained free AV-s that's why it's short.
Also since you mentioned McAfee I forgot to put it along BitDefender.
I hanldle around 100 PCs in different locations and I've gotten to 3 conclusions:
1. no AV is perfect, given enough time any PC can be infected
2. with AVG the mean time to infection was half that of other AVs
3. BitDefender stops your computer, not the malware.
Ive been using 'BitDefender Total Sequrity' for years. nothing wrong with that software.
"The only thing worse would have been Bitdefender."
It's very simple: All files on limewire network have a virus/trojan, all without exception, with torrents it's a lot but not all.
As for AVG, it used to be good but then they changed their EULA and now I'd rather have a virus than AVG, I'd classify it as malware.
And yeah many anti-virus programs are so cautious and/or paid-by-the-man that they mark too much as a virus, I tried viruskillers who basically called 75% of my favorite monitoring and system utilities 'dangerous' and disabled them, and although they might be if someone else installed them without me knowing, to assume that is the case is a bit daft and disabling monitoring actually sharply increases risk.
Making unsubstantiated comments about av vendors is a disservice to readers.
BitDefender has the highest malware detection rates as reported by non-profit third party organizations.
The fact that Limewire choose a vendor that made its mark with free (interpreted low value with infrequent siganture updates) is questionable. Especially since the scanning is going into their fee-based product.
People want value, especially when they are paying for it.
The good - About time. Limewire is the source of 90% of the computer problems I see today for home users. Anytime I work on a computer and it has some pretty hefty problems, it rarely fails to find Limewire on the computer
The bad - Nobody will ever really use the paid-for version. They need to put AVG on the free version to make any difference.
The ugly - Thinking that AVG is a bad antivirus. Avira is a joke, Avast is a pig, Microsoft shouldn't be trusted with AV software, and "any other AV"... somebody doesn't know the horrids of Norton and McAfee, obviously. Can't argue the Malwarebytes, though! At least there was one good one on that list...
I've found AVG to be a very good product and use it in my business and recommend it to others.
None of us have ever been infected.
Considering the trackrecord of AVG, I a search and delete it on sight. There are so many good alternatives that actually find malware why AVG. The only thing worse would have been Bitdefender.
Friends don't let friends use AVG. Use Avira, Avast, Microsoft SE, Malwarebytes or any other AV, just NOT AVG.