Avast has gone insane

[ICountFrom0]

It's decided that every single guide page on the site is a phishing attack.
Ended up uninstalling the webshield module since it didn't admit to having a whitelist.


Any better ideas?

[Haruspex]

Just use the default Windows Defender and install uBlock Origin into whichever browser you use. Beyond that, just don't be an idiot and you'll be about as safe as you can be online.

[N3tRunn3r]

Windows Defender
+
Mozilla Firefox (Developer Edition)
*
uBlock Origin
+
ESET ISS

[ICountFrom0]

Yes, yes, I know there's a number of other options.
It's just a little insane that one company can just go, "nope, Steam is phishing site, no more steam"

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by ICountFrom0:

Yes, yes, I know there's a number of other options.
It's just a little insane that one company can just go, "nope, Steam is phishing site, no more steam"

Yes, it is insane and a reason to get rid of Avast.

[N3tRunn3r]

For years or even "decades" Avast itself is a huge big pile of malware crap...

..while Norton is a huge big pile of injecting rootkit/trojan/virus crap. Once installed only a fresh & clean OS wipe/install will help.. Norton overwrites and exchanges important OS System Files and even locks those to screen them..

..while McAfee is a mix between Norton and Avast..


1. ESET
2. Sophos
3. Kaspersky
4. ZoneAlarm

[AustrAlien2010]

Our guides certainly aren't making phishing attacks on you. They're simply websites with text and images, and don't collect any of your information.

They have a support page. Maybe they can help.

[ICountFrom0]

They do NOT have a functional Support page.
If you don't send them a nice crisp $50 bill with the question on it, they ignore you.
There's a forum where people type guesses at eachother.
There's a knowledge base that has no useful answers.


Coruse, steam has issues answering anything either. Try asking them how to confirm your account in a location without cell phone service (80% of the world) and watch them squirm.


I've not actually heard of ESET.
I remember zonealarm being a bit hyper paranoid, I've used it on sites where I want job security, makes it look like I'm doing things.

[davidb11]

I have not run into this with my copy of Avast.
Weird.
It did recently update. So maybe for once it fixed a bug it had. :P

I know I should switch, but I have used it for so very long now it's hard to stop.
That and I'm lazy.

[ICountFrom0]

Maybe it's not "every" maybe it's just the last 10 or 20 I tried.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2846860078
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2802836829

Those made it panic rather badly.

[davidb11]

They work for me just fine. Both on Steam, and in Chrome just now.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by ICountFrom0:

It's decided that every single guide page on the site is a phishing attack.
Ended up uninstalling the webshield module since it didn't admit to having a whitelist.


Any better ideas?

If you're using free anti virus, either use Windows defender which is free, that is just as good, or better than avest, use another freeware anti virus, or stick to what makes you happy, aka it doesn't matter.

I suggest don't use anti virus browser addons as some of them are crap either way, better off not even bothering with them. Just keep browser up to date, get ublock origin, or some kind of good ad blocker, and don't visit sketchy sites to try get things that likely be infested with something.