I think avast! v5 just let me down.

[Fred Bloggs]

I have been a happy user of avast! for many years. But I today upgraded one of our Win XP SP3 PC's to v5 and I believe it has raised a seriously false positive.

V5 has disabled my WLAN USB adapter by deleting C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WLTRYSVC.EXE reporting it as malware. I cannot believe this is a genuine positive since the BT USB WLAN adapter needs it to work, but avast! v5 insists it is dangerous. Google has a lot of conflicting information about this file. In the meantime I've asked avast! for advice but I've removed avast! and installed AVG as a temporary measure.

Anyone else have issues with avast! v5?

[Diver]

Yes! and with AVG.

I now use SUPERantiSpyware & Avira

[Cliphead]

Yes! and with AVG.

I now use SUPERantiSpyware & Avira

+1 for Avira

[Fred Bloggs]

AVG doesn't see that same file as a threat. Can't understand why Avast! doesn't like it. Ho hum.

[AtW]

Avast is tulip... AVG was very good, went bloated also but we still paid for them

[Diver]

Avast is tulip... AVG was very good, went bloated also but we still paid for them

I only switched from AVG to Aviva because I found AVG slowed down my system something awful.

I've just installed it on the netbook too (plus Superantispyware)

[TykeMerc]

I only switched from AVG to Aviva because I found AVG slowed down my system something awful.

I've just installed it on the netbook too (plus Superantispyware)

I went from AVG to Avira for much the same reason.

Avira is fine as soon as you get shot of the nag screen (quite simple to do), I've found it quite reliable.

I use Spybot S&D for anti spyware/malware purposes.

[Fred Bloggs]

Avast is tulip... AVG was very good, went bloated also but we still paid for them

I don't agree, but there you go. I've 5 other PC's with avast! 5 on with no problems. It's a false positive, but an annoying one.

[AtW]

The new AVG is also tulip - their best version was 7.5, we had to buy 5 copies for office and I tried Avast but it was working badly with Outlook, could not stand that tulip so went AVG route, not perfect, slower than before but still ok-ish.

Their 7.5 version was top

My advice - try them before you buy, all such vendors have free trials.

[Fred Bloggs]

I've heard that an update from avast! today has fixed a whole bunch of false positive issues with avast! v5. I'll be replacing my temporary AVG installation with it soon as I know it really has fixed all the issues. Avast! has served me well over the years.