AVG Version 8 Antivirus software loading web sites badly.

[Don McKenzie]

http://neowin.net/news/main/08/07/07/avg-fixes-antivirus-software-skewing-web-site-statistics
http://www.avg.com.au/index.cfm?section=news&feature=104

Looks like user feed back finally pushed AVG into fixing the LinkScanner
Issues.

Are they too late?
Many have already jumped ship.

Cheers Don...



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[Bob Parker]

http://neowin.net/news/main/08/07/07/avg-fixes-antivirus-software-skewing-web-site-statistics

http://www.avg.com.au/index.cfm?section=news&feature=104

Looks like user feed back finally pushed AVG into fixing the LinkScanner
Issues.

Are they too late?
Many have already jumped ship.

Cheers Don...

I uninstalled that bloatware and went back to version 7.5...

Bob

 

[Eeyore]

http://neowin.net/news/main/08/07/07/avg-fixes-antivirus-software-skewing-web-site-statistics
http://www.avg.com.au/index.cfm?section=news&feature=104

Looks like user feed back finally pushed AVG into fixing the LinkScanner
Issues.

Are they too late?
Many have already jumped ship.

Cheers Don...

Heard similar elsewhere.

Have not upgraded from V7.5 and the updates are still coming in so far (so they must have a clue
all is not well). If it's not fixed I will also jump ship. Avast seems to be well rated AIUI.

Graham

 

[Eeyore]

Bob Parker put finger to keyboard and composed:

This is currently the biggest security issue affecting the entire
Internet:
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-190B.html

"An attacker with the ability to conduct a successful cache poisoning
attack can cause a nameserver's clients to contact the incorrect, and
possibly malicious, hosts for particular services. Consequently, web
traffic, email, and other important network data can be redirected to
systems under the attacker's control."

Just about everyone is working on a fix.

To find out if the DNS server you use is vulnerable, click the "Check
My DNS" button at this URL:
http://www.doxpara.com/

Fascinating but way over my head. Can you simplifiy that somehow ?

Thanks, Graham

 

[Eeyore]

Eeyore put finger to keyboard andcomposed:

It's over my head, too, but my understanding is that the whole DNS
system for the Internet is now vulnerable to "phishing" attacks.

See
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23992662-5014108,00.html

"Attackers could use the vulnerability to route internet users
wherever they wanted no matter what website address was typed into a
web browser."

I see.

So now maybe we have to select secure DNS servers ? Or is it even worse than that ?

Graham

 

[Clifford Heath]

So now maybe we have to select secure DNS servers ? Or is it even worse than that ?

DJBDNS was always safe, but the error is in the *protocol*,
and relies on attacker predicting the next TXID. In most
DNS servers that wasn't hard. The only safe server is one
that either was running safe software (few, safe because
they randomised the TXID) or has been patched.

Make sure you install the required patches.

 

[The Real Andy]

I uninstalled that bloatware and went back to version 7.5...

Bob

Its free, if you dont like it go pay for norton.

 

[Bob Parker]

Its free, if you dont like it go pay for norton.

I am paying for it.

 

[Eeyore]

if you dont like it go pay for norton.

You HAVE to be joking ! Biggest POS ever. Or is that MacAfee ?

Graham

 

[Potblak]

I removed AVG V8 and reloaded it without the website scanner.
Now my DL/UL speeds are back to normal.

 

[Potblak]

Why is this here?
I thought I was in ACV or ACAV.

I removed AVG V8 and reloaded it without the website scanner.
Now my DL/UL speeds are back to normal.

 

[FreeRTOS.org]

I removed AVG V8 and reloaded it without the website scanner.
Now my DL/UL speeds are back to normal.

Why not just disable the scanner from within the AVG program?

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[The Real Andy]

You HAVE to be joking ! Biggest POS ever. Or is that MacAfee ?

Graham

My point exactly. AVG is free and its good

 

[Eeyore]

My point exactly. AVG is free and its good

**** WAS **** at version 7.5x.

Yesterday I spent no less then THREE hours removing the damage AVG8 had
done to my neighbour's PCs.

And there's STILL MORE to do.

AVG fucked up royally.

Graham

 

[The Real Andy]

**** WAS **** at version 7.5x.

Yesterday I spent no less then THREE hours removing the damage AVG8 had
done to my neighbour's PCs.

And there's STILL MORE to do.

AVG fucked up royally.

Graham

Like I said, if you dont like it go buy Norton. I use AVG 8 and I have
no problem. I turned off link scanner.

 

[Eeyore]

Like I said, if you dont like it go buy Norton. I use AVG 8 and I have
no problem. I turned off link scanner.

Can you remind me how that's done ?

p.s. the neighbour once HAD Norton and it made his Dell Dimension 2400 run
like a slug on Mogadon.

Of course shipping XP boxes with 256M of RAM isn't very clever but it has
512M now.

Graham

 

[Eeyore]

I removed AVG V8 and reloaded it without the website scanner.
Now my DL/UL speeds are back to normal.

How tricky is it to spot the option ? I'm sure this must be where my neighbour went wrong.

Eventually he lost ALL IP connectivity.

Graham

 

[The Real Andy]

Can you remind me how that's done ?

Go into the AVG overview tab and disable search shield.

 

[The Real Andy]

Why not just disable the scanner from within the AVG program?

Lol, that would be common sense. But lest just whinge about a free
program, thats more fun.