Is Avast just high? or should I be concerned?

[Fruity]

I'm incredibly surprised that people that have an interest in computing and are supposedly tech savvy still think that they're superior to others because they use common sense to protect themselves.

If you want to leave the door to your PC unlocked that's fine, but don't encourage others with your stupidity.

The days of there being a dark side to the Internet are over.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/vast-majority-of-malware-attacks-spawned-from-legit-sites/

 

[NeverBackDown]

^^^ came off as a little hostile?

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

I'm incredibly surprised that people that have an interest in computing and are supposedly tech savvy still think that they're superior to others because they use common sense to protect themselves.

If you want to leave the door to your PC unlocked that's fine, but don't encourage others with your stupidity.

The days of there being a dark side to the Internet are over.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/vast-majority-of-malware-attacks-spawned-from-legit-sites/

I wouldn't call him stupid, quite the opposite in fact. It will encourage him to really learn how to a manually and painstakingly remove a virus over never getting it in the first place.

 

[vorticalbox]

I wouldn't call him stupid, quite the opposite in fact. It will encourage him to really learn how to a manually and painstakingly remove a virus over never getting it in the first place.

"Knowledge is power" and "the quieter you become, the more you are able to hear"

Always fun to get another pc and a copy of backtrack 5 and see how effective your security really is.

 

[Goldskis45]

"Knowledge is power" and "the quieter you become, the more you are able to hear"

Always fun to get another pc and a copy of backtrack 5 and see how effective your security really is.

{WiFu} brother


Alright guys my thread has been hijacked well enough.
We successfully established that I wasn't paying attention to the files location.
Issue resolved: thanks to those who gave a hand

mod close please

 

[SuB]

Wish granted...

(by someone who 'supposedly' knows a few things)