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Avast vulnerabilities reported

Started by hazelnut, Oct 26 2009 07:47 PM

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#1 OFFLINE   hazelnut

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Posted 26 October 2009 - 07:47 PM

See here for info

http://www.securitea...6V00L1PPPO.html
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Posted 26 October 2009 - 08:15 PM

interesting,,thanks hazelnut for leting us know.

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Posted 26 October 2009 - 08:22 PM

As far as I can see it will be a good reason to move to avast 5 version.
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Posted 26 October 2009 - 08:24 PM

Thanks Hazel. Good thing I'm already on Avast 5 (well the latest Beta 2 build anyway).
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Posted 26 October 2009 - 10:41 PM

Hope they at least patch the 4.8 builds until version 5 is released as a stable build.
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Posted 27 October 2009 - 12:02 AM

From the OP link:

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Vulnerability #2 is addressed in the upcoming avast v5.0 (due this November) but there are no plans to do anything about it in the current version (4.x branch)

Doesn't bother me at all.

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Posted 27 October 2009 - 01:05 AM

Thanks for posting that info Tarq57. I'm still keeping Avast installed though.
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Posted 27 October 2009 - 01:18 AM

You're welcome, and ditto.
I'll just make sure that none of the other users (=1) mess with it.

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Posted 27 October 2009 - 02:36 AM

I'm still keeping Avast 4.8 as well. I dinna visit pr0n. So far, so clean.

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Posted 27 October 2009 - 01:34 PM

I'd like to know how that person found a vulnerability with Avast's self-defense module enabled, because it gives nothing but Access Denied prompts with it enabled, of course any file can be saved into the Avast directory which it will immediately start protecting too. Note that disabling Avast's self-defense is completely foolish.
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Posted 27 October 2009 - 02:48 PM

Hey Fat Tony, you want I should break their legs? :lol:
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