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Avast-iyogi. is this a scam

juliasdream
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Avast-iyogi. is this a scam

I just turned on my laptop to find my Avast program popping up on the screen and in big red letters it said "Unsecured" wit a "Fix now" button which I clicked but nothing happened
I was surprised to see on the same page a customer service freephone number.
I called the number to be greeted with a recording saying that it was iYogi providing free technical support for Avast users and I got through to someone who sounded very helpful
Being that I was calling to someone in Bangelore, India and that he wanted to remotely take over my computer alarm, bells started ringing and I hung up
Could it have been genuine?
Could a bogus company have infiltrated the Avast system and made changes to the way it looks making me think I was at risk just to get my info and take control of my computer?
Or am I just being over cautious?
A freephone help line from a free anti virus software program seems a little too good to be true
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Oldjim
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Re: Avast-iyogi. is this a scam

juliasdream
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Re: Avast-iyogi. is this a scam

Thanks OldJim
It looks like I'm not wrong to be suspicious. IYogi is clearly to be avoided
Just to play safe I'm going to uninstall Avast and re-install it and do a full scan
I run malwarebytes once a month as a precaution so I'll run that too
I'd rather pay a company like kaperski for a full program than to give iyogi anything. I don't trust them at all
shutter
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Re: Avast-iyogi. is this a scam

on the strength of the OP, and the linky provided by Oldjim...... I have uninstalled AVAST,.... and replaced it with Avira.
Steve
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Re: Avast-iyogi. is this a scam

Why don't you try http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/products/security-essentials
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Oldjim
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Re: Avast-iyogi. is this a scam

Because in all the reputable independent tests I have seen Avira is much better than MSE
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Re: Avast-iyogi. is this a scam

Quote from: Oldjim
.. Avira is much better than MSE

I think "much" may be overstating things.  You could refer to http://www.av-comparatives.org/ but the situation is complicated by the fact that the comparison there is between Microsoft Security Essentials and the "Premium" (i.e. not free) version of Avira.
Steve
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Quote from: Oldjim
Because in all the reputable independent tests I have seen Avira is much better than MSE

Ah yes but If you notice when Avira takes these tests that they request their heuristic's be set to high/advanced ( Avira users take note ) And thus giving out higher false positives, If anyone knows how to protect their own Operating system then surely Its Microsoft?
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
ReedRichards
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Re: Avast-iyogi. is this a scam

There is a case to be made for running unpopular security software!  Avira isn't popular in these parts; I see about one computer per year running it.  But I have seen a number of computers where a virus has taken hold and managed to block Microsoft Security Essentials from starting.  I think MSE is suffering from its own popularity now, so virus writers are taking specific measures to attack it.  It's well-nigh impossible to run tests for this because it requires a virus that is sufficiently new that it isn't immediately recognised by the security software.