What does it mean and what do I do about it?
Don’t use Avast that’s what you need to do.
Windows Defender for active protection, and use Malwarebytes for scans. They’re both free and more than you’ll ever need. Plus they’re significantly less annoying than other AVs like Avast, and they use a lot less resources.
That’s because avast is dogshit.
Interesting, what antivirus software do you recommend?
Edit: downvotes, why???
Windows defender is adequate if you’re not downloading high risk files. If you want to have additional protection, ESET is a good product but pretty much uses the same definitions as defender.
Dump avast is the first st
Last I checked, malwarebytes was still legit. It also tends to be lightweight and resource friendly.
What do I do about it?
Uninstall Avast… Best antivirus software is Windows Defender + trusted websites/sources + common sense.
There is zero need for 3rd party antivirus software in 2023. They’re just a problem looking for a solution.
Because its based on distrusting yourself and in general the user. (Edit, thats not nesisarly a bad thing.) However AV software goes way beond a simple “sanity check” these days. AV is for corperations to distrust employees now. These strong arm distrust fetures are “acceptable” on company property but walk all over my boundries for a personal machine. Use whatever is built into your OS (and NOT your OEM. Like from Windows etc… and not from Lenovo etc…). if there is none built in, it means its your choice if its needed.
Edit: if I failed to explain my point or if its bad, explain why.
there are zero reasons to run an antivirus program
Viruses still exist, so why do you say that?
so what it means is they create a bunch of “threats” that mean nothing to block them and give you the illusion their software is doing something. Oh, it’s also making your PC slower by intercepting most IO tasks.
You really hate AV software, lol
