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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Getback on October 07, 2010, 12:05:30 PM
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This file was shown to be an error: Program files/htc/aceshigh II/2170\thru2173.exe\|>[embedded_R#01280]|%maindir%\stdshape.res
Error: this file is a decompression bomb (42110)
I'm not understanding the implications here. Any help?
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Decompression Bomb means we are getting the B-29 soon.
:bolt:
Sorry Getback, best I can do with this one.
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i stand corrected its probably just the way the file is compressed. based on the what the article says
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Or a false positive from Avast.
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Could be a false positive.
I found this; http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=8943 typing "decompression bomb" into Google
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hmm i run avast on all my machines, never seen that come up in any of my AH's installs, what version of avast are you using?
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Or a false positive from Avast.
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:rock
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Could be a false positive.
I found this; http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=8943 typing "decompression bomb" into Google
Now that's interesting.
Hopefully the "Man" will reply to relieve my fears.
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i notice that the posts in the forum where made in 2004 nearly 6 years ago. so its diffently not using the same version (4.5)you are using now.(5.0.677 is the latest version) while a false positive maybe the problem, makes me think your version of avast maybe a little behind or outdate. i am thinking you should uninstall and reinstall the newest avast and scan again and see if you get the same results.
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i notice that the posts in the forum where made in 2004 nearly 6 years ago. so its diffently not using the same version (4.5)you are using now.(5.0.677 is the latest version) while a false positive maybe the problem, makes me think your version of avast maybe a little behind or outdate. i am thinking you should uninstall and reinstall the newest avast and scan again and see if you get the same results.
That's the latest and greatest.
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Personally, I never liked Avast. Thought it was intrusive, gave a lot of false positives and felt that NOD32 was far better, smaller foot print (resource wise) and not even as close as intrusive as Avast was so I went back to NOD32. I learned a valuable lesson when with my "Avast Adventures" and that is not to pick an anti-virus program just because it has a I sounded like a pirate whenever I would say "Avast".
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Personally, I never liked Avast. Thought it was intrusive, gave a lot of false positives and felt that NOD32 was far better, smaller foot print (resource wise) and not even as close as intrusive as Avast was so I went back to NOD32. I learned a valuable lesson when with my "Avast Adventures" and that is not to pick an anti-virus program just because it has a I sounded like a pirate whenever I would say "Avast".
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I had Nod32 and it expired. I tried umpteen times to renew it and it failed. So I need a stop gap measure.
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Once I have a virus completely penetrate my system with no real recourse other than formatting, I generally lose faith in an AV program. Once in 2002 or so with Mcafee and 2+ years ago with Avast. Both incidences yielded the AV program clueless that there was an infestation.
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i run avast and malwarebyte's i paid the 24.95 for the lifetime code to register it. and never had a problem. nothing is 100% but thats pretty much close to protection i can give myself. and i dont use IE
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Avast and AVG are notorious for false positives. I used to laugh at people who told me how awesome AVG was when they switched from XYZ brand to AVG and suddenly found 50 virus's their previous AV didn't.
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Don't touch the computer no sudden movements or jolts! The bomb is compressed (this makes it even worse) Evacute the house and call the bomb disposal guys good luck! :D
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2-3 years ago we used AVG in our builds , it became bloated and we switched to Avast cause it was less overhead, the company i work for now recommends Microsoft Security Essentials, it seems to be okay but i personally wouldnt use it on my machine. for a free AV you can't beat Avast, comparing a payware AV to a free AV is a big diffference. NOD32 if i paid for it i would expect better performance over a free AV. i am just not gonna shell out money for a Pay AV just so i can have the fuzzy feeling of being able to call someone when i get infected. but that's just me. i am computer tech for a living so if i get infected. lord forbid. i just remove it and move on.
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the company i work for now recommends Microsoft Security Essentials, it seems to be okay but i personally wouldnt use it on my machine.
Microsoft Security Essentials works fine if you are running Windows 7 and have a Standard User Account with a separate Administrator Account. Folks should be doing the latter anyway to help restrict machine access.
And yes, I hate that Aces High forces me to have an executable in an unprotected area outside of Program Files instead of putting the data off in its own folder and asking for my permission when it wants to update the executable. That's the one virus hole I've got right now.
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Microsoft Security Essentials works fine if you are running Windows 7 and have a Standard User Account with a separate Administrator Account. Folks should be doing the latter anyway to help restrict machine access.
And yes, I hate that Aces High forces me to have an executable in an unprotected area outside of Program Files instead of putting the data off in its own folder and asking for my permission when it wants to update the executable. That's the one virus hole I've got right now.
Wow.. just wow.. There was a very good reason they set it up this way. I'm sure we'll hear from Skuzzy come monday...
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2-3 years ago we used AVG in our builds , it became bloated and we switched to Avast cause it was less overhead, the company i work for now recommends Microsoft Security Essentials, it seems to be okay but i personally wouldnt use it on my machine. for a free AV you can't beat Avast, comparing a payware AV to a free AV is a big diffference. NOD32 if i paid for it i would expect better performance over a free AV. i am just not gonna shell out money for a Pay AV just so i can have the fuzzy feeling of being able to call someone when i get infected. but that's just me. i am computer tech for a living so if i get infected. lord forbid. i just remove it and move on.
TheZohan, NOD32 is superior to "free Avast". Trying to go down this road again with AV's is asinine.
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TheZohan, NOD32 is superior to "free Avast". Trying to go down this road again with AV's is asinine.
1)not thezohan, stop while your ahead
2)NOD32 cost money. you pay for it i will be happy to use it
3)why you have to be such a sweetheart, i never said NOD32 wasnt superior, but its not free for free protection
AVAST is one of the best and does the job very well for what it is. coupled with Malwarebytes registered version its about the about the best protectio you can get for little cost 24.99, with is almost half that of what NOD32 cost and you have to pay that yearly. so my total investment of 24.99 is better then or equal to your 39.99 a year investment.