Does License-expired Antivirus Programs Actually ATTRACT/SEND you Virus?

aside from the question above, are FREE antivirus program also doing them? (w/ the exception of course from MSSE) some geeks told me they do. and I don't know if I can mention their names. but is this statement really true?

and why are some computers that seem not infected, actually infect a Flash Drive? (this is true because when I plug my flash drive to my PC, it detects that there are malwares present in it.) I wonder how that happens when the computer I previously used w/ the flash drive was actually reported to be clean by its respective antivirus software.

asked Sep 28 '11 at 05:01

xedric14
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and Have you guys watched the security blogs of Windows 8? what exactly do they mean by security attacks? is it just anti-piracy (meaning for microsoft's sake) or should it really concern me?

i'm asking cause i;m not really meeting those type of "attacks" by malware since I always have my system protected.

(Sep 28 '11 at 09:23) xedric14

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the antivirus companies develop their own viruses yes. But I don't think they will launch them on someone who uses the free version or no longer pays a subscription. To the second question. Some Anti virus software recognizes different viruses, it's pointless yes but they'll rather have their own virus definitions >.<' And (rarely) they say you have a virus because they detect a part of a program that looks similar to a virus.

answered Sep 28 '11 at 06:27

Yarvaxea
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yah., that. that lead me to think that the reason why they're not detecting it is because it's from them.

"program similar to a virus" - you're talkin' about the false-positives? agree with that.

thanks!

(Sep 28 '11 at 09:20) xedric14

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