[Solved] Avira keeps it quiete about the mess they made...

Solution below

I was having some problem since yesterday that my DllHost.exe process was blocked by Avira.
I suspected that I was infected with some kind of worm, which is odd since I run several layers of security to prevent this.

Today I had enough and sought after a solution on the internet, I was dumbfounded to find this.

Please Note its in German and it published 10:44 +1 GMT (DST)


Sehr geehrter Avira Nutzer,

nach dem Produktupdate der Avira Software werden diverse Anwendungen als gefaehrlich eingestuft und von der Komponente ProActiv blockiert. Unsere Entwicklung arbeitet derzeit mit Hochdruck an einem automatischen Update zur Beseitigung des Fehlers. Damit Sie Ihren Computer wieder wie gewohnt benutzen koennen haben wir 2 Loesungsvorschlaege die wir Ihnen im Moment anbieten koennen:

Loesung A: ProActiv deaktivieren

1. oeffnen Sie das Avira Control Center
2. druecken Sie die Taste "F8" um die Konfiguration zu oeffnen
3. aktivieren Sie links oben den Expertenmodus falls dieser noch nicht aktiv ist
4. oeffnen Sie die Option "Echtzeit Scanner -> ProActiv
5. entfernen Sie den Haken bei "ProActiv aktivieren"
6. schliessen Sie das Fenster mit dem "OK" Button
7. starten Sie den Computer neu


Loesung B: ProActiv Ausnahmen erstellen

Hierzu haben wir bereits einen Eintrag in unserer Wissensdatenbank der die Vorgehensweise beschreibt:

http://www.avira.com/de/support-for-home…etail/kbid/1257

Wir werden Sie informieren sobald das automatische Update verfügbar ist um die Erkennung zu korrigieren. Danach können Sie ProActiv wieder über den selben Weg wie oben beschrieben aktivieren. Die Ausnahmen sind danach nicht mehr notwendig.
Stefan Berka
Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG

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Solution is to manually update Avira (via the control center) and then do reboot.
I have no clue why Avira keeps playing the silent game here.




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