avast question

ok, i've used avast for years, however i've noticed something a few mos back (it could be the same with other anti-virus programs, just have never noticed.

last night, i was running an anti-spyware scan, and avast caught this (screenshot below). as mentioned, i've noticed this in the past. could it be that this stuff is dormant, and when a scanner runs across it then avast flags it?

excuse my terminology, but this is how i think of it. think of it as a road (avast hasn't noticed anything yet), and when my scanner (i was scanning with a-squarded free), is going down the road scanning, it runs over that file (like a speed bump), and it does something that makes avast flag it? does this sound about right?

when i've noticed this (most occasions), the scanner just happened to be in the folder (or near it), as what avast flagged. it's not a problem to me, i'm just curious. - thx, sos

 

kes, i wasn't asking how to get rid of it (it's in my quarantine). i'm asking how it gets triggered (am i correct on my thinking), so that avast flags it. - sos

 

Download and run Panda Anti Rootkit.

Avast doesn't get them all.

http://majorgeeks.com/Panda_Anti-Rootkit_d5457.html

 

thx, studiot. but, that's still not what i'm asking.

in normal mode, avast is on, i don't have it scanning, but it's running in the background. obviously it didn't catch that (screenshot below) before. as i mentioned, is it getting flagged, because the other scanner ran across it (in other words, is it dormant, or not doing anything, untill the scanner hit's it, and avast says look what i found - so to speak)? - sos

 

thx, i normally do my scans in safe mode, that's why i don't really see that much (as avast isn't started in safe mode - at least i don't think). anyway, i didn't want to reboot, so i ran that scan in normal mode. i have no problems with false positives (as long as it's not too many), if i'm not sure i just quarantine. - sos

 

But remember that actions resets your Restore space back to 12% of your hard drive, if you had it set smaller. I usually only use 1-2% and after I delete all old restore points, there it is back to 12%. Dontcha just love MS. :-D

Bazza

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I'm off on my hols so have to be quick, but I did describe an Avast failure last weekend in this thread

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=160987


If you are interested in rootkit comparisons

http://www.av-test.org/down/papers/2008-04_vb_rootkits.pdf