Avast! 4 Home Edition Does not detect Virus on Virus test

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I performed Virus tests with the Avast! 4 Home Edition at this web site: http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/work/

Avast! 4 Home Edition did not respond to a virus when I browse the Internet, against viruses embedded in a web page. Also it did not respond on the downloading files test

I had to delete the file from my computer after a search for EICAR.

It did respond when I tride to open the file from where it was stored after the fact.

What am I to conclude or do about this situation. Can Avast! 4 Home Edition be trusted.

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I downloaded and installed Avast Home Edition a few weeks ago.
Since about two or three days, my firewall (Sygate Personal) blocked the ā€œmsgfix.exeā€ outgoing traffic. Didnā€™t really know what it was.

Iā€™ve been scanning my HD with Avast 4 (0418-5). Nothing wrong on my HDā€¦ ???

Today, I found that msgfix.exe is a worm.
I renamed that file and cleaned the registry.

Just to be sure, I scanned my computer with PC-Cillin online antivirus: http://be.trendmicro-europe.com/consumer/products/housecall_it.php.
That tool found a second occurrence of BKDR SDBOT.GV (payload.dat).

Why didnā€™t Avast see anything? In Avast, we trust? Not sureā€¦
An explanation, anybody?
Thanks for reading me.

Yves Mairesse (Brussels - Belgium)