Avast def updates - wow!

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Good grief, came online this morning to find we’re up to 0522-11 already. That’s 12 (so far) this week, and it’s only Friday morning here. That’s gotta be a new record since I started using avast-32 way back when.

Does this mean we’ve entered a state of cyber-war emergency now? And if things don’t settle down, does that mean “all leaves are cancelled” for the Alwil team over the weekend??

Admittedly, in the past when we’ve had a flood of new defs practically back-to-back, at least some of them were to correct FP’s that appeared in the rush to get fresh protection out. And I imagine at least a few of the current crop are the same. But it sure sounds like something’s hit the internet, huh?

Thanks to the team, and best,
Mike

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Yep, something strange is going on on the NET this week. ;D Some kind of epidemy of starting summer. PS. I’m using avast since v.4.0.525 if i remember correctly. It was some breaks during this period, but avast know is the main protection key and i’m happy to use it. :slight_smile:

Correction. My avast had just updated to VPS 522-12. Again new mytob variant! :o

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alwil was very busy this week…

VPS 0522-12, 03.06.2005
Win32:Bobax-K [Dll], Win32:Mytob-DB [Wrm]

VPS 0522-11, 03.06.2005
HLLP-8320, HLLP-8512, HLLP-8528, HLLP-8880, HLLP-9312, HLLP-9312-B, HLLP-9344, HLLP-9792, HLLP-9856, Win32:Adan-065 [Adw], Win32:Adan-067 [Adw], Win32:Adan-068 [Adw], Win32:Adan-069 [Adw], Win32:Adan-070 [Adw], Win32:AntiSpy [Adw], Win32:Bagz-O [Wrm], Win32:Bobax-K [Wrm], Win32:LdPinch-L [Trj], Win32:Mytob-CZ [Wrm], Win32:Small-C [Drp], Win32:Small-S [Trj], Win32:WebSearch [Adw]

VPS 0522-10, 02.06.2005
Win32:Mytob-DA [Wrm]

VPS 0522-9, 02.06.2005
Win32:Mytob-CY [Wrm]

VPS 0522-8, 02.06.2005
Win32:Mytob-CX [Wrm]

VPS 0522-7, 02.06.2005
Win32:Mytob-CW [Wrm]

VPS 0522-6, 01.06.2005
Win32:Agent-R [Trj], Win32:Banker-CQ [Trj], Win32:Beagle-BY2 [Wrm], Win32:Beagle-CB [Wrm], Win32:Mytob-CV [Wrm], Win32:Qoologic-G [Trj], Win32:Rbot-WZ [Trj], Win32:Rbot-XA [Trj], Win32:Robobot-I [Trj], Win32:SdBot-2120 [Trj], Win32:Small-O [Trj], Win32:Small-P [Trj], Win32:Small-Q [Trj], Win32:Small-R [Trj]

VPS 0522-5, 31.05.2005
Win32:Beagle-BY [Wrm], Win32:Beagle-BZ [Wrm], Win32:Beagle-CA [Wrm]

VPS 0522-4, 31.05.2005
Win32:Beagle-BV [Wrm], Win32:Beagle-BW [Wrm], Win32:Beagle-BX [Wrm]

VPS 0522-3, 31.05.2005
Win32:Beagle-BU [Wrm], Win32:Beagle-BU2 [Wrm]

VPS 0522-2, 31.05.2005
Win32:Mytob-CU [Wrm]

VPS 0522-1, 31.05.2005
Win32:Agent-Q [Trj], Win32:Delf-AB [Trj], Win32:Funny [Wrm], Win32:Mytob-CT [Wrm], Win32:SdBot-2119 [Trj], Win32:Small-N [Trj], Win32:Vidlo-G [Trj], Win32:Vidlo-G-UPX [Trj], Win32:WebSearch [Trj], Win32:Wurmark-G [Wrm], Win32:Zlob-D [Trj]

VPS 0522-0, 30.05.2005
BV:Killav-2 [Trj], Win32:Adan-064 [Adw], Win32:LowZones-AB [Trj], Win32:Mytob-CR [Wrm], Win32:Mytob-CS [Wrm], Win32:Trojano-1390 [Trj], Win32:Trojano-1391 [Trj], Win32:Trojano-1392 [Trj], Win32:Trojano-1393 [Trj]

I don’t know where the number will stop 0522-??

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It is a strange week for updates. :slight_smile:

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Pardon my ignorance, but what’s a Drp? Don’t remember seeing one of those before. Thanks.

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I don’t know if it’s the same DRP, but DRP stand for Disaster Recovery Plan. This plan is mostly for buisness when a event occurd that destroys all files and equipments.

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drp - I believe would be a Trojan “Dropper”. More or less a trojan that when run extracts more trojans from within its own file - and runs them as well :o

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Like I said, it might not be the DRP I said above but at least you learn something about business. ;D

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Thanks, toadbee – I’d heard of droppers before, but assumed they just got lumped in with Trojans. And of course up here in Cana-duhhhh (plus I’m personally slow) I never thought to associate Drp’s with droppers. :-[

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You’re welcome. And hey, we’re all in this mess called the internet together :wink:

Also, i could be wrong (happens all the time), but i think the Avast boys would have straightened me out by now ;D

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Wow … 0522-13 … it seemed like a lot of updates this week, but I didn’t realise there were this many until I read this.

The longer I use !avast (about a year, now) the more impressed I am by Alwil. They really seem to work unusually hard improving avast and providing updates as soon as possible. At this point, I simply can’t imagine switching to another a-v.

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I feel exactly the same! :wink:

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Its “avast!” and not “!avast” :stuck_out_tongue:

Malware tagging extensions meaning:
[Adw] → Adware
[Wrm] → Worm
[Trj] → Trojan
[Drp] → Dropper
[Kit] → Malware Construction Kit
[Vir] → Virus (haven’t seen this one yet,but i belive it does exist)
[Joke] → Joke program

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So it is … where did I get the idea it was the other way round? ??? :-[ Must have been in an alternate universe or something.

Anyway, “A rose by any other name …” and !tsava smells as sweet. (With my luck, “tsava” is probably a naughty word in another language; if so, apologies in advance – but I did do a search and found that Tsava is, among other things, the name of a lion.)

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14…

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I’m almost sure, that we’ll have ****-15 this week! :smiley:

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Wouldn’t surprise me at all – it’s still well over a day and a half till the new week starts “over there”.

Yesterday’s Trend newsletter said that there’s a heck of a lot of new virus activity this year compared to last year – although they did say that last year was unusually quiet. I’m just mildly surprised that it all seems to be hitting in one week – students free for the summer with extra spare time, maybe?

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Well it seems to have ended with 0522-16 :slight_smile:

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The new week just started! ;D

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Mine is at 0523-0 ;D