avast didn't detect this..why?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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mmmkay well i used spybot-search & destroy and wen i finished my scan there was this thing that was called “Rotue” and i scanned my comp before wid avast…but it didn’t detect that…how come?

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avast is an antivirus and spybot s & d is an antispyware.
i recommend you using both as they protect you against different kinds of malware.

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yea i know…but still i google wat “Route” was…and there wasn’t anythin that came up fro that…yet…wen i scan it wid spybot search and destroy it came up…

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You can’t expect avast! will detect everything. Especially such uncommon (minor) things.

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What did S&D say it was?
Where was it located - example (C:\windows\system32\infected-filename.xxx)?

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I thought this was as good a place to post, because it refers to another missed intrusion. I am sorry if this is considered “HiJacking” another’s post, but I don’t intend it that way. I am unclear as to if Avast considers “key loggers” as viri, so I am only contributing this so someone can verify their own results…
I run Avast (free), Zone Alarm FW/AV, and also have AdAware SE 1.0.6 installed along with Winpatrol for detection, I added Ewido Security Suite Beta last night to try it out, and Ewido discovered this: (but everything else missed it)

ewido security suite - Scan report

  • Created on: 5:13:07 AM, 7/4/2005

  • Report-Checksum: 8923ACEF

  • Scan result:

    C:\Program Files\Paint.NET v2.1b\Skybound.VisualStyles.dll → Heuristic.Win32.Keylogger : Cleaned with backup
    D:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-57989841-1409082233-682003330-1003\Dd1.1b\Skybound.VisualStyles.dll → Heuristic.Win32.Keylogger : Cleaned with backup

::Report End

Just for heads up…
Like I said earlier, I was unsure if Avast recognizes Key Loggers as Viri, so I am only giving info to be used as needed.

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C:\Program Files\Paint.NET v2.1b\Skybound.VisualStyles.dll → Heuristic.Win32.Keylogger

This is a false positive for sure. Paint.NET is a clean program for sure.

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Thank you for the quick response, That is also why I prefer Avast over others…A quality forum to discuss issues / answers.
I only disabled it, I can return it back, but wanted to have confirmation first.
Did Avast recognize it as a non-threat, ot does Avast not recognize “key-loggers” in general?

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In general, avast detects keyloggers as being infected. avast! does detetec key-loggers.
But, in your case, seems a false positive… not a virus at the end…

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Thanks again… going in to restore it now…
Peace, if you’re US, happy 4th 2 ya.