avast doesn't catch a lot of viruses under the following URL

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I have latest uptodate avast running but it doesn’t catch a lot of viruses under the following url

for example

… and so on…
approximately every fifth click suggested me to download file :frowning:

would you guys update your signature database, please?

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Don’t post links to malware to this forum, please.
You can send them to virus@avast.com. I’d say, however, that if it’s an old collection of DOS malware, it doesn’t have the highest priority.

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Seems avast! does detect at least the first of these viruses, and yes it does seem to be old DOS malware. In fact F-Secure says:

This is the oldest PC virus known, first detected in January '86

So we’re talking virus dinosaurs here.

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/brain.shtml

Antivirus Version Update Result
AntiVir 7.2.0.16 09.15.2006 Brain #2
Authentium 4.93.8 09.14.2006 Brain.E image file
Avast 4.7.844.0 09.15.2006 Brain
AVG 386 09.15.2006 Brain
BitDefender 7.2 09.15.2006 Brain.A
CAT-QuickHeal 8.00 09.15.2006 Brain
ClamAV devel-20060426 09.15.2006 Brain.2
eTrust-InoculateIT 23.72.126 09.15.2006 no virus found
eTrust-Vet 30.3.3078 09.15.2006 no virus found
DrWeb 4.33 09.15.2006 Brain
Ewido 4.0 09.15.2006 no virus found
Fortinet 2.82.0.0 09.15.2006 Brain.fam
F-Prot 3.16f 09.14.2006 Brain.E image file
F-Prot4 4.2.1.29 09.14.2006 Brain.E
Ikarus 0.2.65.0 09.15.2006 Brain.A Dropper
Kaspersky 4.0.2.24 09.15.2006 Virus.Boot.Brain.a
McAfee 4853 09.15.2006 Brain
Microsoft 1.1560 09.15.2006 Brain
NOD32v2 1.1758 09.15.2006 no virus found
Norman 5.80.02 09.15.2006 no virus found
Panda 9.0.0.4 09.15.2006 Brain.1986
Sophos 4.09.0 09.15.2006 Brain
Symantec 8.0 09.15.2006 Brain.corrupt
TheHacker 5.9.8.212 09.15.2006 no virus found
UNA 1.83 09.15.2006 DOS.Brain.G
VBA32 3.11.1 09.14.2006 no virus found
VirusBuster 4.3.7:9 09.15.2006 Brain

EDIT: The second virus was also Brain, and also detected by avast!

nevgeniev, you may need to right click the folders and request a scan before avast! will detect them as they are zipped files. (I assume you have updated your definitions since 1986? ;D )

Anybody browsing with Windows 3.1 on a 486, watch out!!