Avast Not detecting Trojan.Ransom.Gen

Hello, today I got this Trojan that take over my PC. with a fake FBI warning that I need to pay 200 USD before I can used my computer.

The PC get Locked and it ask for you to pay with Moneypak , it show your location and IP with a fake live webcam that said it monitoring you… Avast did not detected this Trojan.

I was able to restart my pc and scan it with another program and remove it.

Trojan.Ransom.Gen

Scan

Files Detected: 1
C:\Users\webmaster\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup[b]ctfmon.lnk [/b]

(Trojan.Ransom.Gen) → Quarantined and deleted successfully

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