I recently reinstalled Avast. However now when I visit the eicar.org site to test that the scanner is working, it doesn’t detect the eicar.com file when I download or execute it.
Now the only time it detects it is if I choose manually to scan the file.
Do you know what is causing this? I am running under WindowsXP.
It acts as if real-time scanning isn’t working.
it’s an old question…If you read old messages on this forum, you’ll find the solution!
Have you downloaded the most recent version of Avast! ?
Ok guess I’ll just uninstall the thing then, and install another virus scanner. Thanks for helping and making up my mind!
TC17,
isn’t the a-ball avast tray icon crossed-out? If not, if you click the icon, and select the Standard Shield (after pushing the ‘Details’ button) - what does it show for the value ‘Scan count’? And what is the ‘last scanned file’ after you execute the file eicar.com?
Thanks,
Vlk