Has Avast Patched This Virus yet?

Viruses and worms
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I just read about this virus and I am wondering if it been patched yet?

Virus: W32/Nopir-B

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5681561.html

and this is a virus company who has alreayd patched it:

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32nopirb.html

So I am just wondering if this has been patched yet because I just do not want to get this since I would lose alot fo must then.

2

It is really hard to say that does avast! has this virus in it’s detection libraries, since same viruses might have different aliases on different Antivirus vendors.

You might want to check vgrep(www.virusbtn.com/resources/vgrep/index.xml), it might help or just google for some info.

3

K I will try that.

4

Take a look at this:

http://img205.echo.cx/img205/7937/nopir3ul.th.png

5

I wonder why avast decided to call it differently,

6

maybe because they use naming scheme closer to Kasperky ?

7

In all eight AVs detected it and not one has used the same name, with only one using W32/Nopir-B for the name so you might reverse the logic and ask why they used that as the majority have used a name with either P2P or VB in the name.

This is not just an avast but industry wide problem with no standardised naming convention.

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Take a look at the mentioned Vgrep Link above:

Why do we need VGrep?
We need VGrep because, without the correct name, it may prove very difficult to access accurate information about a virus and its effects.
Virus names are so confused for two reasons - the nature of the viruses themselves and the way in which the anti-virus industry works.
The first is perhaps the most obvious - many viruses have nothing particularly unique about them, which can make naming them rather difficult.
The second point is probably more important, however. When an anti-virus company receives a sample of a new virus, its primary objective is to incorporate detection of that virus into its product. The virus researchers don’t have time to worry about what to call it immediately, so they instruct the product to refer to it as (for example) ‘Fred’. Later, they may conclude that the virus should, in fact, be called ‘Jerusalem.Australian.Fred.1089’. Many companies change their products accordingly, however there remains a great deal of confusion.
VGrep allows simple cross-referencing between some of the more popular AV products.

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VGrep is a great tool however, it is not so useful for new viruses as it takes a little time to get listed in the database. So it is not unusual to find no reference of the latest viruses.