List of Virusus & Definitions

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I just downloaded new home edition … and want to know where I can find the list of virusus protected and definitions.

Thanks

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Run avast antivirus
Right click the skin and choose ‘Virus Database’ or ‘Virus information’…
Sorry, I’m translating to english :wink:

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Thanks for you prompt response… :slight_smile:

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I followed your instructions…but perhaps I did not understand…since I’m new. I ran the anti-virus…but I did not get a list of definitions…Help! Can you take me step by step please. Thanks again/

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No you will have a ‘search’ window for viruses.
I switch avast for English and the menu item is ‘Virus Database’. You’ll see a window called ‘Information about known viruses’.

You can see the webpages too:
Windows viruses http://www.avast.com/i_kat_61.html
Script viruses http://www.avast.com/i_kat_62.html
Macro viruses http://www.avast.com/i_kat_63.html

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I looked at “information about known viruses” and in the box was “Klez”…

When I used Norton, there was a LIST of virus definitions that were covered…so I knew what viruses Norton took care of…follow me?.

Is there not a full list of known viruses that Avast is covering that I can look at.? Is there a log?

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You need to put * (asterisk) to the box and hit the Search button. That will list all the virus names.

But please note that virus names are not everything – in some cases, avast detects thousands of Trojans/worms/viruses under the same name… so the actual number of detected malware is much higher than the number of names in the db…

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Thanks…that was the info I was looking for!

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Sorry Gerri… I did not succeed to help you in the first time.
Anyway, wellcome. Vlk did his job 8)