When I started my PC this morning all hell let loose, to cut a story short I updated Avast (only 1 update out) scanned and it found 1 virus (that was locked,needed re boot to delete) My PC was still no happier and I looked into it myself and found a further 3 Trojens
These were
1)hwiper.exe
2)yaemu.exe(apparently nasty)
3)dmgvx.exe
The first two are widely mentioned in Google so there is no excuse for Avast to miss them but I cant find anything on no.3 (didn’t look that hard!)
The third one was ‘blocking’ Spywareblaster and causing a ‘code 4 error’
So how did they get in, in the first place ? It was OK yesterday and I hadn’t been anywere remotely ‘dodgy’
I also managed to get some Coolweb garbage that Adaware got some and the latest CW shredder got one more.
I guess all this rubbish was pretty up to date virus/spyware oh and a browser hijacker !
Why don’t the ‘law’ track down these scum that have nothing better to do with their sad pathetic lives and put them out of their missery ?
Starting to think about getting a paid antivirus if Avast lets me down yet again.
What avast! version and VPS file (virus database) number, e.g. 0436-4 (see about avast!)
What was the filename, where was it found
example (C:\windows\system32\infected-filename.xxx)?
How were they detected?
I suggest you read and action this link Security Tips & Tricks - DropMyRights, this stops viruses or malware that gets on your system having administrator privileges and be able to do much of the stuff it does, e.g be able to put files in the system folders and create registry entries. This should stop many malware attacks getting a toe hold, so even if the virus is new or missed you reduce the impact.
Avast is primarly a anti virus application.
The things you mention are spy-/adware.
There is no single application that can detect all malware and there never will be one.
That is why you need multiple tools to keep/get your system healthy.
Have a look at the malware removal section at http://mrspock.dsmirc.co.uk
Don’t blame Avast for something it didn’t do.
Blame yourself for a lack of knowledge.