RS doesn't detect Eicar when written from editor

Hi,

Avast4 (updated: 4.0.235; VPS 25.7.03)
on W2k-SP4 - HDD: C = NTFS, D = FAT32

When I paste the eicar-string into editor(Notepad) and save this as eicar.com (filetype: all files), avast doesn’t give a beep… (explorer-settings of course set to show everything)

only when i try to open/execute eicar.com, does the RS step in… !!!

Although i have set scanning on write AND OPEN for the standard-extensions…

Is that just my problem, or a bug (like the ZIP-scan and Ram.extraction stuff earlier) ?? :wink:

Hi who,

What if you try to copy it ?

You have to activate this option:

On-access protestion control (right click on the tray icon) → Details → Standard Shield → Customize → Scanner (advanced) → Scan created / modified files

:slight_smile:

Hi Kaleus, of course i have set this …
see above (scan on write…)

Hi Raman,
the RS warns already when I open the relevant dir in Explorer,
BUT NOT when I save it there from Notepad)
???

Hi,

anyone with W2k-SP4 can test/confirm the above ?

Any explanation ? What says the Alwil-team ? :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

OT, but why does it matter?

Problems with eicar? It´s very well discussed here in foruns:
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=778;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=774;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=760;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=750;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=743;start=15
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=707;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=645;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=338;start=15
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=603;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=556;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=535;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=513;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=512;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=505;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=494;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=493;start=0
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=488;start=0

I´m sure that quite almost answers will be there ::slight_smile:

Hi technical…
yes… almost…
still don’t see, why my avast RS doesn’t detect eicar.com, when I specifically told it so…
well, maybe I’ll just wait for the new update… :wink:

I’m afraid you are right, technical… it doesn’t work for me either.
I guess we’ll have to wait for vlk to fix it… :frowning:

Hmm, where is the avast Support team? ;D

Hi Igor,

ok thanks for the reply…
so I’ll just wait for the next update… :wink: