Simple question about sample submission

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Hello guys,

Just a simple question:

Files submitted to the avast online scanner website: http://onlinescan.avast.com/ are available to the avast virus lab team to create new malware signatures? Or the only way is to submit from the pplication chest or by email to virus@avast.com?

I ask this because some days ago, I have submitted a file to the online scanner, and in that time it wasnt detected… However in the next day it started to be detected as malware-gen… I was wondering if its was just a coincidence (someone else submitted the same file from chest or by email) or if they got the file from the online scanner…?

Thanks for your time,

BrBrasil

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only somone from avast lab can answer this …and only if you post the file MD5… then they can tell you where they got it from
but i dont think they will respond

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Well… I would think it would be stupid if they don’t use the onlinescan as a malware submission source. Don’t you think?

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Yep. Agree.