My computer got infected by the Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.foz. Avast missed it. It was in an html attachment in a “trusted” email.
I realized immediately that something wasn’t correct and reran avast scan on the html document and on the directory where it was saved. Avast still missed it. I found that Kapersky identified it 3 days ago. Another online scanner found the infected html document in the browser casche and quarentined it.
I ran Microsoft malicious tool scan, a full avast scan and the online scanner and do not find any other sign that the trojan was able to download code to my computer. I believe/hope that that is because this class of trojan uses activex to do it’s dirty work, and I have activex turned off in my browser. I have also been monitoring internet activity from my router and see no unexpected activity. Nor do I find any unknown files in my root directory where this class of virus puts stuff.
- I can’t find a list of known malwhere for Avast on the site. It this trojan known to avast today?
- Once a trojan is entered into the avast database will avast also scan for the payload the trojan will download?
- Is there an alternative to uninstalling avast and installing Kapersky since they know about this trojan?
- Are there any other steps to take to be sure that the payload of this trojan is not lurking somewhere other than a full rebuild of the disk drive?
sblevine