If i wanted to researh a certain virus is there anyware i can get detailed info on virus/mailware?
You can read this :
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=5373
I strongly suggest a Google search.
If avast detects something like this : [b]Win32:Trojan-gen. {VC}, Win32:Trojan-gen. {UPX!}, Win32:Trojan-gen. {Other}, Trojan-gen. {Delphi}, VBS:Malware
, VBS:Generic-Copy, VBS:Malware [Encrypted][/b], these mean that avast uses something called " Generic detection " to identify malware so you will never know its specific name that I think sometimes it makes thing so difficult to deal with what avast calls " Trojan-gen. {UPX!} ". ???
If you want to know that other antivirus calls what avast calls " Trojan-gen. {UPX!} you have to use the following online scanners.
Kaspersky : http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
Dr.Web : http://www.dials.ru/english/www_av/
RAV : http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/indexn.phplee-
Just a note,I have a link on my site to virus encyclopedia.
-max