Win 7 or Avast problem? EICAR-test

[Sven]

On this site
eicar | THE ANTI-VIRUS OR ANTI-MALWARE TEST FILE
(scroll to the buttom) with the testvirus EICAR, Avast don't warn about EICAR in the SSL enabled https protocol, except from the first test.

The 4 test above with standard prot0col, all 4 gives warnings.

Is this a Avast setting that is wrong, or is it Windows 7 (IE8?) that causes this hole in security?

I'm new to Avast, just started yesterday after 5 years with Kaspersky, so it might be my settings that is wrong

 

[Sven]

Nobody knows about this? If not, I'm not using Avast, as I'm afraid it don't secure my PC

 

[Uber Philf]

NOt sure about your problem there buddy, personally i dont use avast, as ive been caught out many times, it wont pick a virus out, then when i ran avg, it picked up 35..

im using avira antivirus free, works fine, havent had any problems

Enzo.

 

[Sven]

OK, I might try to switch to Avira. A lot of people inhere said that Avast was really good, but the first test I showed it, it failed.

If you go to the testsite in my first post, will avira gives warning on all 8 tests? Avast is failing on the last 3 tests.

 

[Uber Philf]

rofls, i shall have a look, my nets having a big spaz so i hope it goes ok..

Enzo.

 

[Uber Philf]

ROFLZ, i did the test,and it dont pick up the last 2, but windows defender does XD

think i might revert back to my AVG + Adaware + spybot S&D combo, keeps me well protected

Enzo

 

[Sven]

But it seems that many people are having problems with AVG? Or is it just the free version that gives problem in Windows 7?

Thank you very much for your time spend on testing

 

[Uber Philf]

No problem , and im not having any problem whatsoever with AVG free, its running a scan atm, does its job

Enzo.

 

[SIW2]

Hi,

I just ran the Test. Avast picked up the first six, and Defender picked up the last two.

Seems like a good result to me.

 

[Uber Philf]

hmm, ill try run the test with AVG, and see how it goes

Enzo.

 

[studiorat]

kaspersky and eicar

I logged into the Eicar site and tried the av amw test and kaspersky grabbed it right away now i will try it on with AVG so far so good

 

[Jacee]

Avira Antivirus picked all of them up on my machine ...

@ENZO, if you saved the last two zip files, then right clicked on the folder to scan with Avira.... it detected them too

 

[Sven]

That's the problem, Jacee. The file is then allready downloaded and on your HD, so if you don't have suspicion to a zip-file or a folder containing a zipfile, you will never check it. The software must detect it by itself!

 

[kv43]

6 with Avast here , seems reasonable enough to me , but 8 would be better . So are we saying Avira is better than avast for windows 7 .

 

[Jacee]

I always check a .zip file before I extract it!

 

[Sven]

Yes, so do I, but what if the endname is not .zip?

 

[studiorat]

Yes, so do I, but what if the endname is not .zip?

even if it is not a zip check it .rar .iso. any of them

 

[Uber Philf]

:O are you serious?!, one thing.. will avira detect it once you open the .zip file? even if you dont scan it before hand?

Enzo

 

[Mercurial]

eset nod32 even teriminated the connection for me ;O didnt let me download haha I lub eset

 

[Uber Philf]

"I lub eset" XD

Enzo