TSGL: Avast Virus Scanner and Avira Antivirus

[H Davis]

Mike,

Does the Avira scanner have a heuristic mode? If so it might be 
interpreting Avast's behavior rather than its signature as trojan like.  
Maybe you can turn off the heuristic mode if it has one and see what 
happens. Just a thought.

H Davis

Mike Ferrell wrote:
> I have installed a couple free programs that I have never used before, but both come highly rated, so I have been trying them out.  These are Avira Antivirus Personal Scanner and Alwil's Avast Virus Scanner.  The Avira scanner keeps identifying Alwil Software (Avast) as the Trojan Horse TR/Gorshok.A
> AVG Free does not identify it as a trojan.
>
> I believe the Avira scanner is legitimate and downloaded from a legitimate site, but not sure why it keeps identifying Avast as containing a trojan, unless these two av's just won't play well together, and the result from Avira could just be a false positive.
>
> This alert pops up a couple times each day.  I have Googled to read about this trojan, but everything is in a foreign language.  
>
> I tried the Secunia Inspector online scan, but it's primarily looking for insecure software versions and missing updates instead of looking for Trojans.
>
> What is a good safe website to help identify the trojan TR/Gorshok.A, and perhaps do an online scan to see if somehow it was installed with my download?  I tried the WindowsSecurity site, but it can't yet handle Vista.  I would like to specifically scan for Trojans, not just another typical virus scan.  And I'm not particularly fond of downloading yet another free virus scanner for a trial.  So, again, is there any reliable safe site for either identifying this virus and/or doing an online scan to see if I have it?
>
> Mike
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