TSGL: Avast Virus Scanner and Avira Antivirus

[H Davis]

Use Google's advanced search and specify English pages only.

H Davis

Eric and Merna Bitter wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I tried a Google search for     "Trojan Horse TR/Gorshok.A"    and got five
> results in foreign languages as you noted.  However, Googling for
> "Gorshok.A"    brought up 12,300 results.
> Looking at the first page of fifty, most of which are English links, many of
> them refer to "Trojan.Win32.Gorshok.A".  Perhaps open or more of those links
> would be helpful to you?
>
> Merna
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "H Davis" <hdavis1 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Avast Virus Scanner and Avira Antivirus
>
>
> 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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> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.5/1191 - Release Date: 2007-12-20
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