it is a trojan horse so avast should still detect it.
Hi Mac, What kind of program is Avast ? > that's wright >
Anti-virus scanner.The first priority for every Av is to
detect virusses. And Avast has proven many times (just like many others in VB tests) it detects ALL in the wild virusses....
But nowadays most of them also detect some other malware (scripts, Backdoors, trojans,spyware, etc...) But the master in these detection is still Kaspersky with is extended database.
All other scanners are way behind it (Macafee is strong also), when it comes to trojan detection.
So, to have a strong(er) defence againts
trojans and non-virus malware, you should run a deticated AT also resident. Programs like TDS-3, Trojan Hunter 3, The Cleaner, BoClean etc...
Having a combination of a AT & AV will give you much more safety.
The drawback is there are NO freeware AT's around that do there job. Maybe "Swat-It", but it's not that realy good
But i guess it's better than nothing...
http://swatit.org/Kind regards,
Waldo