Hi,
I have the last version of Avast and all up to date files. The last night, I downloaded from emule a file (ZIP file which contains a .exe file). It was a crack for windows defender and I wanted to test my P2P shield.
The file was downloaded on my disk. Avast didn't detect inside the archive that a virus file was inside it. Next, I unzipped the . exe file and put it on my dektop. I launched the Avast scanning on this exe file and nothing wrong was detected. So I thought that everything was ok and I decided to launch the exe file.
When Iaunched it, I received at the bottom of my screen something like (it was very fast) "Beagle virus detected". Next, The firewall (XP SP2) and Avast were deactivated and It was impossible to repair everything. When I tried to launch it manually, Avast report me some errors like .dll were not found etc… . I had to format my disk.
Can you tell me how I can prevent this kind of bad adventure in the future ? My P2P was activated and resident program was ok with all thing.
I tested Avast with Eicar files few days ago and everything was ok.
I am very grateful for your help.
Best regards,