Win32:Adware-gen, Avast's generic detection?

[Maeng]

Hi guys,

Is Win32:Adware-gen detected by Avast's generic detection? What is it? I've been looking for its description but I haven't found yet. Many AV programs missed this threat but luckily Avast found it.

Thanks.

[bob3160]

Welcome to the forum.
Maybe this helps:
http://www.spywareguide.com/filelist.html

[DavidR]

I tend not to worry about what it is or what it does in detail (I just ensure it is a good detection as you have done), adware will download lots of ads or throw up pop-ups, possibly change the default search engine, etc.

There will always be a problem finding information as you can see 5 detections and multiple names, so you can use google for these names, however, you never mentioned the infected file name or its location and a search for the file name often brings up more information than a search for the malware name.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=adware+netpumper lots of hits here is just one NetPumper