when you opened the downloaded exe file, avast scanned all the accessed files which is nothing but the extracted files. with out the user opening the downloaded file if avast! scans, then it results in poor performance isn't it?
That's just it...! AVAST didnt detected anything when i either downloaded the file , or even opened = executed the file (to install) !!
Avast only alerted me AFTER i EXTRACTED all the files from the xxx.exe package and after i have scanned
that directory whit the extracted files MANUALLY / or automatically by screensaver you see!!
So i have already executed the file in several way's and avast didnt alerted me back then. But it did allert me when i manually scanned the map whit the extracted files
Even though i changed avast settings to do an intensive scan !!
So, wot i want to know is. Is avast capable to do an deep level scan. I mean, does it scan the .exe files whitin an .exe whitin an .exe package where the so called infected files are stored you know!??
p.s: Sorry for the late reply kabster,