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Offline mathboyx215

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avast heuristic
« on: May 16, 2010, 12:39:20 PM »
Finally, a heuristic warning from avast ;D
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Re: avast heuristic
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2010, 02:23:22 PM »
Wow.but i think it is a generic detection not heuristics ::)
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Re: avast heuristic
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2010, 02:42:57 PM »
Quote from: superhacker on May 16, 2010, 02:23:22 PM
Wow.but i think it is a generic detection not heuristics ::)
Notice that it have the [Heur] at the end ::) That is short for heuristic.
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Re: avast heuristic
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2010, 03:59:25 PM »
Quote from: superhacker on May 16, 2010, 02:23:22 PM
Wow.but i think it is a generic detection not heuristics ::)

I think there is something more to this than meets the eye as it is a Web Shield detection and not a file system shield detection, which I would have considered to be more likely to have true Heuristic/behavioural detections. Not to mention mathboyx215 has obscured the location and file name ;)
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Re: avast heuristic
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2010, 09:01:14 PM »
it definitely IS a heuristic detection..
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Re: avast heuristic
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2010, 09:08:04 PM »
Quote from: Maxx_original on May 16, 2010, 09:01:14 PM
it definitely IS a heuristic detection..

so what is supposed to happen after that...automatic submission to Avast servers from Chest ? then analysis and cloud like reaction or just an update in the next VPS...if appropriate?
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Re: avast heuristic
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2010, 09:42:52 PM »
that would be reasonable for some noisy heuristics... this one seems to be very accurate (regarding our internal stats) and after a short testing period it will be available at normal heur level (that's what is preset in default scans)..
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Re: avast heuristic
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2010, 10:57:54 PM »
That's really great and i'm looking forward for more such detections.
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