Out of interest, I also have XP SP3 on 7 PCs and AIS/APro stops 'eicar.com' on each as indicated.
Yes, yours are the exact screens I get, but
only if I add
com files as custom extensions on "Scan when opening". Maybe this is a bug present only on Avast Free. Anyway, even when Avast blocks it, I miss the warning screen.
Thank you all for the suggestions of Spycar and Hikaru, they where the missing win32 eicar
All of them got blocked and removed when they were already in the filesystem (but, again, no warning screen).
Same as me.But you should try another method to test Avast! to detect this.(Refer to 13thslayer's post.)http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=63733.msg538709#msg538709
I believe every method should by valid. What if the infected file was on a USB stick that was already inserted when I booted?