After looking into it, I see that AVG uses virus signatures as well as
Heuristic Analysis. All definitions are up to date and have been updated
daily and scans done daily since computer was new.
Richard P.
Mike Sloane wrote:
To my knowledge, Panda is heuristic, but AVG depends on daily
downloads of specific virus signatures. If your AVG definitions are
out of date, it will not detect a brand new offender, whereas Panda's
design (claims to) detect viruses by their behavior.
Mike
This morning, AVG scan found what it says is a trojan horse
downloader. When I asked for more details, it said it didn't exist in
its database. I went ahead and healed it but wonder what it is and
whether or not it is a false positive.
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