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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: ineuw01 on August 26, 2018, 01:06:12 AM

Title: javascript files in AVAST resources
Post by: ineuw01 on August 26, 2018, 01:06:12 AM

Yesterday, I was hit by a nasty PUP/Malware from DriverUpdate.su and had difficulty to remove their files, particularly this one:

C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\resources\PerformanceDriverUpdater.js.

Then, I noticed that there is a collection of .js files stored in the above indicated subfolder. Javascript files can be very dangerous. What are they doing in AVAST and what is their purpose?

Title: Re: javascript files in AVAST resources
Post by: igor on August 26, 2018, 09:49:17 AM

Simple - they are part of Avast code.
I.e. there are parts of Avast (mainly UI-related) that are implemented in javascript.