Author Topic: Security of Chest  (Read 2327 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

kathleent

  • Guest
Security of Chest
« on: December 22, 2012, 07:35:20 PM »
I scanned my computer last night and AVAST! found Win32:Trojan-gen. I clicked "Chest". Is my computer now free of any risk from this trojan -- can I do financial business on my computer and this particular trojan poses no risk?
Thanks.

Offline Asyn

  • Avast Überevangelist
  • Certainly Bot
  • *****
  • Posts: 76037
    • >>>  Avast Forum - Deutschsprachiger Bereich  <<<
Re: Security of Chest
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2012, 07:38:32 PM »
Is my computer now free of any risk from this trojan -- can I do financial business on my computer and this particular trojan poses no risk?
Thanks.

To be sure, please attach your logs. (AdwCleaner, MBAM, OTL and aswMBR..!!)
Instructions: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0

Offline Pondus

  • Probably Bot
  • ****
  • Posts: 37506
  • Not a avast user
Re: Security of Chest
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2012, 09:48:02 PM »
I scanned my computer last night and AVAST! found Win32:Trojan-gen. I clicked "Chest". Is my computer now free of any risk from this trojan -- can I do financial business on my computer and this particular trojan poses no risk?
Thanks.
Clean, Quarantine, or Delete?
http://antivirus.about.com/b/2007/03/11/clean-quarantine-or-delete.htm


Quote
The avast! Virus Chest is a safe and completely isolated place, or a 'quarantine' area in other words, for storing potentially harmful files away from the rest of the operating system. Files inside the Virus Chest are not accessible for any outside process, software application or virus and also cannot be run there. If you double-click a file, by accident or otherwise, you will not run it. Instead, the file properties will be displayed. This is a simple safety feature to prevent infected files being run accidentally and potentially causing damage to your computer. There is no danger in storing files there. Using the Virus Chest is described in the following sections:
https://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=1406


but if you are suspicious and want to know if you are clean....follow the guide Asyn gave you, and a removal expert will check the logs   ;)


« Last Edit: December 22, 2012, 09:49:41 PM by Pondus »

Offline DavidR

  • Avast Überevangelist
  • Certainly Bot
  • *****
  • Posts: 88895
  • No support PMs thanks
Re: Security of Chest
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2012, 09:52:30 PM »
@    kathleent
What was the file name and location ?
Windows 10 Home 64bit/ Acer Aspire F15/ Intel Core i5 7200U 2.5GHz, 8GB DDR4 memory, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD/ avast! free 24.2.6105 (build 24.2.8918.824) UI 1.0.799/ Firefox, uBlock Origin, uMatrix/ MailWasher Pro/ Avast! Mobile Security