Avast free keeps reporting that five of my old .pdf files are infected and wants to delete them. I accept that an AV should be MORE aggressive than TOO PERMISSIVE, but why would it pick up on these very safe files?
Generally with More Aggressive, Too Permissive you have an increase in potential for FPs - somewhere there has to be a balance.
You don't say what malware name avast gives these detections ?
It could be that these detections are more generic (detecting multiple malware types with one signature) than specific. A little like your more aggressive comment, but there is no detailed information to confirm or deny.
