I would assume that scanning would specifically ignore files renamed with avast's own ".vir" extension, which does not seem to be the case.
No, avast does not ignore them by default. In fact, I doubt it would 'recognize' them as its 'sons and daughters'...
I have no other exp with any other files, nothing's been detected other than that. Is this normal? If not, what to do, and if so, how to stop avast from rescanning .vir files, regardless of location?
Add
*.vir
or, better, in the format
<avast moved folder path>\*.virto the two exclusion lists:
For the
Standard Shield provider (on-access scanning):
Left click the 'a' blue icon, click on the provider icon at left and then Customize.
Go to Advanced tab and click on Add button...
For the other providers (on-demmand scanning):
Right click the 'a' blue icon, click Program Settings.
Go to Exclusions tab and click on Add button...