VBS.Malware-gen Threat Blocked

[Spiritual2016]

Bob:

Thank you for the clear response.

Basically then, if and when Avast blocks a threat and  I am unsure if it is a False Positive bug or a legitimate infected file, check the forum first and go from there.

[bob3160]

Bob:

Thank you for the clear response.

Basically then, if and when Avast blocks a threat and  I am unsure if it is a False Positive bug or a legitimate infected file, check the forum first and go from there.

Correct.

[Spiritual2016]

To clarify a point:

If and when Avast detects a threat, the first step is to check the forum but would detection alone put a file in the Virus Vault or would a file only be placed in the Virus Vault after a full scan was run?

[bob3160]

To clarify a point:

If and when Avast detects a threat, the first step is to check the forum but would detection alone put a file in the Virus Vault or would a file only be placed in the Virus Vault after a full scan was run?

Detection put's the file into the chest where it can't harm the system. Doing a full scan when there is a problem such as the VBS problem, would cause many files to be put into the chest more files than the chest could hold and that's also what cased some people to loose files.

[Spiritual2016]

Oh okay.

To be clear, Avast detecting a potential threat would place the file into the Virus Vault but, at that point, it would be wise to check the forum before doing anything else because running a full system scan after a detection would place more files into the VV than it can hold, resulting in files being deleted.

[bob3160]

Oh okay.

To be clear, Avast detecting a potential threat would place the file into the Virus Vault but, at that point, it would be wise to check the forum before doing anything else because running a full system scan after a detection would place more files into the VV than it can hold, resulting in files being deleted.

That's correct.