Avast blocked a game executable (false positive), and now doesn't let me unblock it back.
I downloaded and unzipped a free game (
http://undertowgames.com/file/Barotrauma%20v0.6.0.2.zip ) and ran "Barotrauma Launcher.exe" . Avast notification popped up, claimed that Barotrauma.exe is infected with a "IDP.Generic" virus and that it got quarantined. The game started normally, but I hastily quit it and found that Barotrauma.exe was still in place.
After some confusion I ran "Barotrauma Launcher.exe" second time, notification about "IDP.Generic" and quarantine popped up again, this time the game got aborted and Barotrauma.exe went missing from the game folder. I checked the Virus chest, and found two Barotrauma.exe entries.
Now for the fun part: I can't do anything with them. I can't remove them (clicking remove does nothing), can't restore them (same), can't scan (after initializing scan all it produces is a small empty window with an "Ok" button) and can't send to laboratory (no reaction). I downloaded the game archive again and tried unpacking Barotrauma.exe in the same place but something (I assume its Avast) doesn't let me.
I'm pretty sure that Barotrauma.exe was a false positive (the game itself has passed Steam Greenlight, its source code is available at
https://github.com/Regalis11/barotrauma , etc), so I think this weird Virus chest behaviour is due to a bug in Avast itself and not virus interference.
I'd like to know if there's a way to clean those entries from the Virus chest without reinstalling Avast completely, like remove some hidden folders and registry entries perhaps. Pic:
http://i.imgur.com/lnBG0pG.png