My email client moves all attachments into a file on my computer so they can be accesses off line. I have received an attachment to an email and Avast has moved the attachment to Virus Chest. When Avast does that, it pops up a warning alert on my computer.
Then, apparently, my email client sees that the attachment has not been properly saved and it tries to save it again. Then Avast sees that file again and moves it to the Virus Chest and pops up another warning alert. This cycle is repeating endlessly and I'm getting twenty or more popup warnings a day.
Avast does not report anything about the problem except the name of the attachment. When I go to search for the offending email so I can delete it, the attachment has been removed so my email client can't find it. If Avast reported some other aspect of the offending situation, such as the Sender's name, I could search for that. But it doesn't and I can't.
I'm thinking that the only solution is to tell my Avast software to restore the offending attachment and then, I hope, I will be able to search for the email using the name of the attachment and delete the email. Avast cautions against restoring suspect files, but I see no other option. Any other ideas?