I performed a scan and Avast found (6) files that were flagged with the Whale-9216 virus. The program was not able to move them to the virus chest. I followed instructions to search for the .exe and .com files to remove the virus manually - but no files were found. I ended up deleting the files manually.
I did notice that at the end of the file name in the scan results, Avast showed an additional directory, i.e. 'xxxx.pub\content'. When I searched for the file, it was there, no directory such as this. I opened the file and no virus warning.
I have had Avast 4.7 running in 'High' mode, all databases up to date automatically. I did get a virus warning from a web page last night just prior to the scan (sorry - can't remember the name), but other than that - no virus problems ever in any email (I'm pretty cautious about downloads of any kind - never any email that appears to be junk - even from trusted sources).
Is it possible that this was just some type of file name issue - i.e. it was too deep in the directory tree? What would cause a '\content' to be added to the end of the file name?
Thanks