Chest does not lock files?

[Shark]

Hi,

I have moved some suspicious files into the Chest. I noticed though that they stayed in their original locations. I thought files would become unaccessible after adding them to the Chest. Since I can't execute them to make sure (otherwise I would launch the virus) I made a little test. I created a text file and added it to the Chest. Then I tried to open it and, yes, it opens! I'm sure this is NOT how it's supposed to work, can you help?

tks

[vojtech]

When avast detects a virus and you move the infected file to the chest, the original file is deleted. But when you add a file using the chest viewer, the original file stays at its location too.

[Shark]

"It's a feature not a bug", didn't see that coming.... What is the purpose then of manually adding files to the Chest?

[DavidR]

If you think a file is suspect you can send it to the User Files section of the chest where it can do no harm and you can send it to avast from the chest for analysis as suspect unidentified malware.

If you are confident that it is malware then you can delete the original, better if you upload it to confirm your suspicions at: VirusTotal - Multi engine on-line virus scanner. I feel virustotal is the better option as it uses the windows version of avast (more packers supported) and there are currently over 30 different scanners.

You can't upload file to VT from the chest so having the original in place allows for the upload and if confirmed by multiple scanners, delete the original. This leaves a copy in the User Files section of the chest which can be scanned periodically to see if it has been added to the virus signatures.

[Lisandro]

What is the purpose then of manually adding files to the Chest?

1. False positives as David said.
2. Backup purposes.