what to do with trojan in chest

[Pfundner]

avast just found a trojan on my memory stick called autorun.exe.
i put it in the virus chest and re-scanned the memory stick which is now clear...
so what do i do with the trojan in the virus chest??
please advise
thanks

[Lisandro]

Keep it there. Chest is safe and allow further analysis. But I'm quite sure autorun.exe seems to be a trojan.
It will be good if you fully scan your computer with avast too.

[Pfundner]

i scanned my pc recently (about 2 weeks ago) and there were no problems. i think i got this trojan off my friends pc because i was giving/recieving files from his computer using my memory stick and it was only after this that avast picked it up.
will avast do anything to the trojan and will i eventually have to delete it?

[Lisandro]

will avast do anything to the trojan

Into Chest? No. It will be kept there, inert, until you delete it manually.

and will i eventually have to delete it?

You can do it whenever you want. It's good to keep it there (due to false positives) about 2 weeks.

[Pfundner]

ok will do
thanks

[Lisandro]

ok will do thanks

You're welcome. Feel free to come back any time you need help.

[CharleyO]

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By the way, after the 2 week period, you can right click this file in the chest and select scan. If it is still detected as a trojan, you can delete it.


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