Did you follow Tech's advice in reply#2 of your other thread to scan with Superantispyware?
Until something (and infection) with a name and file path is detected, we can't even be sure you have a virus (or trojan/worm/etc)
Your computer behaviour could be due to other things. Files deleted or changed etc.
So to make a diagnosis and repair, an infection name is needed.
Avast hasn't detected anything, and you are concentrating too much on the possibility of the virus being in an archive file. It cannot run from an archive file. Don't worry about them (zip/rar etc.)
So try a scan with Superantispyware and see if it detects anything. (It also contains a toolkit that may be useful if needed, later.)