I guess 5 is coming soon? Saw two new files in the Avast folder.

[street_lethal]

I noticed these two files created today in the Avast folder.

asw5ldr.dll and asw5noti.exe. I'm assuming they're connected with some sort of notification of version 5, maybe i'm wrong.

[DavidR]

I don't know what you bave been doing, but they aren't in my avast4 folder.

[street_lethal]

I don't know what you bave been doing, but they aren't in my avast4 folder.

Why are you always sarcastic? I did nothing except boot my machine 40 minutes ago check my e-mail, visit this forum and hardforum.com. No it's not a virus. They were created about 5 minutes after I booted.

[Lisandro]

Why are you seeing sarcasm where David is only trying to help?
He's reporting the files do not (could not) belong to avast and maybe they're infected. I suppose.

[street_lethal]

I haven't done anything to get infected so i'm assuming they're legit. To make sure i'll check my other machines.

DavidR are you a developer for Avast?

Edit: booted my other machine, after the latest update 100118-1 those same two files got created on that one also about two minutes after the "virus database has been updated" box popped up.

[Vlk]

Yes the files are legitimate and yes they're related to update to v5.

[Lisandro]

Yes the files are legitimate and yes they're related to update to v5.

Thanks.

DavidR are you a developer for Avast?

No, he's an user like us.

[street_lethal]

Thank you vlk.

DavidR and Tech, you were both wrong and I was right.  

Still you guys are both great.  

No, wait... seriously now, you guys are very helpful.

[DavidR]

I don't know what you bave been doing, but they aren't in my avast4 folder.

Why are you always sarcastic? I did nothing except boot my machine 40 minutes ago check my e-mail, visit this forum and hardforum.com. No it's not a virus. They were created about 5 minutes after I booted.

There was no sarcasm there but a simple statement of fact, they aren't in my avast folder (I haven't rebooted at all today) and I wanted to know what it was that you did to get them there, that simple.

[DavidR]

Well I had VPS version 100118-1 before and even did a program update check, showed both VPS and Program up to date. Rebooted and now I have those files.

[Vladimyr]

I don't know what you bave been doing, but they aren't in my avast4 folder.

Why are you always sarcastic? I did nothing except boot my machine 40 minutes ago check my e-mail, visit this forum and hardforum.com. No it's not a virus. They were created about 5 minutes after I booted.

I don't think DavidR is sarcastic, just highly skeptical.

[street_lethal]

I don't know what you bave been doing, but they aren't in my avast4 folder.

Why are you always sarcastic? I did nothing except boot my machine 40 minutes ago check my e-mail, visit this forum and hardforum.com. No it's not a virus. They were created about 5 minutes after I booted.

I don't think DavidR is sarcastic, just highly skeptical.

OK.

[street_lethal]

There was no sarcasm there but a simple statement of fact, they aren't in my avast folder (I haven't rebooted at all today) and I wanted to know what it was that you did to get them there, that simple.

I guess I misconstrued your comment. If you said something like "I don't see them in my folder, maybe they were in a recent update, I haven't rebooted all day" I wouldn't have thought differently.


Simple fact is they're legit Avast files, that simple.

[DavidR]

<snip>
I don't think DavidR is sarcastic, just highly skeptical.

Not sceptical either, I assumed (I know not always a good idea) that street_lethal had already checked the file properties that they were indeed Alwil software files (see images1&2) and because of self-defence module files shouldn't be dumped in the avast folder, see image3.

I just wanted to know how they got there.

[street_lethal]

I did check the file properties before I posted which is why I said "it's not a virus". But I assumed(as did Tech from reading his post) you thought they were a virus from the way you worded your original response which led me to check my other machine. On the other hand signatures can be faked, but it's sorted now. Didn't mean to start a debate.