Hello xnailsx and welcome to the forums.
1. What is your OS, 32 or 64-bit?
2. What version of Avast did you install? 5.0.677 is the latest version.
3. What product of Avast did you install? Free, Pro, AIS?
What was the malware that was identified?
Since Ad-Aware is obsolete and has been replaced with MBAM, please check your machine for malware with Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware (
MBAM).
· Download
free http://www.malwarebytes.org/ for an on-demand scanner.
· Double Click mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
· After install, click
update so you have latest database before scanning.
· Under Settings:
o
General: Automatically Save File After Scan Completes is checked off
o
Scanner Settings:
Check all boxeso
Updater: Download and install update if available is checked off
· Once the program has loaded, select "Perform
FULL Scan", then click Scan.
· The scan may take some time to finish, so please be patient.
· When the disinfection scan is complete, a log will appear in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart. (See Extra Note).
· Click the “
remove selected” button to quarantine anything found. You will find the infection details under the Quarantine tab.
· The log is automatically saved by MBAM and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
·
Copy & Paste the entire report in your next reply.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.