@ stxNTrm06,
I'm demanding a simple thing: just avast! to display/copy to clipboard the f-ing path.
May I remind you about net-etiquette and not using foul or offensive language since we have children reading the forum. The person who first responded to your post was simply trying to help you and gather information which you should have provided in your first post since I will now have to obtain it from you anyway. In addition, the first poster also has TuneUp Utilities and could have been helpful in problem-solving with you, but you "demanded a simple thing" instead.
I will need the following information from you to assist you:
1. What is your OS, 32 or 64-bit?
2. What
version and
product of Avast are you using?
3. What other security software are you
currently using (AV, FW, trial versions, other security software), and
in the past?
4. What were you doing when you got this pop-up alert from Avast?
5. Have you done any Avast Scans since getting this pop-up? If so, what type of scans? Clean? If infected, please provide a screen shot of the Virus Chest.
What action one should take against something only avast! knows what it is ? How about if it is a real infection?
You selected the action to take as "Ignore." If this was a real virus, then might be in trouble. Always think...do no harm [to your machine]. Put the malware, even if it is a false positive (FP) in the Virus Chest initially where it is safe as your action to take. Once it is in the Chest, you can always rescan it and restore it...doing no harm.
You did the correct thing in uploading the file to Avast for further analysis. This will be done during the next virus definitions update. Therefore, we recommend that items placed in the Chest remain there for 14 - 30 days to be rescanned while Avast analyzes items and updates definitions. Sometimes an item in the Chest will be "infected" and at a later date it
may come come out clean.
Given the fact that you took the action of "ignore," I would suggest that you make sure your Avast definitions are current, run a Full Avast scan, and if you have a 32-bit machine run a Boot-time scan. You can also run an MBAM Full scan - Download
free http://www.malwarebytes.org/ (the blue button) for an on-demand scanner and make sure you
update it prior to scanning. Click the “
remove selected” button to quarantine anything found. If anything is found, please
post your log (cut and paste) to this thread.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.