Hi Technical,
Searching MS will not tell me what Avast! is doing with these files and when it is doing it.
I just got another alarm. This time, when I looked at the log, I expanded it so that I could see the full file name. Turns out the more recent warnings were all for PREVIOUSLY WARNED ABOUT fies where I had told Avast! to rename the file (seemed safest alternative at the time).
The last warning in fact, after I told it to rename, has a name ending in .vir.vir! I assume you know that Avast!, when "Rename" is specified as the action on an alarm, adds the suffix ".vir" to the end.
Given that Avast! has a log it might be VERY HELPFUL if it checked the log first before issuing SOME alarms. Specifically in the case of a file name ending in ".vir" it seems logical that it could forego warning again. And certainly renaming ".vir" to ".vir.vir" seems a bit odd.
Windowsland is almost Wonderland except that a whole lot of people are getting very wealthy because of Windows < s >
As regards System Restore, it's not that I want/need a better one, but that Avast! is looking at its files when it seems there is no real need to be doing so. I'd like to understand the timing of these warnings as well as their cause.
I'm NOT "blaming" Avast! for anything, just wanting to understand it AND avoid unnecessary alarms.