Avast Scan doesnt' work

[berri]

After I do a Avast scan, I get a Trojan called Search Hijacker.G.  It is located in the c:\windows\temp\_avast5_\un 

I have Avast version 5.0.677 with XP Pro 3.  I also have stop zilla version 5 and Zone Alarm latest version...

Avast didn't find the Trojan, Search Hijacker.G, Stop Zilla found it....

Does anyone know why this happens after I do a  avast scan and what should I do?  Get the Pro Version of Antivirus avast?  This free version has done nothing to stop the trojans that come onto my machine which is a Dell PC.

I know that for a fact the avast is conflicting with the stopzilla cause it doesn't come up after I boot the machine...

Thanks for any help.

berri

[DavidR]

That _avast5_ folder is where avast unpacks/sends copies of files for scanning, once a scan is completed successfully the contents should be cleared. So this isn't really a big issue.

Why the contents weren't removed after a scan is the real question. This is usually cause by another security application locking a file to be scanned in the _avast5_ folder, this stops avast both scanning and removing or alerting on it during/after a scan.

What other security software do you have installed ?
I haven't a clue what stop zilla is, but you should exclude the _avast5_ folder from its scans.

[Rednose]

STOPzilla Anti-Spyware : http://www.stopzilla.com/products/stopzilla/home.do

Greetz, Red.

[DavidR]

Thanks Red, the main thing is for berri to exclude that folder so it doesn't conflict with avasts scanning.