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The Avast Memory Scan is picking up the mbamservice,exe service and showing multiple viruses.
I have attached a screenshot of the scan results.
Thanks again for your help.
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I though that would be the case (so the exclusions wouldn't have made any difference in this instance), as it isn't actually detecting MBAM as the mbamservice,exe is the process responsible (not infected) responsible for loading unencrypted signatures into memory and it is these unencrypted virus signatures which are detected.
Personally an avast! Quick scan (on default settings) is more than adequate as that will be looking at the areas/files most at risk of infection.
- With a resident on-access antivirus like avast, the need for frequent on-demand scans is much depreciated. For the most part the on-demand scan is going to be scanning files that would be otherwise be dormant or inert. If they were active files then the on-access file system shield would be scanning them before being created, modified, opened or executed.
I have avast set to do a scheduled weekly Quick scan, set at a time and day that I know the computer will be on. If for some reason my system wasn't on, no big deal I will catch up on the next scheduled scan.