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It's in your avast folder. If you've set up avast to the default folder, you'll fine the sound file at: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ENGLISH\virfound.wav
As I said the detection went away for a few days, but popped up again now, today. I followed the instructions and searched for all entries of powershell or cmd.exe. I found two instances. Which I followed to the images, and one of them came up as a virus detection. I moved this to the chest. Not sure what it does.
SHOCKED don410 you wrote it was a virus in 2018 ages ago. In the news AVG and AVAST are indeed malware. Probably the worst anti-virus scandal in history. MANY ARRESTS EXPECTED. Sorry you other sceptics the dude was 18 months ahead of the curve. True getting rid of it was like pulling teeth and AFTER using the removal tool
So, at least, avast detection is trying to alert you from this situation. It's up to you keep a riskware in your computer. As a workaround, you can add these files to the Standard Shield provider (on-access scanning) exclusion list. Left click the 'a' blue icon, click on the provider icon at left and then Customize.
From the avastUI, Scan Computer, Boot-time Scan, Schedule Now button and reboot. Look in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Alwil Software\Avast5\report\aswBoot.txt file, check this file using notepad for info on the scan/detections, etc. Logged.
Re: Trojan warning from Avast, virus not detected by any antivirus. « Reply #3 on: July 30, 2022, 12:37:44 AM ». Try running Chrome without browser extensions/add-ons. If that stops it then it would point to one of the extensions/add-ons. From there look particularly at recently added or modified ones and disable one at a time to try and ...
Possible false positive: powershell.exe. I just had Avast pop up saying it had moved powershell.exe into my virus chest because it detected malware. This seemed a little odd to me as Powershell is a built-in feature of Windows 10, so I decided to investigate it further. I uploaded the file listed in my virus chest to Virus Total, which shows ...
The following is a Tutorial on how to help correct a Virus detection that you believe to be false. 1.) Go to www.virustotal.com and scan the file. 2.) If Avast is the only antivirus to detect the chances are that it is either anew virus or a false posstive. Go to step 5. 3.) If Avast isn't the only Antivirus to detect it it might be a virus.
Therefore, it mistakenly generates a virus warnings, meant for normal files. AVG and Avast are known to sometimes come up with such a FP-detection. You could report here or take a second opinion at VT to double-check. The real McCoy is a trojan virus and this is a very dangerous virus that hackers create to blackmail,
I begun to take repeatedly a messages about my "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe. Avast identifies it as IDP.HELU.CMD.Generic12 (before last Windows update I also took message about Script:SNH-gen [Trj] for same powershell.exe). PS: Script:SNH-gen [Trj] message doesn't disappear. See atachment. Some time ago a strange ...