I have ran Avast! on both my PC and my MAC since I first purchased them. I just ran a full system scan on my MACBook Pro today (03/07/13) for the first time since September of 2012. My warnings have increased in that time from only 14 to 84,551, and no that is not a typo. Eighty-four thousand! I have read other forums says that this does not mean they are infected and that they just could not be scanned for some reason, but I feel that this high of a number calls for concern. Any ideas of what caused this or what I can do about it?
What version of Avast for Mac are you running? The amount of warnings does sound high. Can you provide a sample screenshot of some of the warnings from the scan so we can try to determine what they are for?
Hi … I’ve had a Macbook Pro for a year … never had a problem … ever ! Started getting suspicious email on my web provider online mail service ( Cogeco ) … phoned them, the guy says that I probably have some malware in the computer … I say OK and install Avast Free version. Three hours later after a full scan it finds 19 warnings, not 19,000 or 190,000, just 19, most of them with Google Earth / webdata with an error code… 42125 zip archive is corrupted …
… so… what do I do with these 19 warnings, nothing? Avast has found no virus or malware… just uninstall ? There is nothing I can see telling me what to do with the results, I guess that is the problem.
… I don’t want to be a computer guru, all I know is that I have had worry free internet browsing for over a year, and I’m starting to think that the guy I was talking to at my internet provider was giving me the run around … am I right … ??