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I think you’ve mixed up your was and wasn’t safe comment.
It was a safe program of that I’m 100% certain. I wouldn’t have minded if Avast had questioned it and allowed me to confirm that and mark it as safe (as Malwarebytes does). But, no, it wades in and sends it to the virus chest for no good reason.
The ‘suspicious’ .exe if scanned in the virus chest immediately after it has been moved there shows up as safe every time. You use the restore option and try to copy it somewhere else and wham, Avast flings it
back into the virus chest with the new transfer location shown as where the problem was. It is inexplicably stupid behaviour that even when the original file you’re backing up is on the exclusion list this happens.
When the Avast warning dialogue box comes up why not give the user a choice whether to send it to the virus chest or not? Don’t just do it, ask. At the same point be able add it to a list of files (and have that confirmed) which the user has decided are safe on their own responsibility. As it is you have to go through the hassle of adding it to the exclusion list AFTER the event.
What Avast’s behaviour now means that if you happen to chose another USB port or drive letter for the device you’re backing up to that file will again be treated as suspicious. Isn’t it ridiculous that merely transfering something to the recycle bin resulted in it being sent to the virus chest again?