Hi again, I have a few questions I want to ask:

  1. So is it normal for ashServ.exe to need internet access and sometimes to have changed? (what is it’s function and why does it need access and to change)

Also, I think I had my internet lock on at the time which may have caused the alert.

  1. Does avast! keep a log of when it updates so I can see if it has updated recently or is there another suggestion you can make where I could find if my current version is different from the version I installed.

2b. Can you tell me what version of ashServ is the most recent.

  1. Do you think the details of the program (quoted above) are strange e.g it being 0 bytes, the fact it was last modified in 1979?

  2. Finally, could this be a malicious program masquerading as an avast component to gain internet access?

Thanks for the help, and I’m sorry for being a bit of an amateur but I want to make sure everything is okay with my system.