Avast Mail shield keeps popping up Win32:Malware_gen notices

I see 3-10 of these a day. They are all flagged as a blocked threat from the Apple Mail app. The emails are from various sources, most are commercial servers from media publications or computer user groups. I have a hard time believing that Food & Wine Magazine is accidentally bundling malicious viruses in their email newsletters. Also, I am running Avast Mac Security. Is there any actual threat to my Macintosh?

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