DavidR
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Starting in safe mode will make no difference, the settings would be the same.
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Can we deal with the question already asked (what was the malware name of the detection), before pushing on to others as this is I believe the more important issue. This makes a difference in what action should ultimately be taken.
Personally I don’t feel it is a good idea to remove the archive if the action fails, because an archive file in most cases is inert.
- There is nothing to be unduly concerned with as the file is inside an archive/installation file and would only become an immediate risk when unpacked from that archive/installation file and then executed before there is an immediate risk. As you are seeing simply scanning the archive/installation file detects this, so it couldn’t be extracted and run without avast intervening/alerting.