So my Avast shield suddenly started reporting enable.js in one of my saved webpages as a malicious software. This file has been on my computer for a long time now and wasn’t ever suspicous. I also remembered the shield warned me about ‘searchprotocolhost.exe’. It kept beeping this error, until I turned on the gaming mode and turned it off again. Does anyone have any idea if this is a false report or not, because I have absolutely no clue why the file would suddenly be considered malware.
In fact I noticed if I run a scan it detects every ‘enable.js’ file as malicious. This is strange. Is this something that came with the latest update or something?
I noticed that ‘enable.js’ is a part of the HTML code in the .htm file, which I’m pretty much 100% sure is not malware. They are just regular websites saved on my computer, so why Avast detected this as malicious is beyond me.
Anyway, I have downloaded the latest definitions, ran a scan and suddenly there are 0 dangerous files on my computer. Fales alarm I suppose, but no idea why it happened.
A .htm file is also used by your browser when you save a bookmark or favorite url.
But, what you may be doing is copying and pasting url addresses into notepad and saving the resulting file? Is that what is happening? That would change the location avast! would expect to find this file, and this could be an unexpected location for avast to find it in when you do your daily manual scan. Depending on the specific vps database run at that specific time, it may or may not flag these files because of that.
Or you may have your a/v program set to the highest scanning parameters possible. If so, suggest you set your settings back to default. Issues you see may be because avast! sensitivity is too high.
About running daily scans:
A once a week quick scan is enough. Once a month full scan is sufficient. Real-time shields that run full-time provide all the protection needed, so running manual scans really are not needed, as real-time scanning has already covered it. The only exception to this is to always scan any new files or programs downloaded before they are opened or run, and any suspicious ones are thrown away.