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Tks, that FAQ helped…
Here is what I think is going on:
- While Boot Scanning the screen fills up with ‘Locked Archive’ messages. Boot Scan does NOT consider those viruses
- With the Rescue Disk, you get no feedback until the end when a txt file (attached below). Note no infected file list inside this txt. Only a count of Infected Files.
- When you then choose ‘Fix Automatically’ Avast deletes your ‘Locked Archives’
One more thought, the 900+ instances where due to ‘File History’ running. My guess is that Avast during its normal scans tries to open these locked archives which ‘File History’ picks up to back them up again. With ‘File History’ backing up to a USB drive, Rescue Disk considers that a Hard Drive and wipes out all your backups of the locked archives…