can i recover scan results?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
1

i did not know that i needed to expressly request that avast manufacture a scan report; i thought it was the default value.

yesterday, i implemented a “thorough scan” of 95GB (2 internal hdd’s and 1 external); it must have taken several hours. i was not there when it completed and the computer had shut off after the completion (i am certain that the computer had not turned off before the completion.)

how can i view the statistics of that scan?

note that 2 short scans had been invoked today

2

Check avast! Log Viewer. Right Click Avast tray icon>avast! Log Viewer(If there were virus warning.)

3

The home version keeps only the last scanning results, until you boot.
The Professional version keeps all of them (or discard them when you want).
Is there a report here? \DATA\report

4

i am trying to post a response. the first attempt was rejected because the attached files were too l.arge. when i corrected the problem - by removing the attachments - i am told that i already posted this! how can i now post the response?

PLEASE DISREGARD THIS INSTANT POST … I DISCOVERED THE REMEDY: PLEASE SEE FOLLOWING POST!

5

Please see these:

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg20/nweissma/Avast_1.jpg

                                                                 == Log Viewer [b]Warnings[/b] ==

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg20/nweissma/Avast_2.jpg

                                                                      == Log Viewer [b]Errors[/b] ==

Actually, i had checked “LogViewer”; i found nothing under the first 3 categories. But, at your instant suggestion, i decided to open the other categories. You are correct: there were entries under Warnings and Errors.

what should be my strategy wrt the Warning signs of Virtumonde and the other trojan – should i delete the files? can Avast clean it out?

6

On Error category, verbose of the logs.
On Warning, you will see the infected files… better send to Chest than directly delete them.

7

sorry to sound like an idiot: how do i “verbose” the Error logs?
Why is it a bad idea to simply delete the file which manifests evidence of infection? what will be accomplished by sending this file to the Chest?