HOw do I open the virus chest area.I have files in there that I did not take actions on.
From the avastUI, Maintenance, Virus Chest.
I don’t know how you have files in there (how do you know) that you didn’t take action on. For most cases there will be a default action, ‘move to chest,’ but that would require some acknowledgement on an on-demand scan.
What scan were you doing at the time ?
More info about the virus chest here: http://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB21