I went to a website today and right when the page loaded up I recieved the avast banner saying malware found and then gave the box option to move it to the chest, which is what I did. This malware/virus (not sure what it is) is still in my virus chest. When I open up the virus chest, it’s under the name “plugin-ChangeLog.pdf”, the location is C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\plugtmp. And under virus is says, JS:Pdfka-US [Expl].
I have no idea what to do now. I want to delete it but I’m not sure where it will go. I don’t want to open anything up or log into anything because I’m not sure what’s on my computer now. When I did an avast thorough scan, nothing popped up. I did a MBAM scan and nothing came up. I also did a hijackthis log.
What do I do? How inconvenient of this, I have a paper due in the morning that I have to EMAIL in. :-\
No, I have not done a boot time scan with Avast yet. I don’t know how and I don’t know what other steps to take. YoKenny up there has given me the solution of keeping the virus in my virus chest and then cleaning out my temp files with CCleaner, (which I already had and use often). Leaving it in my virus chest leaves me unsettled. I want to know how to delete it safely, if I can. None of my other scanners are catching it, such as MBAM but I am assuming that’s only because it’s stored in my avast virus chest.
malware found and then gave the box option to move it to the chest, which is what I did.
What do I do?
nothing, avast have taken care of it and moved it to the chest ( virus prison ) leave it in there for a month and delete
When I did an avast thorough scan, nothing popped up. I did a MBAM scan and nothing came up.
you are probably safe and clean
How long will the infection stay on my computer? There is no other way to delete it off my computer?
it will stay in chest till you delete it, there is no danger when it is in the chest, that is what the chest is for, a virus prison
No, I have not done a boot time scan with Avast yet. I don't know how
Boot time Avast Antivirus Scanning http://www.digitalred.com/avast-boot-time.php
you only have to do this if you have an infection that avast have problem removing
None of my other scanners are catching it, such as MBAM but I am assuming that's only because it's stored in my avast virus chest.
No program have access to the chest, only Avast and you
Thank you for the information. I ran the boot time avast scan and it came out clean, well my computer started normally without any messages.
When I wait to delete the file in my chest, where does it go? Is it normally a month for most of the files and is that how long it takes Avast to figure out how to repair/delete them without any harm to the computer?
I am sorry for all the questions but I am curious. I looked at all the viruses and malware that has come up within the past couple of days and this was a big one.
When I wait to delete the file in my chest, where does it go?
It goes POOF! In other words, it is completely erased.
Is it normally a month for most of the files and is that how long it takes Avast to figure out how to repair/delete them without any harm to the computer?
No, this is incorrect. Avast already knows how to delete them as that is part of the Chest function.
The wait time is to be sure that they are not critical files needed for the operation of your computer. Not every function nor program is used on your computer everyday and some functions/programs may not be used for weeks.
