Not Really Sure

Viruses and worms
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Hi,

I’ve recently opened a file (.exe) which I suspect to have viruses or malwares or spywares. Before opening it though, I scanned it with Avast and it turn out to be a safe file. After opening it I noticed that when I open a third-party application to view my Windows startup, I see 2 records for Avast. One is the normal one that I usually see:

“C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\avastUI.exe” /nogui

Then the second one which I have just seen today is:

C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\setup\emupdate\ecb548a0-1048-4af1-adcf-ecd65c483280.exe /check

To me this is weird, but it is registered as one of Avast files. So I was wondering if this file is really a legitimate Avast file or has the file been injected maliciously? Thanks!

For now, I will disable this startup entry until I get an answer.

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I've recently opened a file (.exe) which I suspect to have viruses or malwares or spywares.
Then why did you not check it first? www.virustotal.com / www.jotti.org / www.metascan-online.com

Belongs to avast update…

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Like I said on my question:

Before opening it though, I scanned it with Avast and it turn out to be a safe file.

I didn’t know I had to do more steps.
Funny because I have never seen it before. I always check my Windows startup regularly.

Ok, so this is a safe file that I can re-enable for my Windows startup?

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It appears to have been added via the latest VPS update

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Ok thanks! I can finally breathe now.

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