Scan detects virus Status Error: The file is a decompression bomb

This File was found in C:|Windows|Installer|132e8.msi|>Data1cab| etc etc
In Avast Scan Results I can’t move it to the Virus Chest or delete
I can’t find the file on the C drive of the computer
I would like to be able to remove the “bomb”
Any ideas?

try a forum search “decompression bomb”

Decompression bomb is a file that may be rather small, but decompresses to an enormous amount of data (when processed as a packed archive). Such file are not malicious per se, but they may block an antivirus program when it tries to scan them.
This kind of files is rather hard to detect (and avoid) precisely - so, it is possible that there are some false alarms. It’s not a big problem in this case, however - the “decompression bomb” announcement actually means something like “The file has a very high, maybe even suspicious, compression ratio and the AV is not going to scan the archive content”.

I’d suggest to ignore these files.
But you can change values into avast4.ini file to configure how avast should work with these files.
Click ‘Settings’ in my signature for more info :wink: