Virus chest w/ kernel32 and winsock- now has error

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I had three system files in my virus chest- Kernel32.d11, winsock.dll and wsock32.dll. After I reviewed them, I got an error message saying “chestOpenlistError 1753.”

should these system files be deleted if they are in my virus chest? What was the error message?

Thanks!!

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Those files belong there. Avast put them there as backups. If you look, you will see they are in the system section of the chest.

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I have the same exact problem. I installed Avst4HOme on 8/5/08 and subsequently found the same 3 files in the system files section of the virus chest.

I understand that it’s not actually a “problem” but I’m wondering why Avast puts the files in the virus chest for backup purposes. Seems like a weird place to put backup files.

Thanks.

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Because it’s a Chest, a safe, a secure place
bad stuff is in a different safety deposit box inside the safe
backups are in a different drawer
user stuff etc

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First it isn’t a problem.

Because nothing can touch them in the avast chest (System Files section), a protected area and if you look you will find they are in a different section of the chest from the Infected Files.

Outside of the chest all files can potentially be infected and what use would an infected back-up be, zero.

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Thank you for the clarification.

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No problem, glad we could help.

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