Virus Chest

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1

This is my first post. My first scan gave me a question.
On initial scan three entries were placed in the avast virus chest:
kernel32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32
winsock.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32
wsock32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32

I selected each file but the option for e-mail to ALWIL was grayed out. I did get this explanation from help:

Infected file. avast! puts infected files into this category, if it is not told to delete the files directly. User files. This is the only category the user can put files in. System files. avast! copies important system files during the installation into this category.

It appears to me that these files are needed for the proper operation of the computer. Should they be left here? Restored? or what?

2

I really do wish Alwil would get rid of this All Chest Files collation of the three sections:

  • The only area you should be interested in is the Infected Files section, this is where the files detected by avast and selected by you to move to the chest are placed.- The User Files section is where the user can add files they suspect of being malware but not detected by avast.- The System Files section is where avast keeps back-up copies of important system files in case the original becomes infected (leave them alone).- The All Chest Files is a collation of the three sections.
3

Can we delete the virus that has been placed to chest? If we can how do we get read of those virus of our computer?

4

Sarah -

Please list the virus that has been placed in the chest.

5

There is no rush to delete anything from the chest, a protected area where it can do no harm. Anything that you send to the chest you should leave there for a few weeks. If after that time you have suffered no adverse effects from moving these to the chest, scan them again (inside the chest) and if they are still detected as viruses, delete them.