Avast Anti-virus

[Question]

hello all, i downloaded the avast anti-vir and when i boot it up it tells me .....
"avast has detected a virus in the operating memory so it needs to scan all the files in the boot phase"
when it does this it finds 249 malicious files!!!! im not sure what to do with these files, sometimes only "ignore" will work, do i delete them? im just a bit nervous deleting files when i dont know what they are meant to do, especially when they are in the operating memory...ive emailed avast but nobody has got back to me yet, if anyone knows what to do pleeeease send me a message
thank yoooooo

[Danril]

Go to Malwarebytes website and download the free copy of Malwarebytes anti-malware. Install it and run a scan on your machine whilst you wait for a reply from the specialists from avast. Without more detailed information as to the files then that's the best advice I can give.

[faum72]

Aways make sure you back up important info before you make changes too your machine, avast should show you the names of the files it's deleting, i would reckon allot of the files are the same name as virus and malware can and tends too recreate many copy's of itself, write down the names and google them too get an idea if there infected files or just standard startup system files

[cactikid]

you dont delete them they go in the virus vault out of harms way.

[Question]

Nice one guys thanks for the replies, i think i "almost" got it sorted i moved them all to the vault apart from the one that asked me if im sure cos its in a windows file....just running it again

[gmb45]

i sent u a pm m8, i just click delete all when avast finds a virus then just leave it running, ive been using avast for years its never harmed my pooter

[mes king]

this may scare some people but some online anti virus stuff that you download carries malware or spyware with it which is why alot of people get infected and dont even realise it some come with the terms and conditions making them look real and bang infected with a worm im no computer expert but i have read a few mags and stuff in my time when you download these progams even going to a safe site is not always giving you safe programs and some antivirus products dont even do what there soppose to do just giving some helpful advice.

[ruudvandan]

advice is appreciated, but from personal experience I can vouch for avast. The ones you need to look out for are the pop-ups that look as if they're scanning your computer and then telling you your computer is full of viruses. These are just tricks to get noobs to buy their supposed anti-virus software that actually does nothing.

[sandancer]

hi ya avast is good but you try to uninstal it .its a sod to get.of your system here is what to do.go to avast web page click on support go to i want to uninstall you will then get asked do you really want to uninstall click yes they wiil ask you why .then they give 4 or 5 options click you want to put another antivirus on your system they then give you alist of antivirus programs to choose from click on kaspersky when you do that and only that alwil kleener.exe will come up for you to use when you use it it will take it of you system for good no more problems

[sattboy]

hello all, i downloaded the avast anti-vir and when i boot it up it tells me .....
"avast has detected a virus in the operating memory so it needs to scan all the files in the boot phase"
when it does this it finds 249 malicious files!!!! im not sure what to do with these files, sometimes only "ignore" will work, do i delete them? im just a bit nervous deleting files when i dont know what they are meant to do, especially when they are in the operating memory...ive emailed avast but nobody has got back to me yet, if anyone knows what to do pleeeease send me a message
thank yoooooo

you should let avast do a boot scan then when it finds virus just keep pressing 1 to delete it does this while in dos mode safe as houses and it will find all of those nasty little buggers