How Avast reports virusus
I've been using Avast for about 3 years now. I get pings all the time but I've never had a virus since I start using it. So I've never seen what the thing actually does when it does run across something.
I'm getting a few things showing up when scanning. This started the other day when I updated the database & ran it. But when I hover over the .exe files, it says (in the little yellow box that pops up from the system tray) "\path\ contains sample of xyz virus."
Sample of??
They all say that, or at least the ones that warn me when I hover over them. Since I've never seen Avast actually find a virus, I have no idea what it normally says. But, sample of? Has anyone seen that?
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