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Avast vault/scan question

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Posted 29 March 2010 - 12:47 PM

This is probably pretty simple but here it is. This morning I switched from AVG to Avast.

Long story short it has found a couple things as malware that I do not want it to block. How do I go about getting these files to run? One file for example is a hidden object game I DL from the net. I have tried to go into the vault and restore but that does not seem to work.

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Posted 29 March 2010 - 06:08 PM

What happens when you try to restore the file?

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Posted 30 March 2010 - 07:27 AM

Thanks for the reply back. When I click restore I get this message:

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"You are trying to restore a file from the Chest. The file already exists.
Should the program overwrite the existing file?"

I choose overwrite and the file returns but still gets blocked (and removed) every time I try and use it.

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Posted 30 March 2010 - 10:52 AM

You should be able to go into Advanced Options and tell avast to exclude or ignore the file.

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Posted 30 March 2010 - 02:32 PM

View Postquietman7, on Mar 30 2010, 11:52 AM, said:

You should be able to go into Advanced Options and tell avast to exclude or ignore the file.

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Yes you can and Thanks for the insight and link! Found out all I needed to know.

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Posted 30 March 2010 - 02:35 PM

You're welcome.
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