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Avast scan report file location11/24/2023 Alternatively, you could search the system for every updater.exe file and upload them one by one to VirusTotal, a site now owned by Google that will scan files you upload with many antivirus programs and display a report letting you know how many of them detected a file as malware and the name assigned by each to the malware, if they identify the file as being associated with malware. You can download the free version and scan the system with it. I've found Malwarebytes Anti-Malware works well with antivirus software from other vendors. To resolve the problem you could install additional anti-malware software and scan the system with it. Such alerts should at least be logged in a file by an entry containing the full path and file name with the log file easily viewed by a user. ![]() The developers of such antivirus software often seem to assume that the users of their product are technically unsophisticated and so just want to click on a "remove" button. It's aggravating when antivirus software reports a problem with a file but displays "." or something similar as part of the directory path and lacks an easy way to see the full directory path, especially when there may be many files with the name noted on the system. I've encountered a similar problem with other antivirus software. If you are not sure about the existence of such malwares in your system there are plenty of ways to sweep them off using a good anti-malware with an updated anti-virus software. Now all you have to do is just to confirm whether the detected Updater.exe is harmful and carry on with the removal process(I found Remove URL:Mal and Removal Mal articles that gives a walk through on the removal of URL:Mal infectors). Then there will be a lot of stuff will happen to your browser (like unknown add-ons, tool bars, unwanted ads,etc.,) and your AV will detect even the normal websites you visit as harmful once your browser is infected. It is important to pay attention to this issue or else your web browser might get affected. If one of the software that you installed is trying to access a malicious website or vicious URL then the AV comes into action by detecting it as a kind of virus infection. If a Trojan program is installed in your system, then it is no longer called "your system" in the security circle.īy reading through the link you have given in your question, i see that URL:Mal could be the culprit that is trying to harm your system. Main problem with the updaters : They can download files in your computer and install automatically without your permission if you have left the Update automatically option during the installation of the software. However, try to recognize to which software that the Updater.exe belongs and remove it if it is harmful or unknown. ![]() It is definitely for your long term good. If you do see a log just click on the dated entry and then click on the "View results" button at the bottom right of that window.First, Do not turn off your AV protection just for the sake of not getting the alerts. If there were any scans scheduled for boot time or you clicked the SCAN NOW button there should be a log, otherwise there will not be a log. Then, from the list click on Scan Logs that is located at the bottom of the list. ![]() To find the Logs (if any are there) click on the SCAN COMPUTER button found just under SUMMARY in the User Interface window. ![]() It will then save the results in the Scan logs area. Antivirus UI log (issues with UI start, popups etc listed here): C:ProgramData. My free Avast! is set to scan in "realtime" and does not save a log unless I schedule a scan at boot time or if I manually schedule it to scan after clicking on the "Scan now" button. Avastsvc (core service log): C:ProgramDataAVAST SoftwareAvastlogAvastSvc. What version of Avast! do you have? Not sure if your version has that depending on which version you have. I believe that is what grandms was referring to. In that box there is a little box where you can place a check mark to the left of where it says, "Automatically open the Scan Results when Scan is finished." Under that it says, "The Scan Results window will only be opened when there are any results to be shown." If you click on the SETTINGS button, at the very bottom of the window that opens up there should be a box that is titled-> BEHAVIOR. If you right click on the Avast icon in the taskbar then click on "Open avast! user interface" at the very top right hand side of the window that pops up you may find the options for HELP CENTER-SETTINGS-UPGRADE. I have the free version which is version 5.1.889.
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