DavidR, in the link above by control_tps, gave the answer. I'll elaborate a bit more:
in your case, you had c:\programfiles\alwil software\avast5\defs\10041401\filename
the 10041401 indicates the avast definitions from
10 ===> 2010
04 ===> April
14 ====> 14th
01 ====> the SECOND update issued that day... the count (first one) starts with 00.
with a subsequent update, these files will have been removed... hence, their "path" was not found. In theory, this could have happened if you started a scan with the updates from "10041401", and while in the process of running that scan, avast automatically downloaded a newer version of its database.
you have nothing to worry about:
1) these files, being part of a daily avast update, were completely safe. and
2) the file [or path] not found means that it's no longer there... so even if it had been something malicious, it's already gone.
control_tps
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July 21st, 2011 22:00
Hello dalem29,
I have googled it and found this answer from Avast forum. Maybe, it might help.
forum.avast.com/index.php
dalem29
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July 22nd, 2011 06:00
Thanks for the tip.
ky331
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July 22nd, 2011 06:00
Dale,
DavidR, in the link above by control_tps, gave the answer. I'll elaborate a bit more:
in your case, you had c:\programfiles\alwil software\avast5\defs\10041401\filename
the 10041401 indicates the avast definitions from
10 ===> 2010
04 ===> April
14 ====> 14th
01 ====> the SECOND update issued that day... the count (first one) starts with 00.
with a subsequent update, these files will have been removed... hence, their "path" was not found. In theory, this could have happened if you started a scan with the updates from "10041401", and while in the process of running that scan, avast automatically downloaded a newer version of its database.
you have nothing to worry about:
1) these files, being part of a daily avast update, were completely safe. and
2) the file [or path] not found means that it's no longer there... so even if it had been something malicious, it's already gone.