Trojan bombardment

[Ersatz Gnome]

On occasion I get the Avast pop-up with the siren, "a virus has been detected". At least, until yesterday it was on occasion. Today it's like I've hit the jackpot. I got three interception messages already. The weird thing is that I'm just checking my emails. Could someone explain what might be behind this increase in attacks? I'm a little worried I'm on a hitlist; is that at all possible? Could I have something on my computer that invites these attacks? Is there anything I can/ should do?

 

[sg1]

There has been an increase in PHISING lately which may explain it or maybe after it's been deleted/renamed it's logged in the system restore , if you use system restore and you're happy to lose all previous restore points, try turning off system restore and then reactivating it.

 

[Ersatz Gnome]

Thanks for the response. It just keep going on and on. Even my workemail--with 100% workemails--triggers/ allows it. I'll try the system restore thingy. When I'm offline that is. Cheers.