Avira detected NOTEPAD.EXE as a virus

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CLEITON Silva

• September 13, 2021 02:29

Hello!
So, today i was deleting some files in my downloads folder, when i opened a .txt file to check it, and suddently Avira flagged NOTEPAD.EXE as being an virus, and now i can't open any .txt, .data, etc.
I read a little bit about it, and found out that NOTEPAD.EXE is a harmful trojan, but the one that Avira put in quarantine came from System32 and seems to be the real notepad.exe, which makes me wonder if it was a false positive.
Should I delete it, or restore the file?
Here is a printscreen of the quarantined file:

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  pascha45

  • September 13, 2021 05:34

  Hello Cleiton,

  You have the option of having files that have been quarantined or for which the virus message is unclear checked again.

  How do I submit suspicious files and URLs to Avira Virus Lab? – Official Avira Support | Knowledgebase & Customer Support | Avira

  Afterwards, a decision on how to proceed should be taken by a new examination.

  Premium customers with a valid licence can have suspicious files checked by Support. Technical investigations can be initiated from there, which we do not have access to here.
  We are a publicly accessible forum, personal data may not and cannot be questioned or processed here in accordance with the Data Protection GDPR.

  Perhaps the additional check will bring you more clarity.

  If anything is still unclear, please let us know, we are pleased to help.

  Many greetings

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