Hi Michael -
I'm not familiar with Avast - haven't used it for many years - but that's definitely a false positive.
I use TrendMicro Titanium Maximum Security & it's never alerted me to any problem with CL software, including the current batch.
The best thing to do is tell Avast to allow the installation/running of ColorDirector 2.
Cheers - Tony
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