Hello,
I installed a new motherboard in my computer and before doing so i used sysprep. Before this, I started to get the "unknown device" issue with the NDIS miniport. I purchased a 2 year license for Internet Security in November of last year and it had been running fine until late december. This is when the unknown devices started to pop up. They also appeared on my work laptop at the same time. I was also running malwarebytes pro and spybot S&D.
I tried to uninstall and reinstall avast. I used the removal tool in safe mode. I rebooted into safe mode and installed from there. When I uninstalled using the removal tool, it did NOT remove all the unknown devices which are NDIS firewall miniports. When I was trying to reinstall in safe mode, it would NOT install the firewall. I must have the firewall working as I live in China and the amount of network hacking here is ridiculous. When I was using Norton's before this, you could see all the intrusion attempts.
But, back to the main issue. How do I update the NDIS miniport items or get rid of them? Windows update can not find a driver update for them as suggested in another thread. Also, how do I get the firewall to install. This was the primary reason I paid the $100 last november for a 2 year license. If avast 8 won't work, is it possible to go back to avast 7?
Thank you for your time.
