Just upgraded from Free Avast and things are worse.

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SpeedAgent:
Last week I upgraded when my "free" version of Avast expired. It was only $30 for 3 PCs. Immediately after activating the license I got a very odd spam email, one I have not seen before and is uncommon in my inbox. I tried not to think much of it until other things started to work differently. I now get pop ups on some website that I never got pop ups on before. Also, this morning my scroll feature stopped working on my laptop pad. I assumed some malware or virus had infected my system. Avast updated itself this morning, but did not indicate any problems. I ran SpyHunter and within 10 seconds it quarantined a pretty serious malware infection.

My question is- What is going on here? I have paid $30 for protection that seems to have no intent to protect and may not even have the ability to detect, let alone protect.

I'm considering just calling and asking for a refund. Has anyone else experienced this? I don't need this hassle if the product is ineffective.

Chris

essexboy:
What did spyhunter detect ?

Pondus:

--- Quote --- I ran SpyHunter and within 10 seconds it quarantined a pretty serious malware infection.
--- End quote ---
no security program have 100% detection

so as Essexboy said what file did spyhunter detect, and where was it located.... full file path

SpeedAgent:
SpyHunter does not seem to have a quarantine history so I do not have the path, but it was a web traffic malware that was rated medium/high risk. I have not had malware detected by SpyHunter for at least six months so with the various new issues I'm suspecting that Avast is not the right solution for me. I was better off before I bought it.

essexboy:
By that do you mean a PUP.. Ie some toolbar or the like ? If it was web bound malware then webshield would have blocked it SpyHunter must have some sort of log

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