During the past week, I have been helped here for an infection on our laptop.
That created something like a lightbulb in my head (!): the PC has been turning somewhat funny on me since the last Java update. That PC was ticking like a clock until then. Could that be an infection?
The original download was way slowler than it usually is and then the system went sluggish. I restaured to the previous day. When I rebooted, the download went at the usual speed and the PC worked normally.
Though, a few odd things have happened since:
- sometimes (not each time), when I boot the PC, windows tells me the system is not protected. I click on it. It tells me avast is not enabled and I should activate it. I proceed and it would not turn activated. And when I click on avast, avast tells me it IS activated. (
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- on an off, (not each time), Avast warns me of critical update. I click on it. It tells me Java Runtime environment 6 (32bits) should be updated. I proceed and the system tells me I have the latest version yet. and BTW, just below that warning regarding Java, I see a line "Java Runtime environment 7 (32 bits)" saying it is up-to-date. I am confused about this since to my undestanding, a newer version overwrites the older one.
- finally, on and off, the screen blinks pinkish.
Anyway, when that lightbulb in my head turned on, I went for a thorough scan. Avast detected a Trojan. I quarantined it. I would like to know if this is enough or there is something else I should do.
I attach a screenshot of the quarantine.
Thanks,
Yveline
