Author Topic: all my exe were deleted by avast  (Read 1547 times)

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all my exe were deleted by avast
« on: September 23, 2014, 03:40:35 PM »
coming back from holidays, I switched on my computer (still running windows XP).
I saw a message from Avast saying it had detected some files that can be potentially dangerous for my computer and ask me if I wanted to remove it.

I use avast since a few years and always answer yes to this type of question.

So I said yes but was very surprised a few minutes later to read a message saying I had to insert a disc to repair Windows....
I canceled this "repair" and then I switch off my computer.

It seems that I have lost all my exe !!!

Outlook, Excel, word,... and AVAST didn't start anymore.


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Re: all my exe were deleted by avast
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2014, 04:00:39 PM »
how to recive help instructions   https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
attach requested logs


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Re: all my exe were deleted by avast
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2014, 05:25:28 PM »
Was it avast the av or the browser cleanup util that told you about the files?

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Re: all my exe were deleted by avast
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2014, 11:53:58 AM »
Try a computer system restore , provided you have restore points before the .exe were deleted .