It just shows how aggressive adware is nowadays.. However a reformat would be an overkill as this was adware pure and simple nothing else like key loggers etc. are present
Spyware showed 4 trojans found too, also firefox was completely hickjacked even the icons replaced, and although i apparently solved those issues i wasn't sure... I opted to go the hard path this time and i installed windows 7 during the weekend, what a pain is to do that more thatn 200 windows update already, took me an entire day... but that's Microsoft blame.
Time for me to buy a dedicated SSD and also adopt windows 10 when ready.
This advice stays with me as long as i use avast:
- Avast - Settings - General - Check for potentially unwanted programs ( PUPs )
IMO it should be enabled by default...we get the avast ads instead...just saying.
I'm not sure about this though:
Avast - Settings - Antivirus - Enable Hardended Mode - Aggressive
I will be continue using an admin windows 7 account though and keeping disabled the avast online security pluging...at my own risk.
It certainly isn't MS fault that you don't do regular image backups. The function is available and works well.
I'm too obsessive about old software being installed as part of the new installation, i prefer to perform a clean installation when i need to.
What i'm talking here about is a thing called Service Packs...used to be pretty handy.
In large software applications such as office suites, operating systems, database software, or network management, it is not uncommon to have a service pack issued within the first year or two of a product's release. Installing a service pack is easier and less error-prone than installing many individual patches, even more so when updating multiple computers over a network, where service packs are common.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_packand yes i know this already:
Microsoft has never commented on the possibility to release a second service pack for Windows 7 users, but with so many new Windows versions hitting the shelves, it’s pretty clear that the company has abandoned this concept. Instead, it goes for rapid releases, as outgoing CEO said so many times, so large updates and new Windows editions are expected to come at least annually.http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Suggests-That-No-Windows-7-Service-Pack-2-Is-Coming-389947.shtmlPerhaps Microsoft should stop releasing unpopular windows versions like vista, 8 and 8.1? Perhaps then more people will move on???.
Anyways Windows 10 is almost here, time to start again.