I bought a new windows 10 computer last night - no choice to have 8.1, so I bit the bullet. I have an MSI Apache Pro running windows 10 64-bit on a 5th gen intel i7 processor.
Here's what's going on:
- Installed avast, next reboot, I got a blue recovery screen and the message that my PC/Device needed to be repaired. (Error code: 0xc0000225)
- I used the function that was prompted to choose a boot option, and choose safe mode with command prompt.
- This reboot produced the following error:
The operating system couldn't be loaded because the digital signature of a file couldn't be verified.
File: \Windows\System32\Drivers\aswVmm.sys
Error code: 0xc0000428
- I attempted to repair avast twice. I could still only load my OS if I chose the option that made it ignore digital signatures during the boot check process. I went in to the file, viewed the digital signature, which showed a current date, and manually downloaded it following the prompts in windows - both to my local machine and user. Rebooted - still had error.
At this point, I uninstalled avast, rebooted, and everything loaded fine.
Downloaded avast again so I had a fresh file. Installed it, rebooted, and was right back to the original error. So I uninstalled it, and my computer is working fine again now.
I've used avast for at least 5 years. I don't want to have to replace it, but I don't know what else to do at this point.
If there is a solution I'd love to hear it. I know the exact file, and confirmed that it's not a corrupted installation or a different program.
Help?