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however since I paid MONEY for avast I intend to start using it again....
I know the title says [FIXED] but I don't trust Avast so can someone please let me know if I re-install right now will it be ok?
I never experienced a problem to start with:
1. I'm in a different time zone and may not have got the VPS update as I hadn't started my system.
2. I rarely if ever do an on-demand scan - exception when I run one to help on the forums - so I'm probably less likely to encounter that False Positive.
You say that you don't trust avast, why would you trust a stranger on the forums. Many would say that it is fixed, but there are some who might not say its fixed.
If you have uninstalled avast, doing a clean install should certainly ensure any possible remnant of the bad VPS update should be gone. So you would be starting with a clean slate.
What I would say to you is to consider a robust backup and recovery strategy:
I run a hard drive drive image weekly and keep copies of the last 6 drive images. The worst case scenario being I lose the last 6 days of changes. But some of the software allows for incremental updates so only new entries or modified elements which could be run daily. In this case you could be down to only losing changes within the last day.
This isn't just to recover from what you experienced, but any computer hiccup. I have used this on many occasions over the years and never once in relation to some like this, but I am prepared.