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does avast free stop spigot malware automatically?
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May 25, 2018, 10:11:02 PM »
I have performed a full scan using my free edition of avast on my windows xp twice in the last 2 days. Takes forever but it came up with spigot malware both times. It seems avast does not stop them automatically. Why not? What am I doing wrong??
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Re: does avast free stop spigot malware automatically?
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Have you turned on PUP detection?
If you need help, follow instructions here
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=194892.0
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