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Offline First John

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Re: Alwil Software\Avast\ashmaiSv.exe
« Reply #15 on: August 17, 2006, 06:22:59 AM »
This is almost like the song that never ends.
I just talked with my hardware supplier, I figured I'd buy an IDE card.
He suggested I download the latest 4 in 1 VIA driver from VIA ARENA, and see how that works.
I just finished some initial tests, & it appears that the latest software driver does the trick rather than letting the chipset do the grunt work. 

I'm trying copying dvd's full of files to my C drive as a test. so far so good.

Sure glad I haven't had to pay someone $80.00 per hour to troubleshoot an intermittent problem.
I'm gonna consider this solved for the time being, if something new happens, I'll keep the board updated.
One can never have too much information.


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Offline DavidR

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Re: Alwil Software\Avast\ashmaiSv.exe
« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2006, 02:59:06 PM »
Thanks for the feed back First John, good luck.
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Re: Alwil Software\Avast\ashmaiSv.exe
« Reply #17 on: November 27, 2006, 08:46:04 AM »
I'm gonna replace the mainboard with something more up to date.
I had a suspicious website that windows wanted to go to, it sure looked
like a malware site to me, so I did a scan, & started removing 186 pieces of malware.
Every piece I removed extracted a price in performance of the computer. 
Finally when I couldn't restore my desktop wallpaper, I gave up, fdisked & reformatted
& re-installed.

My previous install was about 4 months ago & I re installed it after 800 some odd pieces of malware.
Every removal tool I tried supposedly removed the stuff, until I rebooted.

My other computer is now handling the downloads, with far less interrruptions, and speed is better.

That's the writing on the wall.

Does anyone know where I could get a list of windows components that normally access the internet?
That way when my firewall says HEY DUMMY CAN WE GO OUT & PLAY, I would have a better idea if it
is a legitimate call or some adware or spyware calling home.

Thank you

First John