Which would you select and why? I made sure that all the Report file - Generate Report file settings were turned on. The Recovery Console shows that both my partitions are populated with the proper amount of data; I simply can't access it. If nothing is detected on the disk during the boot-time scan, the memory detection was probably caused by running another security program. I can see the advantage of each but read the selection as only being able to chose one and not scan all of them. I just can't imagine what I deleted that would cause this issue, but if it was at boot up it was probably important. Note: This is the Elevated Command Prompt where you can execute all the commands without any restrictions. The option to delete only arose when something was flagged; there were 4 or 5 options--send to chest, ignore, delete, a few more--and certainly I made a mistake selecting delete.
Avast - Forums - free Support for all versions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you need to check for malware here are my recommendations - these will allow you to do a thorough check and removal without ending up with a load of spyware programs running resident which can cause as many issues as the malware and maybe harder to detect as the cause. Advanced Settings of the Boot-Time Scan For more advanced options click on the cog-wheel icon in the Boot-time Scan tile on the Other Scans overview second screenshot in this article. I bet you would reinstall the apple applications and a new boot time scan would still report them as corrupt. Another thing thathas me concerned is that there is no record of wininit in the logsand Filter Current log is greyed out. So there is no way to know if it found any errors and whether any changes or corrections were made to the file system. For freezes, it definitely occured most often at the Windows loading screen. And this read just prompted me to reinstall Avast! Can anyone please help me find out why my computer is messed up.
So its better to be overly thorough now than to pay the high price later. When you scan a drive to check for errors, the scan results are saved as a log in Event Viewer. It can be confusing and intimidating for the regular user. Essentially, my browser Firefox 4. Now, from the drop down menu at top right, select Boot-time scan.
Thanks again for your insight. Check with these to an extreme overkill point and then run the cleanup only when you are very sure the system is clean. Where is the log of the files Avast deleted? When an anti-virus or security program quarantines a file and moves it into a virus vault chest or a dedicated Quarantine folder, that file is safely held there and no longer a threat. If you reread my first post in this thread you'll understand the original issue. Here is how you can view the detailed results of the disk check. Also, why is it that only Avast seems to finding virut in many files? A slow system can be symptomatic of malware but is not definitive. The pop up window shows no scan logs.
I never had an use with Avast! Scans which have identified malware will be displayed in red, clicking on any of those red entries will activate the Detailed Report button. A new report will then be created after each scan and will replace any previous report. In the main interface, click on the magnifying glass icon in the left hand navigation panel as indicated in the following screenshot: This will take you to the Scan options window. You start the scan and toddle off to bed only to wake the next morning to find it stalled while waiting on user input. On another page on this forum, someone said that this virus should not be able to infect video drivers and someone also said that it can infect mp3's so if you have it, you might not want to copy your mp3 files. Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool - 32 bit Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool - 64 bit also install Prevx to be sure it is all gone.
Running Windows 7 64 bit. You should be getting this tool and its updates via Windows Updates - if needed you can download it here. I don't think Win 7 has any of the tools available which would help in this situation. Thereafter, you can delete it at any time. Stang777: I think that I wiped out all the files by mistakenly deleting instead of sending to the chest. I see that you are trying to save mp3 files but they are said to be attacked by this virus and if that is true and you really are infected with virut, you might not want to save them.
The recommended action is Move to Chest. If there are no on-demand scan files in there I suggest that you confirm your are generating them in the avast various scan settings screens Report File - Generate report file. They all do pretty much the same job, scanning the system outside Windows, some possibly more effectively than others. With malware infections being as they are today, it's strongly recommended to have this pre-installed on your machine before doing any malware removal. After i uninstall some programs, Windows 10 stop booting with error inaccessible boot device. Run UnHackMe Hope this helps.
I can only see the reboots fromthe chkdsk runs. I know where they are at but it is not very intuitive to a new user who absolutely has to google it. Home Free, as I'm poor and cheap. It is best to move most things to the chest before deleting and see how your computer acts. Am I looking in the wrong places? It works great even with the latest Windows 10 release. When I run the Avast boot time scan, I see several files are corrupt, and all of them relate to apple or itunes.
Every Avast antivirus Free Antivirus, Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier , even the free version, offers a great feature which can search for any viruses and malware on your computer before it even starts. Chkdsk, or rather when it runs during the boot sequence now shows only the percent complete. There are no new computer problems that I can detect. You still need to perform the steps above. Here's my malwarebytes and Hijack this Log.