Having trouble with Youtube on my Win 10 laptop

[momo]

Hello everybody,
I’ve had a strange issue recently, where I would pause a youtube video or even go to the youtube homepage, close the lid of my laptop and come back some time later to some random video playing. It doesn’t seem to make a difference wether the browser window is open or minimized, but when Youtube is open, I’m almost certain to have some video playing. It really annoys me, since this sometimes happens at night waking me up or draining all my battery in the process. The compuer I’m having this trouble on is fairly new (3-4 months) and is running Windows 10. I don’t know if it has something to do with the problem, but it is a convertible laptop and can therefore also be used as a tablet PC. I hope someone can help me out here.

P.S.: Noobalert: I want to apologize in advance for any formatting, grammar or other errors.

[veeg]

Hello

When is the last time you did a malware scan?

[momo]

Hello

When is the last time you did a malware scan?

I’m running Windows Defender quite frequently and I’m doing another check right now. I also forgot to mention that I have a remote control software installed, but I’m unsure how that could have been the culprit as I wasn’t using it at the time (It was running, but I wasn’t connected to any other device)

[Malnutrition]

Welcome to PCHF Lets get some info from your machine, to get things rolling.

Step 1: Reset Host File

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[li]Click here to download RstHosts v2.0[/li][li]Save the file to your desktop.[/li][li]Right Click and Run as Administrator.[/li][li]Click on Restaurer, then click OK at the prompt.[/li][li]This will restore the default host file.[/li][li]Next Click on Creer Un Rapport.[/li][li]This will open a logfile, post that in your next reply.[/li][/ul]

Step 2: MiniToolBox Scan

Please download MINITOOLBOX and run it.

Checkmark following boxes:

Flush DNS
Reset FF proxy Settings
Reset Ie Proxy Settings
Report IE Proxy Settings
Report FF Proxy Settings
List content of Hosts
List IP configuration
List Winsock Entries
List last 10 Event Viewer log
List Installed Programs
List Users, Partitions and Memory size
List Devices (problems only)

Click Go post the result.

Step 3: Autoruns Scan.

Download Autoruns and Autorunsc Unzip it to your desktop and then double click autoruns.exe
After the scan is finished then click on File>>>>>>>>>>>Save
The default name will be autoruns.arn make sure to save it as Autoruns.txt under the file type option.
in other words make sure it is a .txt file instead of .arn Attach the text in your next reply.

Step 4: HijackThis.

1- Please click HERE to download HijackThis.
2- Run the program.
3- Click on the Main Menu button if not already there.
4- Select Do a system scan and save a logfile.
5- Copy paste the log here.

Step 5: JRT Scan.

Please download Junkware Removal Tool and save it on your desktop.

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[li]Shut down your anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall software now to avoid potential conflicts.[/li][li]Run the tool by double-clicking it. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, right-click it and select Run as administrator.[/li][li]The tool will open and start scanning your system.[/li][li]Please be patient as this can take a while to complete depending on your system’s specifications.[/li][li]On completion, a log is saved to your desktop and will automatically open.[/li][li]Please post the JRT log.[/li][/ul]
Step 6: Adware Cleaner Scan.

Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode onto your desktop.

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[li]Close all open programs and internet browsers.[/li][li]Double click on adwcleaner.exe to run the tool.[/li][li]Click on Scan button.[/li][li]When the scan has finished click on Clean button.[/li][li]Your computer will be rebooted automatically. A text file will open after the restart.[/li][li]Please post the contents of that logfile with your next reply.[/li][li]You can find the logfile at C:\AdwCleaner[S1].txt as well.[/li][/ul]

[Malnutrition]

You can also make sure that you have Autoplay disabled. It is at the top right of your screen on Youtube site. [MEDIA=imgur]5agpnve[/MEDIA]

You can also install Ublock Origin and once installed you can right click on the Autoplay and select block element from Ublocks settings.

Then select create, this will create a rule in Ublock that will disable Auto Play permanently.

[momo]

Everything done:

[Malnutrition]

I think that it is autoplay which is causing the issue. But these steps will optimize your internet, so go through them and then let us know how your issue turns out.

Reset Internet Settings.

Download and unzip internet Flush.zip to your desktop right click it run as Administrator. Reboot the machine to apply the settings.

Hit enter after each command below.

1. Open Start and type cmd, then right-click Command Prompt and choose Run as Administrator
2. Once Command Prompt has started enter the following command. nbtstat -r
3. Wait for that command to complete, a new line will appear, now enter the following command. nbtstat -rr
   4 Wait for that command to complete, a new line will appear, now enter the following command. Shutdown -r
   

Disable useless items.

Download easy service optmizer, save it to your desktop and unzip it there. Right click it and run as admin, then select tweaked at the bottom. Then click on the rocket, this will turn off a lot of useless items.

https://i.imgur.com/tnkjYlk.png

You will however need to change one setting. Right Click on Wlansvc — WLAN AutoConfig, then select start service, the edit service. Make sure it is automatic across the board, as per the picture.

https://i.imgur.com/PO7tPc7.png

Disable Computer Browser Service.

1. Press the Windows + R key at the same time, a Run Window will appear
2. Type or copy and paste Services.msc hit enter.
3. Scroll to the Computer Browser Service
4. Right-Click Computer Browser Service and choose Stop the service.
5. Right Click Computer Browser Service again select Properties.
6. Change the Startup type to disabled.

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7. Hit Apply then Ok.

Repeat the same above to disable the Iphelper Service. Also the DNS Client Service.

Disable net bios over tcpip.

Windows key & r at the same time.
Type or copy and paste ncpa.cpl hit enter.
Right click your connection hit properties.
Select internet protocol version 4 then properties.
Select Advanced, then Wins tab.
Put a tick next to Disable Net Bios over TCPIP.

Reset Host File

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[li]Click here to download RstHosts v2.0[/li][li]Save the file to your desktop.[/li][li]Right Click and Run as Administrator.[/li][li]Click on Restaurer, then click OK at the prompt.[/li][li]This will restore the default host file.[/li][li]Next Click on Creer Un Rapport.[/li][li]This will open a logfile, post that in your next reply.[/li][/ul]

Clean up temp files and reduce startup load with CCleaner.

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[li]Download CCleaner from here.[/li][li]After install Click Options.[/li][li]Go to monitoring.[/li][li]Uncheck All Monitoring items.[/li][li]Go to advanced – Click close program after cleaning.[/li][li]Go to settings – click run ccleaner when the computer starts.[/li][li]Now that you have ccleaner installed and set-up:[/li][li]Open the program.[/li][li]Go to Tools[/li][li]Go to Startup[/li][li]Now double click each item. To Disable.[/li][li]Leave only your antivirus enabled.[/li][li]Then disable All items in your scheduled task as well.[/li][li]Unless they are related to windows defender.Or your antivirus.[/li][li]Reboot the machine.[/li][/ul]

Changing some settings.

Follow the steps here to stop your machine from communicating with other devices on your network. Click Here for instructions.

Also, go ahead and run this tool, it stops the machine from doing other things that chew bandwidth The tool is designed to stop all the telemetry.

Please report back if these steps have helped.

[veeg]

Do you have an update for us?

[veeg]

Do you have any updates for us? After 48 hrs this will close.