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Whilst I look over your logs will you please move FRST program, and the Frst.txt and Additions.txt files to your desktop as per my instructions.
Please also remove any external drives and cd’s etc whilst we proceed with this.
Also please open Chrome
Click the three dots to the right of the URL bar
Click on Settings in the dropdown list
Click Extensions on the left hand list
Remove any extensions relating to Avast, plus any others you dont use.
OK, I put all the ‘prework’ in a folder on my desktop & thought that was OK, sorry - has been what I’ve always done in the past. It’s now out of the folder for you. I didn’t realise there was a DVD in the drive - now removed.
I do not have Google Chrome on my machine(to my knowledge - doesn’t come up in search so don’t think it’s hiding somewhere). I use Firefox & also have Microsoft Edge installed by default, but don’t use that one. I presume I don’t need to install Chrome?? I cannot find any extensions relating to Avast in Firefox, and cannot find an extensions tab in Edge at all!
Depending on the amount of data to be moved it may take a few minutes to complete, and the computer may reboot. When the fix is complete and/or the computer has rebooted the “Fixlist.txt” file you created will be renamed “Fixlog.txt”
[COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]Please COPY and PASTE the contents of this new file in your next post[COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)][/COLOR][/COLOR]
BITS transfer queue => 10772480 B
DOMStore, IE Recovery, AppCache, Feeds Cache, Thumbcache, IconCache => 185689996 B
Java, Flash, Steam htmlcache => 0 B
Windows/system/drivers => 3714876 B
Edge => 2570181 B
Chrome => 15012691 B
Firefox => 157167821 B
Opera => 0 B
Temp, IE cache, history, cookies, recent:
Default => 0 B
Users => 0 B
ProgramData => 0 B
Public => 0 B
systemprofile => 0 B
systemprofile32 => 0 B
LocalService => 0 B
NetworkService => 34126 B
USER => 561579 B
Anya => 21852734 B
Administrator => 21883359 B
RecycleBin => 0 B
EmptyTemp: => 399.8 MB temporary data Removed.
Please go HERE and download AdwCleaner to your [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]Desktop[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]. Once downloaded right click the new icon and select Run as Administrator from the context menu to open the program. It will open at the Dashboard tab and no further changes to the program are necessary at this stage.
Allow AdwCleaner to start scanning and depending on the amount of data on your PC it may take some time. At the conclusion of the scan any content considered unnecessary will be displayed in the Scan Results box. Ensure all items are selected for removal and click “Clean & Repair”
Once the PC has restarted if AdwCleaner does not restart then open it again and click “Log Files” tab on the left. All log files will be listed. If you have used the program previously you may have several logs to select from so double click the most recent “Clean” log and it will open a notepad file on your Desktop.
Please COPY and PASTE the contents of that file in your next post:slight_smile:[/color]
OK, AdwCleaner didn’t give me a ‘clean & repair’ option after scanning, but it offered to ‘quarrantine’(as if I haven’t had enough of that!) and that seemed to do the job. Below are both the Scan log & the clean log
The majority of Avast remnant are gone, it is pretty well impossible to completely remove every scrap of Avast but what remains should not affect your machine.
Will move this thread back for attention of @phillpower2
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