Cannot Disable avast Sandbox Win 7 PC

I had Avast Free AntiVirus on my PC - I uninstalled it. Sandbox is still active - I dont want it. Ive tried avastclear.exe - no change, Ive deleted every reference to AVAST in my registry - no change.

I want Sandbox GONE - the same way Avast is NO LONGER on my Win 7 PC. Appreciate any help here.

see instructioins here https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
scroll down to Farbar Recovery Scan tool … run as instructed and attach the two diagnostic logs in next reply here

Thx in advance - log attached.
Attachments and other options

essexboy is notified and will take a look when back online…

CAUTION : This fix is only valid for this specific machine, using it on another may break your computer

Open notepad and copy/paste the text in the quotebox below into it:

CreateRestorePoint: 2015-04-19 13:54 - 2015-04-19 13:54 - 00000000 ____D () C:\ProgramData\AVAST Software 2015-04-19 13:22 - 2015-04-19 13:54 - 00000000 ____D () C:\Program Files\AVAST Software 2015-04-19 13:04 - 2015-04-19 13:10 - 00004182 _____ () C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\avast! Emergency Update 2015-04-19 13:04 - 2015-04-19 13:05 - 00000000 ____D () C:\Windows\SysWOW64\vbox 2015-04-19 13:04 - 2015-04-19 13:05 - 00000000 ____D () C:\Windows\system32\vbox Task: {0CADA7D9-4576-49F9-9EFA-8AE7E145E9C6} - System32\Tasks\Binkiland tido => C:\ProgramData\{16E7FE24-4665-2FA2-F7E3-5F2027618CAE}\1.9.1.1\f <==== ATTENTION EmptyTemp: CMD: bitsadmin /reset /allusers

Save this as fixlist.txt, in the same location as FRST.exe

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73555776/FRSTfix.JPG

Run FRST and press Fix
On completion a log will be generated please post that

Thank you for your service !!

jonB

Is all well now ?

No. When I cam to my PC this morning - (it was on all night)…the red box was gone !!! BUT…when I restarted my PC - it came back and is here with me now.

Next steps? Thx…jonB

Could you screenshot where you are seeing it

See attached. If you want to chat about this or “take over” my PC with a remote tool that is fine. Thx

When you had Avast did you set your browser to always run in sandbox

Strange thing is that the red border seems to be around the desktop, instead of the browser screen.

Greetz, Red.

The only Avast I ever installed was the FREE anti-virus version which I believe does NOT come with Sandbox (although somehow I “have it”). Regardless - I did not make any settings about Sandbox.

Background - last Friday - something “happened” on my PC…screens not right etc - but NO Sandbox. I did have Sandbox issues some time ago - I either fixed it or it went dormant. I did a full image (C:) backup to Wednesday. Even after the backup - things still not right with my PC - but NO Sandbox. At somepoint…I noticed that McAfee Live Internet was consuming my CPU. I got rid of it (never liked it anyway). Install Avast. After install - several times…I re-did Wednesday full image restore - which oif course did NOT have Avast.

Current state - my PC is back to “normal” with the exception of red box. So you know…whenever I try to MOVE a window with a drag and drop…its border turns red and when “drop” is completed, the window goes full screen.

Appreciate your continued expertise in this. Thx…JonB

•Go to Control Panel.
•Click on Ease of Access link or Ease of Access Center icon.
•Select Change how your mouse works or Make the mouse easier to use option.
•Tick the check box for Prevent Windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen with the mouse under “Make it easier to manage windows” section.

The box was already checked. I unchecked, then checked again…screen shot below.

It is just that I can see no sign of sandbox in your logs

Could you run FRST again please and set it for 90 days

OK - chg’d to 90. Also ran aswmbr.exe - logs attached.

Let me know what else you need. Thx JonB

No sign of sandbox at all, AswMBR would also have highlighted it if present

So I am at a loss as to what is happening

Guys…talk about “barking up the wrong tree!” I found/fixed the problem. See clip attached. It had something to do with Dell Display Manager. I dont think Avast was ever in the picture. Sorry to put you through this…but end result is good. Thank you.

Ah well all is resolved then