Browsing today, and avast! started popping up with all kinds of warnings about blocking malicious URLs and programs. After the 3rd or 4th one, it suggested shutting down and running a boot scan - which it did. It ended up catching 17 malicious programs (I guess I told them to delete them, that’s what it appears to have done.) Everything appears to be working normally after a reboot, I did have to change my internet settings - the browsers were looking for a proxy server. I wonder if the malware did that?
Question is, other than purchasing the full version of avast! as a thank you, is there anything else that I need to do? Any other recommended actions?