Don’t know where this post belongs so will try here.
Has anyone encountered this: my sister downloaded Avast (she had a pd lic but her computer was rebooted and stripped of apps, so she needed to reinstall avast).
Many issues later, I saw that she had downloaded Avast four times (4 times, don’t ask), BUT, another app downloaded 4x also (tethered?), without her help - as far as she knew - called SpeedyPC Pro.
Then, she claims, it mysteriously installed itself, and then caused many conflicts including disabling Google and Chrome at various times and popped up some notifications all the time. Of course I uninstalled it and now the browsers seem to work ok.
What could this have been?
Thanks!
where did she download avast from?
Speedy PC Pro. These apps are either useless or even makes things worse. SpeedyPC Pro is an upsell scam that come with unsollicited mails, take the bait and you are hooked. Wait for a qualified malware removal expert here, who will guide you through the uninstall procedure,
polonus
Hi there first uninstall it via add/remove if it is present
then :
Download OTL to your Desktop
[*]Double click on the icon to run it. Make sure all other windows are closed and to let it run uninterrupted.
[*]Select All Users
[*]Under the Custom Scan box paste this in
netsvcs
%SYSTEMDRIVE%*.exe
/md5start
services.*
explorer.exe
winlogon.exe
Userinit.exe
svchost.exe
/md5stop
CREATERESTOREPOINT
[*]Click the Quick Scan button. Do not change any settings unless otherwise told to do so. The scan wont take long.
[*]When the scan completes, it will open two notepad windows. OTL.Txt and Extras.Txt. These are saved in the same location as OTL.
[*]Post both logs
May I suggest that you also change the title of this Thread.
“did avast drag in another app?”
avast! certainly had nothing to do with the installation of this program.