Cheers David - I have only just remembered to update my canned to 19
:o
What about the lmhosts file in the System32? Was that a bad file? If not, does it need to be restored?
Are the .tmp files from the IE directory only temporary files that don’t matter? Were they bad?
Thank you Essexboy.
Lmhosts is only used for and by network admins, there is no need for it on a standalone system. More info here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314108 and it is used by malware
The temp files were suspect and quarantined as a matter of course, but nothing important will be in those temp files
Thanks Essexboy. I have completed all steps up to and including the TFC step in your instructions.
It completed successfully and asked for a reboot. Just before the computer shut down, a dreaded Windows blue screen appeared.
The computer rebooted successfully. The only difference was a box from Microsoft which stated ‘the system has recovered from a serious error. Send or Don’t Send report’. I clicked don’t send.
Is this bad?
Do I proceed with the next step (flash flush)?
Obviously one of your drivers got a bit miffed at being force closed, it is not a problem
Continue the steps
Hi Essexboy,
I have completed all of your steps (except for the Java upgrade as I already had Java RE Version 6 Update 20.
My computer rebooted normally so I assume that my computer is clean!
Thank you SO much for your time, patience and continued support. Hopefully you will buy a lottery ticket this week and win the jackpot! You definitely deserve it!
Cheers and enjoy the rest of the weekend,
Avastfan1
My pleasure - as you have shown be careful with USB drives - Enjoy