No pop-ups from Avast about deep scanning files or blocking websites, so that is a big improvement. It seems good. But, I haven’t used it much.

3 questions please:

  1. what do I need to do to be sure my laptop isn’t still infected?

“On 3 March, Avast found Win32:Confi worm on a flash drive, when I started using my old laptop. On 5 March Avast detected VBS:Decode-CA when I inserted a flash drive into the laptop. It seems that the computers may have infected each other. I don’t see any evidence of a problem on the laptop, except that the Wi-Fi has difficulty connecting and has a weak signal and drops the internet connection at random times.”

  1. Do I need to re-install Malwarebytes and / or Avast, since they may have been corrupted by the virus?

  2. Do I need to check other computers / printer / router on my home network to see if they were infected by the virus? My computer is connected to the network by a cable. Others are wireless, I believe.
    I have not seen any evidence of infection, and scans on 1 other computer (Windows Defender - Windows 8.1) have not detected anything.

And what would you suggest to help protect myself in the future.

Thanks!

TW