Couple days back I did a scan & clean, ran Malwarebytes then Avast then CCleaner. All good.
Then I restarted laptop as always after a clean and see that Avast has updated and added a bunch unwanted components.
No bother, I went through and checked and unchecked that which I wanted and that which I didnât.
Problem was, Web Shield would not turn on. Turns blue when clicked, but goes grey again after I navigate away from the component page then return to see if it has worked.
Resolve All icon is non-functional, does nothing.
I read a few threads here around this issue or similar and decided to uninstall then reinstall and used AvastClear.
The reinstalled version has the exact same problem.
I do have SuperAntiSpyware on my laptop but cannot get rid of it. Tried for years. Doesnât appear in Programs List, Revo canât find it, SAS uninstaller utility does nothing, nor do all other tips and tricks.
A registry scan with CCleaner shows a handful of Avast 5 and SuperAntiSpyware issues flagged up for fixing, howbeit, I have never actually cleaned the registry because I was warned off doing so when you donât know what you are doing.
See here >> https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
scroll down to second picture Farbar Recovery Scan Tool
follow instructions and attach the two diagnostic logs, then somone will have a look tomorrow
Pondus, logs attached.
Note: I am well aware that torrent users are prohibited here. I have some leftovers from Soulseek, Bitcomet, and Utorrent which were all removed from my system many many years ago. You have my word that I do not use these types of client.
Eddy, I have tried SuperAntiSpywares three methods on and off the past couple years and none of them work. I should have been explicit and written in my original post that I tried them again earlier and they failed again.
I donât believe there is anything in the forum rules stating that torrent users are prohibited here.
It isnât so much the use of using torrents, more what you download, if that happened to be cracked software (more likely to arrive with something unwanted/unexpected) and you stated that.
Then it would be different, those that help here are for the most part volunteers are under no obligation to help those that download cracked software.
We arenât saying that you have, only that would be the only reason there could be any restriction on receiving help if you were known to have cracked software on your system.
There are parts of the Vista Network files missing or corrupted. Please follow the advice in the following article to run a SFC scan and let us know the results.
Ran sfc /scannow and it came out clean, âWindows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violationsâ.
Is it possible the Web Shield is working, albeit the real-time warning logo showing me it is off?
Is there something I could try which would test if the Web Shield is up and running?
If no to the above, what should I do next?
[*]If you still have the Addition.txt file on your desktop, please delete it now.
[*]Right click the FRST file on your desktop and select âRun as AdministratorâŚâ (XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File). When the tool opens click Yes to disclaimer.
[*]If an update is available, the program will inform you and download the update. Allow it do this please. Otherwise, just wait for the âThe tool is ready to use.â message.
[*]Please check the Addition.txt in the Option Scan section of FRST.
[*]Press the Scan button.
[*]It will produce a log called FRST.txt in the same directory the tool is run from.
[*]The tool will generate will another log (Addition.txt - also located in the same directory as FRST.exe/FRST64.exe). Please also paste that along with the FRST.txt into your reply. Please attach both log files (FRST.txt and Addition.txt) to your reply here. Thanks.
While Iâm not seeing any malware on your system, there are some settings that could be corrected. Please run the following and see if this helps Avast run properly.
