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Think im infected!

Windows 7 laptop and most things are running ok but lost the ability to enable the screen saver,preview threads in forums and use drop down menus ! Really strange !
Avast isnt showing anything neither is iobit or malware bytes, Any ideas?
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent,
the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law.

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  • devizes18193
    devizes18193 Posts: 1,594 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Boot in safe mode and then rerun Avast .
  • ajbrynoffa
    ajbrynoffa Posts: 418 Forumite
    Just realised it's turned my AV off and my malware bytes is now in a foreign language ! Did a boot time scan but it showed nothing. I can't however turn my AV back on now .
    A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

    A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent,
    the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law.
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    System Restore?
  • datostar
    datostar Posts: 1,288 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Have you got an Avast Recovery CD? You can usually burn one from a running version of most AV programs. If so, boot the machine from that and it will run an OS in RAM to enable you to do a full 'offline' scan of the machine and deal with any discovered viruses etc. Actually, it doesn't need to be an Avast CD - any of the AV programs will do it. If you haven't got one, maybe borrow one or if you have access to another uninfected machine download from one of the AV provider websites.
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