av infection

Discussions tagged with 'av infection' on WindowsForum.com focus on identifying and troubleshooting potential antivirus-related infections that cause unusual system behavior. A recurring theme is intermittent Windows clock errors, where the system time jumps backward by precise hours despite syncing with multiple time servers. Users report that this issue is not due to BIOS problems or server faults, suggesting a possible malware or AV infection interfering with system processes. The tag covers user experiences with time anomalies as a symptom of infection, along with troubleshooting steps to diagnose and resolve such issues. Topics include time synchronization failures, progressive time jumps, and methods to rule out hardware or software causes.