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  1. Windows 10 Gamers - have you tried our Game Mode

    Hey gamers -- Avast 2017 came with an all-new Game Mode. I've used it on a lower-powered PC I use for light work/light gaming and it definitely helps (not much CPU/GPU to go around on that machine) plus it's easy to use. My opinions, of course! I'm curious on the other end, though -- have any...
  2. Windows 10 Funnysearching browser hijacker (Chrome)

    After installing another piece of software, I accidentally installed a bunch of adware as well. I was able to remove almost everything permanently except for the Funnysearching browser hijacker. My anti-malware programs (Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool, Malwarebytes, and Avast!) say that they...
  3. Windows 10 Firewall AGGRESIVELY resists any control!

    I have windows 10 Home with all current updates. Just in the last 3 weeks my firewall has become uncontrollable. ANY, meaning any, app or game gets a warning box thrown up immediatley and for some of my games, this kicks me from the server. When I add apps to exception list and hit OK, they are...
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    Windows 10 Very small problem with login

    The spinning circle left of Welcome after typing password is invisible. Still a space for it, it's just invisible. Anyone know how to correct it? It came back once but gone again, lol. I tried changing lock screen wallpaper and other lock screen settings. :( I was trying to fix a very annoying...
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    Windows 10 Cant open almost any apps, File system error (-1073741818)

    Hi all. Earlier I was trying to install the nexus mods manager for skyrim. Upon trying to run the .exe I got the message: "ShellExecuteEx failed; code -1073741818" a google found no one else who had had the same problem so I opened avast to scan for a virus, when trying to open avast I got the...
  6. Avast buys AVG

    Avast Security have added AVG to it's portfolio paying $1.3 Billion for the privilege. Whether this means one product will be phased out is still unclear: Reference
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    Windows 7 Suddenly My Windows 7 Is Designated as Not Genuine

    I have a Lenovo T430 laptop that came with MS 7 64. The only thing I changed out was the hard drive to an SSD and the single channel 4 gig RAM to 8 gig dual channel. Both were done over a year ago and I had no issues with these upgrades at all. Now I don't use my laptop for anything else than...
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    Windows 7 problem to open jpg,pdf,word,video files

    Hellow guys I am new in the forum , please help me out to solve the problem . Few days ago I saw the old jpg pictures and words and pdf and video files not possible to open and this happened this time i never had experience of this problem . I explain the new word or jpg pictures and pdf is...
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    Windows 7 Something broke overnight! please help!!

    Hey Guys! So when I went to bed last night my pc was functioning perfectly, with no issues what so ever. When I turned it on today it was the opposite. Something has obviously been corrupted or changed by malware. I have a feeling the issue could be service related but was hoping someone here...
  10. Avast and Chrome

    Question. When Avast Free is installed Chrome takes a second to open but the homepage takes 6-7 seconds to open. IE, Firefox and Opera all open in a second and the homepage pops up a second later. When Bitdefender Free, or AVG Free was installed I never had this problem. Any ideas ?
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    Windows 10 Windows Defender

    I looked at the Pauli/Drew exchange from 2013 and since my question is the WD/Avast/Malwarebytes but is now concerning the new Win 10 I am posting my question below> I am trying out the Win 10 upgrade from Win 7 and I noticed that Windows Defender is turned off. I am using Avast and...
  12. Windows 10 web address thread

    good morning please help as i am going to loose my mind I am running windows 10 although my problem started while running windows 7 I have Avast security installed on my laptop and every time I access the web it pops up a thread from gnw.cisection dot net 1996....... for the love of computers...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Surface Pro 3 IE Desktop and Application Downloads

    Hi I am using a Surface Pro 3 with Windows 8.1 - all drivers are up to date. Network Adaptor is a Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller. Recently I've experienced issues with Internet Connectivity. Internet access has always worked from the IE tile, connectivity shows as working and...
  14. Windows 8 Corrupted Software Log files

    My software.log1 and software.log2 are both corrupted. Is there a way to fix them? My anti-virus can't, tried avast and malwarebytes already.
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    Windows 7 Suspicious Win Update

    Twice, on recent start-ups, I've received a single pop-up asking if I wanted Microsoft to install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 for Windows 7x64 based systems KB2901983. Since I don't do any programming (just a home office user) I declined the offer. I was also very uncomfortable that the...
  16. Windows 7 A plain common notice

    I've been using Avast Internet Security for a couple of years, all has worked fine. Now I got this note that my license has expired, some other programs also alerted about it... so I got confused. About two hours later happened what I had expected, everything worked normal. They just had some...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 BSOD ntoskrnl.exe?

    Hi, so yesterday my computer has been BSOD'ing quite frequently. The first dump file is 120714-12464-01.zip and the 2nd file is the last one that would let me zip it. The 2 .dmp files since then say "File not found or no read permission" when I try to zip them. Anyway I downloaded windbg.exe...
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    Windows 7 Help I downloaded a keylogger

    This was in my downloadsLink Removed MalawareBytes didnt detect anything downloading avast to see if anything changes
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    Windows 8 wifi problems

    all throughout the day i have to disconnect from my wifi and reconnect to get any thing to load on my browser, will work fine and then all of a sudden no pages will load, yet it says my internet connection is perfectly fine. im getting tired of having to disconnect and reconnect all day. in the...
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    Windows 8 wifi problems

    all throughout the day i have to disconnect from my wifi and reconnect to get any thing to load on my browser, will work fine and then all of a sudden no pages will load, yet it says my internet connection is perfectly fine. im getting tired of having to disconnect and reconnect all day. in the...