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Does this sound like malware, or system file corruption?
Yesterday when I booted my computer, I got the "Windows is updating, do not turn off your computer (or whatever)" screen. Immediately I was concerned because I did not do any updates the day before, and I have updates set to notify, but not download, the updates. Eventually the log-in screen came up so I logged in and did what I was intending to do. Since I tend to be a little paranoid, when I was done I decided to do a Malwarebytes Anti-malware scan. I started the scan and left the room. Returning 5-10 minutes later, my computer was on the bios screen! I couldn't figure out how to get out of there, so I did a hard shutdown. I then restarted the computer and it booted normally (I mean other than getting the screen "Windows did not shut down properly"). I decided to try the scan again, but this time I first cleaned the drive using Ccleaner. After cleaning I noticed it deleted a larger amount than usual, about 750 megs. Upon close inspection, I notice one file was 700 megs, the CBS_log file under Windows System Log files. I did some quick research online and it seems the cbs log file is a Windows log file that lists system errors. Anyway, I did the MBAM scan and this time it completed, and came back clean. While doing the research on what is a cbs file, I also came across instructions on the "System File Check (SFC) scan." So I did that scan (verify only) and that scan came back "Windows did not find any integrity violations."
Being somewhat paranoid as already stated, today I did a whole C drive scan using 1) Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool; 2) MBAM (again); 3) Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit; and 4) Avast; and all 4 came back clean.
So, as the header asks, does what happened to my computer yesterday sound like malware, or just a system file(s) corruption? It appears to me to be the latter, but I'd like the opinion of some experts (which I am not). Thanks.