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Windows 7: Avira just killed everything!
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27 Jun 2010
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Windows 7 x64 Ultimate 536 posts Cape Town, South Africa |
Avira just killed everything!
Did an update on my Avira Antivirus and it killed everything. None of my software works and even the OS is stuffed.
Any ideas on how to fix this before I re-install the whole lot?
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Own build
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93 GHz
Motherboard Intel Whitesburg P55 LGA1156
Memory Kingston Hyper X 1333MHz DDR3 2x4Gb
Graphics Card Nvidia GTS 250 ECO 1 Gig 256 Bit
Monitor(s) Displays Phillips 22" 221E1HSB LCD
Keyboard Genius
Mouse Genius
PSU 650W
Case Coolermaster HAF 912
Cooling Stock
Hard Drives Western Digital 1000GB Hard Drive (SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Other Info LG OptDrive 24x SATA DVDRW Lightscribe
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27 Jun 2010
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Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86 5,148 posts |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to describe...
OS Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
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27 Jun 2010
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Windows 7 x64 Ultimate 536 posts Cape Town, South Africa |
It won't let me. Avira deleted everything! I cannot access anything to do with the OS. Even Explorer shows up as a virus.
I am very disappointed with Avira. This is unacceptable. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Own build
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93 GHz
Motherboard Intel Whitesburg P55 LGA1156
Memory Kingston Hyper X 1333MHz DDR3 2x4Gb
Graphics Card Nvidia GTS 250 ECO 1 Gig 256 Bit
Monitor(s) Displays Phillips 22" 221E1HSB LCD
Keyboard Genius
Mouse Genius
PSU 650W
Case Coolermaster HAF 912
Cooling Stock
Hard Drives Western Digital 1000GB Hard Drive (SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Other Info LG OptDrive 24x SATA DVDRW Lightscribe
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27 Jun 2010
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Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86 5,148 posts |
Try booting from your Windows 7 install dvd, then do a system restore. System Recovery Options | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to describe...
OS Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
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27 Jun 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1 10,506 posts Doncaster, UK |
Have you tried METHOD TWO here? System Restore | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Dwarf Dwf/11/2012
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1
CPU Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
Motherboard ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
Memory 4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
Graphics Card 2 x AMD Radeon HD7770 1GB CrossFired (OC 1100MHz/1250MHz)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen (VGA)
Screen Resolution 1440x900
Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
Mouse Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
PSU XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
Case Gigabyte IF233
Cooling 1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
Hard Drives OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
Internet Speed NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
Antivirus Avast! 8.0.1483
Browser IE 9
Other Info Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
CTF-430 Tablet & Pen
WEI Score: 7.7/7.9/7.4/7.4/7.9
Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
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27 Jun 2010
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Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8 Pro, 7,893 posts San Diego |
You mean that an A/V software caused problems? Say it ain't so! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built
OS Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8 Pro,
CPU Q9650-4.275GHz, E8600 4.5GHz, E6750-3.8GHz
Motherboard Evga 780i FTW
Memory G.Skill PC2 9600 1200Mhz 5 5 5 15 2T
Graphics Card GTX480
Sound Card Asus Xonar D2
Monitor(s) Displays HannsG
Screen Resolution 1680X1050
Keyboard Logitech G15
Mouse Logitech G9
PSU ThermalTake Toughpower 1000Watt modular
Case ThermalTake XaserV
Cooling Xigmatek S1283
Hard Drives GSkill Phoenix Pro 120GB SSD
Internet Speed T1
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27 Jun 2010
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Windows 7 x64 Ultimate 536 posts Cape Town, South Africa |
Had to completely re-install  Won't muck about with AV anymore though. From now on I'll just scan my Windows partition with my Linux partition.
Thanks for all your help though. Much appreciated. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Own build
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93 GHz
Motherboard Intel Whitesburg P55 LGA1156
Memory Kingston Hyper X 1333MHz DDR3 2x4Gb
Graphics Card Nvidia GTS 250 ECO 1 Gig 256 Bit
Monitor(s) Displays Phillips 22" 221E1HSB LCD
Keyboard Genius
Mouse Genius
PSU 650W
Case Coolermaster HAF 912
Cooling Stock
Hard Drives Western Digital 1000GB Hard Drive (SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Other Info LG OptDrive 24x SATA DVDRW Lightscribe
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27 Jun 2010
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Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit 1,132 posts Brooklyn, NY |
Woah, good thing I switched to MSE a few weeks ago. Although Avira seems more powerful to me, MSE is more streamlined, plus it's made by the same people who developed Windows. Good luck fixing it man, hopefully you have a backup to fall back on.
EDIT: Use Microsoft Security Essentials. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 3.0GHz
Motherboard ASUS M5A97
Memory 8GB G-Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1333
Graphics Card PNY GeForce 460 GTX 1GB OC - Enthusiast Edition
Sound Card VIA High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 19"
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 2000
Mouse Microsoft Wireless Mouse 2000
PSU OCZ Fata1ty 700W Modular PSU
Case ASUS
Hard Drives 1TB - Primary
160GB - Secondary
250GB - External backup for important files
Internet Speed 3 Mbps/768 kbps
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27 Jun 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1 10,506 posts Doncaster, UK |
Quote: Originally Posted by bigseb  Had to completely re-install Won't muck about with AV anymore though. From now on I'll just scan my Windows partition with my Linux partition.
Thanks for all your help though. Much appreciated. Not such a good idea. Although there are people who do run their systems without any form of AV protection, I do not recommend that. Many of us here use Avast! (including myself), and there are also alternatives available, both paid for and free. It is possible that they have had a rogue definitions update (it does happen), and this may well be the case here. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Dwarf Dwf/11/2012
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1
CPU Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
Motherboard ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
Memory 4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
Graphics Card 2 x AMD Radeon HD7770 1GB CrossFired (OC 1100MHz/1250MHz)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen (VGA)
Screen Resolution 1440x900
Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
Mouse Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
PSU XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
Case Gigabyte IF233
Cooling 1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
Hard Drives OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
Internet Speed NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
Antivirus Avast! 8.0.1483
Browser IE 9
Other Info Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
CTF-430 Tablet & Pen
WEI Score: 7.7/7.9/7.4/7.4/7.9
Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
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27 Jun 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit 12,883 posts Orlando, Florida |
To support what Dwarf, MSE nor Avast will cause problems with your system. I urge you to install one of them and not run without AV protection. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Motherboard ASUS P4P800-VM Motherboard Chipset: Intel 865G + ICH5
Memory 2.50 GB RAM
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Sound Card SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio (Chip)
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VX 1962 wm
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050
Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 v10 USB
Mouse Logitec optic USB
Cooling Fan based
Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB
ST380215A ATA Device 18.6 GB
Western Digital "My Book" external hard drive 750 GB
Internet Speed 3.01 Mb/s download 0.64 Mb/s upload
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