attack?

[pson]

hi

in the past 24-hours, my windows system tray has alerted me that my anti-virus software was turned-off (obviously, not by me, not intentionally...I use avast), that my windows 7 [home premium, build 7601] was not genuine (it absolutely is!..came with the computer, and only ever has been updated through automatic microsoft windows update), that my malware program was not updated, and again that my avast switched itself off again (after confirming it was on).

I've ran multiple full system scans, including something called bootkit start-up something-or-other, and researched noting that the microsoft fix for the erroneous update on 10-dec-2014 that triggered genuine thing was resolved by appropriate rollback (I forget the exact microsoft KB numbers, but it checked-out).

am I under attack? what gives, and how to arrest it?

thank you
-patrick

 

[Jacee]

Let's see what ESET produces......
I'd like you to scan your machine with ESET OnlineScan

1. Hold down Control and click on the following link to open ESET OnlineScan in a new window.
   ESET OnlineScan
2. Click the
   
   button.
3. For alternate browsers only: (Microsoft Internet Explorer users can skip these steps)
   1. Click on
      
      to download the ESET Smart Installer. Save it to your desktop.
   2. Double click on the
      
      icon on your desktop.
4. Check
   
5. Click the
   
   button.
6. Accept any security warnings from your browser.
7. Check
   
8. Push the Start button.
9. ESET will then download updates for itself, install itself, and begin scanning your computer. Please be patient as this can take some time.
10. When the scan completes, push
    
11. Push
    
    , and save the file to your desktop using a unique name, such as ESETScan. Include the contents of this report in your next reply.
12. Push the
    
    button.
13. Push