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<blockquote data-quote="Amelith Nargothrond" data-source="post: 615136" data-attributes="member: 60405">This is just to (almost) make sure you have no malware interfering with the OS:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Uninstall all third party security app you may have, specially the ones with realtime protection (also disable WIndows Defender realtime protection)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Restart</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Download &quot;Combofix&quot; from here: <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/" target="_blank">ComboFix Download</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Save the executable directly to the root of your windows partition and run with with administrator privileges</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Let it run, clean or fix stuff it finds (it may even restart your PC) and continue automatically the fixing it does after the restart</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Reinstall all your security apps you use normaly</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Verify if your problem still persists</li>
</ol>I used Combofix many times to save many Windows 7 PCs from a certain death <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amelith Nargothrond, post: 615136, member: 60405"] This is just to (almost) make sure you have no malware interfering with the OS: [LIST=1] [*]Uninstall all third party security app you may have, specially the ones with realtime protection (also disable WIndows Defender realtime protection) [*]Restart [*]Download "Combofix" from here: [URL='https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/']ComboFix Download[/URL] [*]Save the executable directly to the root of your windows partition and run with with administrator privileges [*]Let it run, clean or fix stuff it finds (it may even restart your PC) and continue automatically the fixing it does after the restart [*]Reinstall all your security apps you use normaly [*]Verify if your problem still persists [/LIST] I used Combofix many times to save many Windows 7 PCs from a certain death :) [/QUOTE]

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